1990 Automatic Kartote

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › appliance › air conditioner. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Equipment › Electrical1
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Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner1
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1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Wheels › Multi Piece93V096000
Filed May 21, 19932,149 vehiclesAutomatic Equip. Mfg. Co.

Defect. THE CAR DOLLY WHEELS WERE INSTALLED WITH 90 DEGREE CONE LUG NUTS INSTEAD OF 60 DEGREE CONE LUG NUTS. THE LUG NUTS DO NOT SEAT PROPERLY IN THE WHEEL HOLES AND CAN BECOME LOOSE.

Risk. LOOSE LUG NUTS CAN CAUSE DOLLY WHEEL SEPARATION ANDRESULTS IN LOSS OF VEHICLE AND/OR CAR DOLLY CONTROL AND A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. REPLACE THE 90 DEGREE CONE LUG NUTS WITH LUG NUTS PROVIDED BY MANUFACTURER.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Electrical
Filed May 26, 2011GA

2007 FORD FUSION--MY KEYS ARE GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHICH TO ME CAUSE A RISK OF SOMEONE STEALING YOUR CAR. THE KEY WILL NOT RELEASE AND IF THE WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, FORD WILL NOT PAY TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE WITH THE FOCUS & FUSION SINCE 2003 AND FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR UNLOCKED AFTER LUNCH BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION. I WORK AT A PLACE WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS LARGE AND I WAS ON EDGE ALL AFTERNOON PRAYING THAT NO ONE WOULD STEAL MY CAR. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY WERE NO HELP AT ALL. IT WAS LIKE AN "OH WELL". MY ISSUE IS, IF FORD KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION, WHY HAVEN'T FORD RECALLED THESE CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM. I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED AS TO THE COMPLAINTS OF KEYS GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE FORD DEALERSHIPS STATES THAT THE SHIFTER KNOB ASSEMBLY IS WHY MINE WAS STUCK AND I ALSO SAW THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME TO HELP OTHER CONSUMERS AS MYSELF IN GETTING FORD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THANKS *TR

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Feb 10, 2010FL

2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA ELECTRICAL ISSUES-AIR CONDITIONING COMES ON SPONTANEOUSLY WITHOUT INITIATION BY DRIVER, BACK WINDOW ALWAYS FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY, NOT OPENING OR CLOSING @ TIMES, NOW STUCK CLOSED, TRACKING DEVICE COMES ON FOR LONG PERIODS WITH USED & NEW TIRES, EVEN AFTER NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL ALIGNMENTS, AND PROPER DRIVING, ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON. ALL OF THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN BOUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF TOYOTA SERVICE DEPT , THE SUV HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY TOYOTA ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND PARTS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER, THESE ISSUES CONTINUE, THERE ARE ALSO NO DEVICES IN PLACE TO KEEP THE DRIVER'S MAT FROM CURLING OVER THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19932100Routine
19920100Routine
19910100Routine
1990 — this page2100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: May 21, 1993. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.