Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →
WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN STORMS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE BEEN TWICE REPLACED. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
DRIVER GETS A CONSTANT REFLECTION IN THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE SEAM IN THE DASHBOARD IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. *AK
UPON TURNING ON DEFROSTER SYSTEM BUTTON BROKE IN DRIVER'S HAND DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *AK
CONSUMER HAS A CONSTANT REFLECTION OF CURVED DASHBOARD IN WINDSHIELD WITH OR WITHOUT SUNLIGHT. *AK
CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT THE FUEL WARNING SYSTEM ACTIVATES PREMATURELY.
WHILE COMING DOWN A STEEP HILL THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING CONSUMER VEHICLE TO RUN OFF INTO SOMEONES YARD, CONSUMER STATES SHE PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BUT THERE WAERE NO BRAKES. NO INJURIES. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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