1994 Chevrolet Beretta

Defect. THE REINFORCEMENT PANEL THAT SERVES AS A LIFTPOINT FOR THE FRAME WAS OMITTED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE ROCKER ASSEMBLY OF THE FRAME THE VEHICLES DO NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION."

Risk. CONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: THE MISSING REINFORCEMENT PANEL REDUCES THE PROTECTION OF THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT OF A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLES FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE RIGHT SIDE ROCKER REINFORCEMENT PANEL. IF THE REINFORCEMENT PANEL IS NOT PRESENT, DEALERS WILL CONTACT CHEVROLET FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

Defect. THE SUSPENSION SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES DO NOT MEET GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION'S SPECIFICATION FOR WELD INTEGRITY AND THE AFFECTED WELD CAN FAIL CAUSING THE FRONT OF THE CONTROL ARM TO SEPARATE FROM THE SUSPENSION SUPPORT ASSEMBLY.

Risk. IF THIS OCCURS, THE AFFECTED TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAN MOVESUBSTANTIALLY FROM ITS DESIGNED POSITION AND STEERING CONTROL CAN BE SEVERELYIMPAIRED WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

Remedy. INSTALL REVISED SUSPENSION SUPPORTS WITH ADEQUATE WELD INTEGRITY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET BERETTA WITH KUMHO SOLUS TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AS THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM . THE TIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A SET OF CORNELL 1000 TIRES, LINE SIZE: P185/75R14, WHICH WERE BEING UTILIZED ON A 1999 CHEVROLET BERETTA. WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEGUN TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BELTS ON ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SEPARATED. THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRES COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 9,000.

1994 CHEVY BERETTA CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY DRIVE 2 MPH. *KB (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT CONTROL ARM SEPARATED FROM THE SUSPENSION. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 93V157000, REGARDING THE SUSPENSION FRONT. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK

DT: TOTALED VEHICLE, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND AFTER HITTING THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE KEEP GOING STRAIGHT AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT. NOT SURE IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. *AK

THE FRONT SEAT RELEASE LATCH DID NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. *JB THE BRAKE LIGHT MOUNTED ON THE WIND DEFLECTOR FAILED. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE MELTED AND CRACKED. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ALTERNATOR FAILED. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE.*MR IN THE ACCIDENT, THE DOOR WAS DENTED AND ALL THE LUG NUTS WERE MISSING AND THREE OUT OF FIVE BOLTS WERE MISSING.*CB *JB

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE CONTINUES ON BEFORE COMING TO A VERY JERKY STOP. *NLM

PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR AND ROTOR DISTORTION NEEDS REPLACING AT APPOX EVERY 11000MI. FRONT BRAKE DESIGN TOO SMALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. DT

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKING THE CARE DOES NOT STOP. IT ACTUALLY JUMPS, ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 1994. COULD THERE BE A DEFECT?*AK

BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE ON BEFORE STOPPING INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL LIFT FRAME DOES NOT LINE UP PROPERLY WITH DOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENTIRE INTERIOR OF CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES DUE TO FAULTY WIRING OR A SHORT IN THE DOME LIGHT INSIDE THE CAR AS PER THE FIRE INSPECTORS REPORT. *AK

CAR WAS SQUAWKING AND VIBRATING ESPECIALLY WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HE TOLD ME THAT LOWER CONTROL ARMS IS BADLY WORN OUT AND THE GMC SHOULD REPLACE IT FREE SINCE IT IS THE MOST SAFETY PART OF THE CAR. SO I CALLED GMC CONSUMER SECTION AND TALKED TO ONE ADVISER MS. GLORIA. (REF.#03027319) SHE INSISTED THAT GM WILL NOT COVER IT. I BELIEVE IT AS UNFAIR AND MUST BE COVERED. EARLIER I MADE A REPORT TO NHTSA (ODI-740067) SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE I TOOK THE CAR TO LES STANFORD CHEVROLET IN DEARBORN MI AND GOT BOTH THE CONTROL ARMS REPAIRED. THEY CHARGED ME ABOUT 650.00 DOLLARS.(TEL# 313-565 6000) WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME FOR GM TO REFUND THE MONEY.*AK

CAR VIBRATES VERY BADLY ON APPLYING BRAKE. THUMBING NOISE FROM FRONT WHEELS. SQUAWKING NOISE. MECHANIC TOLD IT IS FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM SEPARATED FROM T WELDING AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MANUFACTURER WILL FIX THE PROBLEM FREE. REFER: CAMPAIGN 94CO3 & NHTSA 93V157000 (SEEMS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM). *AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE WOULD LEAK ANIT-FREEZE. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE ANTI-FREEZE ONCE A WEEK TO KEEP COOLENT DOWN. TECHNICIAN STATED HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

HIGH/LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SELECTOR ON TURN SIGNAL SWITCH INOPERATIVE. LEFT TURN SIGNAL SOMETIMES CLICKS VERY RAPIDLY AND DOES NOT ACTUALLY FLASH AND SMOKE COMES OUT FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AROUND THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER. STEERING COLUMN IS QUITE HOT TO THE TOUCH AROUND THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER WHEN THIS OCCURS. PROBLEM IS WORSE/MORE FREQUENT WHEN AIR CONDITIONING IS RUNNING.*AK

CONSUMER CAN NOT CHANGE TO HIGH OR LOW BEAM WHILE TURNING STEERING WHEEL. *SLC

DRIVER SEAT CAME WITH VEHICLE CROOKED FROM FACTORY. BRACKET OR BRACE THAT THE SEAT FRAME SITS ON BROKE.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A RATTLING SOUND. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE DUE TO LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING MALFUNCTIONING. PARTS WERE REPLACED AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HAS TO KEEP FILLING CAR UP WITH ANTI-FREEZE BECAUSE IT KEEPS LEAKING OUT. THIS COULD START A FIRE. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY , ALSO THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK ,CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE BECAUSE OF A BAD ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET, AND IT BROKE AGAIN. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 3 HEAD GASKETS FROM 12-26-96 THROUGH 01-27-00. *AK

MACHANIC TOUCHED IDLE WHEEL AND IT FELL INTO ENGINE.THE MACHANIC CALLED THE CHEVY DEALER AND HE WAS TOLD THE BACK SIDE OF THE IDLE WHEEL WAS KNOWN TO WROUGHT OUT AND FALL INTO ENGINE.IF HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLOWS AND YOU LOSE POWER.COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENT AND INJURY EXSPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS.

DRIVER'S SEAT CHSHION FRAME FAILED. MJS

THE PAINT ON THE HOOD BUBBLES UP IN THE HEAT. THEY ARE LIKE AIR BUBBLES. THESE BUBBLES ARE ABLE TO BE POPPED. THE SITUATION GETS WORSE WHEN THE VEHICLE SITS OUTSIDE. I KNOW IT ISN'T A CHEMICAL OR SOMETHING THAT GOT ONTO THE SURFACE TO CAUSE THIS BECAUSE THE CAR IS KEPT CLEAN ALL THE TIME. THERE IS NEVER A TIME WHEN THE CAR IS DIRTY.

UPON REAR AND THEN FORWARD IMPACT , MY DRIVER SEAT BROKE AT THE BASE AND I TRAVELLED PART WAY INTO THE BACK SEAT. MY DOCTOR BELIEVES THAT MY NECK INJURY WOULD NOT BE SO SEVERE IF THE SEAT HAD NOT BROKEN.

AFTER VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN TURNED OFF AND PARKED A FIRE TOOK PLACE INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT UNDER THE DASH. THIS WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

DURING COLD TEMPERATURES AUTOMATIC LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK, AND INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL CAR IS WARM. ENGINE KNOCKS WHEN FIRST STARTED, THEN LESSENS AS IT RUNS BUT NEVER GOES AWAY. BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED EVERY 12 THOUSAND MILES AND ROTORS CUT. OIL PAN CRACK AT JOINT OF PLUG. WHEEL COATINGS PEEL AND CENTER CAPS FALL OFF DURING REPEATED BRAKE WORK. *AK

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WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD LATCH RELEASED, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY UP WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SHOULDER SEATBELTS THAT ATTACH TO THE DOOR CRACKED AND CAME APART, THEY MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH BROKE, HEADLIGHTS CQN NO LONGER BE USED ON HIGH-BEAMS. IN ADDITION, ALTERNATOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME DISABLED. *AK

ELECTRIC LOCKS WILL NOT WORK WHEN IT IS WET OUTSIDE. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY KICK IN, AND ALLOWING FOR THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS TO GO OFF. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND DRIVER NEVER KNOWS WHEN. ALSO, VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD AT SPEEDS OF 55-60 MPH. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES LOCK UP. OWNER STATES THAT WHEN SHE PUMPS THE ABS THE VEHICLE WILL COME TO A STOP. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BRAKES FAIL ON OCCASION.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK

A SHORT OCCURS WITHIN TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, LEADING TO THE FLASHER UNIT CYCLING RAPIDLY, WITH NO TURNN SIGNAL OPERATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE FRONT OF VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS HAS BEEN WORN OUT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE COMSUMER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKES DIDN'T RESPOND WHEN THE COMSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAK PEDAL. COMSUMER DIDN'T TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER YET. *AK

ON 2 OCCASIONS, WITH 2 DIFFERENT DRIVERS, WHILE MAKING AN EMERGENCY STOP TO AVOID HITTING A STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CAR, DRIVER APPLIED ABS BRAKES, BUT THEY FAILED, RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS. *AK

REPLACED BROKEN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WIRE. *AK

CONSUMER HAS NOTICE EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE SHOES PADS AND ROTORS. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN.

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING DURING MEDIUM TO HARD ACCELERATION. *AK

EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE ON WET ROADS.