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 1994 record →
IN DRY WEATHER IN AN EMERGENCY APPLIED THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND THEY FAILED, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR ON TWO DIFFERENT OCASSIONS WHICH CAUSED ACCIDENTS, REARENDED THE CARS IN FRONT BOTH TIMES . *AK
VEHICLE FIRE.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAIL WHEN IT IS RAINING.
CAR WAS PARKED AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE . *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE; ALSO, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED, REPLACED DISC PADS/ROTORS. *AK
UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. THIS PROBLEM HAS TAKEN PLACE TWICE. *AK ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 10000 MILES DUE TO VEHICLE PULLED AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN. LOCK FAILED. DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT CORRECTLY. OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT REPLACED. SUNVISOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO IT BROKE. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OFF BY 5 MILES, WAS REPLACED TWICE. PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END ALIGNMENT. DEALER IS REPAIRING TRANSMISSION FOR LUNGING PROBLEMS. RIGHT TAIL LIGHT REPLACED. *SLC
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING AT SPEED OF 19MPH, APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL BECAMES VERY HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 5 MILES THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON.
VEHICLE RAN INTO THE BACK OF OTHER VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
MODULATOR FAILED, CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL.
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE ELECTRICAL ALTERNATOR LIGHT CAME ON, DROVE HOME AND CAR CUT OFF, ALSO HAVING OTHER PROBLEMS, WILL DESCRIBE .*AK
ENGINE BELT/TENSIONER FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, ALSO WIRE BROKEN IN ECM, CAUSING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON/TURN SIGNAL/DIMMER INOPERATIVE. *AK
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE DOOR. IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD YOU IN SEAT. IF IIVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WOULD NOT RESTRAINT THE VICTIM IF DOOR OPEN.*AK
DOOR PANELS LEAK. *SD
AIR BAG; FAILURE ON THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD IN A COLLISION AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.
WHEN MAKING A TURN THE STEERING WHEELS INTERFERE WITH DIMMER SWITCH. *AK
WHEN CAR IS COLD THE HORN WORKS AFTER CAR IS WARM THE HORN STOPS WORKING. PLEASE DESCRIBE .
EXPERIENCING PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. TT
DRIVERS SUNVISOR HANGS LOOSELY, HITTING DRIVER IN FOREHEAD/BLOCKING VISION, CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *DSH
GOODYEAR TIRE FAILURE. TT
ABS BRAKES; BRAKES ARE COMPLETELY OUT. TT FRONT DISC PAD WAS DOWN TO BARE MEDAL. PULL TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHILE DRIVING. RIGHT AND LEFT DOOR RATTLED. *SLC
THE HORN WILL NOT SOUND WHEN DEPRESSED, BEARING IN STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED. TT
HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND SHOES EVERY 14,000 MILES. TT
VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY SURGES WHILE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *DSH
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, WHEN BRAKE APPLIED, VEHICLE SKID, ADJUST THE BRAKE TWICE, TO NO AVAIL. TT
THE VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. THE BRAKES LOCK UP ALL THE TIME . PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SMOKES AND IT BURNS UP. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
BRAKE NOISY AND VEHICLE VIBRATES OUT OF CONTROL WHEN BRAKING, DUE TO HARD SPOTS ON PADS. *AK
ABS BRAKES; BRAKE SENSOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED (4) TIMES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES SKIP AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE IS A MUST. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
FRONT END VIBRATION CLICK WHEN MAKING A TURN. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF DEFECT. TT
GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW OUT. *SKD
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT.
CALIPER SLIDES FAILED, CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT DISC BRAKES. *AK
WHEN TURNING OFF THE CAR THE POWER LOCK WOULDN'T OPEN THE DOOR AND THE PLASTIC PART AROUND THE HANDLE WAS PUT ON WRONG AND THE PANEL WAS PUT ON WRONG. TT
REAR SEATBACK FAILED TO RESTRAIN SPARE WHEEL FROM BREAKING INTO PASSENGER AREA DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *AK
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; WHEN IN DRIVE TO PROCEED FORWARD, VEHICLE WILL COAST A FEW FEET AND NO RESPONSE TO ACCELERATOR AND SHIFTING OF GEARS. TT
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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