1996 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

WHEN STOPPED OR IN SLOW SPEEDS CAR STALLS AND IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO STEER. *AK

MY HORN WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. I DIDN'T WORK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. (WE BOUGHT IT USED). WE REPLACED THE FUSE, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. THEN ONE DAY IT JUST WORKED AND CONTINUED FOR MONTHS. THEN IT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. THIS HAPPEN TWICE. SO AT THIS TIME THE HORN IS STILL NOT WORKING. MY OTHER PROBLEM WAS MY COLANT LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. WE WOULD ADD COOLANT ALL THE TIME. (IT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO BEING EMPTY.) IT MOSTLY HAPPEN WHEN I WAS MOVING, BUT IT HAPPEN WHILE SITTING STILL TOO. IT WOULD COME OFF AND ON CONSTANTLY. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE COOLANT SENSOR. I SAW OTHER PEOPLE ALSO HAD THAT PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THIS CAR AND THEY ALL SAY IT IS COMMON FOR THIS CAR TO BLOW HEAD GASKETS. I PAID $7000FOR THIS CAR IT SHOULDN'T HAVE COST ANOTHER $801TO KEAP IT ON THE ROAD AT 56.5K MILES. IF IT IS THIS COMMON THERE SHOULD BE A REMBERSMENT (RECALL )ON IT.. I ALSO HAVE A TI. *AK

INSIDE TRIM ALONG WINDSHIELD CRACKED THROUGH. REPLACEMENT COST IS $775. I HAVE MY DOUBTS AS WHETHER THIS WAS A NEW CAR AT TIME OF PURCHASE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO MY DAUGHTER SCRAPED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. WHILE HAVING IT REPAIRED THE INDEPENDENT COLLISION REPAIR SHOP COMMENTED IF THE CAR HAD BEEN IN A PREVIOUS WRECK. I TOLD THE SHOP OWNER THAT THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A WRECK. ON 10 OCT. 2000 I TOOK THE CAR INTO BACHMAN CHEVROLET TO HAVE THE CRACKED DASH TRIM ASSESS (GM CASE C1837827). THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME AT HOME TO INFORM ME THAT IT WOULD COST $775 TO REPLACE THE TRIM. HE PROCEEDED TO QUESTION ME ABOUT THE CAR BEING IN A WRECK. I INFORMED HIM THAT THE CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A WRECK AND IT WAS BOUGHT NEW FROM HIS EMPLOYER. BASED ON THE ABOVE STATEMENTS I NOW HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT THE CAR.. *AK

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION IN THE PAST AND NOW AGIAN I AM HAVING TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD HEAD GASKET REPAIR ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING FULL REIMBURSEMENT, CHEVROLET WILL NOT REIMBURSE HER FULLY DUE TO THE REPAIR WORK NOT BEING DONE AT A DEALER. *SLC

BRAKES FAILURE TO STOP, CAR SLIPS IN GEAR WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES, HORN SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK THEN IT STARTS TO WORK , HEADLIGHTS GO DIM WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED ,NOISE IN REAR AREA

I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGHT RECALL 98V027000 IS A VALID RECALL IT IS NOT CONECTED WITH MY VIN. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED.

BRAKE PADS/ ROTORS AND SHOES ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION ON MY CAR TWICE WITHIN A 2 YEAR PERIOD. I WAS TOLD BOTH TIMES THAT THE PUMP SHAFT HAS FAILED IN EACH OCCASSION. ALSO NOTE, EACH TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THIS PART, I HAVE HAD TO PAY AT LEAST OVER $1400. *AK

THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 45 OR 50 WHEN THE RIGHT TIRES HIT THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER LANDING ON IT'S TOP-SIDE. THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD NOR DID THE AIR BAG ACTIVATE. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AND IS STILL HAVING BACK PROBLEMS. SHE WAS SLUNG TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE AND HER SHOULDER HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND HER HEAD HIT THE TOP OF THE CAR.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/65R15 )

CONSUMER NOTICED LIGHT ON THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLASHING AND STEAM POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD, DEALER SAID ENGINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE LOWER RADIATOR HOSE, ANOTHER MECHANIC SAYS FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILURE, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

IT STALLS IN THE RAIN SOME TIMES IT DOES HARD STARTS RUFF IDEAL SOME THING CALL THE COMPTER CONTROLE MODULE OR SOME THING JUST LIKE THAT L GOT A RECALL NOTICE ON THAT. COULD THAT HAVE SOME THING TO DO WITH IT IT WAS REPLACE. *AK

MY QUESTION IS IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT WHAT IS THE RATE OF FATILITY IN A HARDTOP CAR VS A CONVERTIBLE. ANY OTHER DATA THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE ON THE SAFETY OF CONVERTIBLES VS HARDTOPS WOULD BE WELCOMED.

THE HORN DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. IT HAS CONTRIBUTE TO TWO DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS. THE FIRST WAS WHEN MY CAR BACKED INTO ANOTHER CAVALIER, SAME YEAR, AND SHE INFORMED ME THAT HER HORN WOULD NOT HONK. THE SECOND WAS WHEN A CAR BACKED INTO ME AND I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TOHONK THE HORN TO WORN THE MAN HE WAS ABOUT TO HIT ME AND THE HORN WOULD NOT WORK. THIS HAS CAUSED TWO DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS JUST IN MY CASE. THE HORN WORKS OCCASIONALLY, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK MORE OFTEN THAN IT DOES. THIS COULD REALLY BE A HAZARD.

CONSUMER CAN HEAR A BUMPING IN REAR DRIVERS SIDE OF VEHICLE.*AK

HORN HASN'T BEEN WORKING SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. FUSE WAS REPLACED, BUT DIDN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM. DEALER CLAMED THAT IN DIFFERENT WEATHER &TEMPERATURES IT WILL NOT WORK. VEHICLE STALLED ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY & ALTERNATOR THE 1ST TIME. 2ND TIME DEALER INDICATED FUEL PUMP WENT OUT.CONSUMER HAD TO COVER THE COST & FELT THAT THEY SHOULD BEEN ABLE TO DETECT THIS WHEN THEY DID THE DIAGNOSTIC READING A MONTH AGO. *AK

REAR SEAT BELT GUIDE DETACHED FROM THE SEAT. *MJS

AT 46K MILES, MY TRANSMISSION PANEL LIGHT STARTED GOING ON AND OFF. AT 53K MILES, A GM DEALER READ A P1887 TCC RELEASE SWITCH CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. AT 58K MILES, THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AT 70 MPH ON I77 NORTH OF CHARLESTON WVA. THE GM DEALERSHIP IN WVA FOUND THAT THE PUMP IN THE TRANSMISSION CAME APART, DAMAGING THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL ASSEMBLY, REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, AND BILLED ME. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY SAID I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, TOUGH LUCK, NO OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE THIS HAVE EVER BEEN REPORTED. HOWEVER, I FOUND NUMEROUS IDENTICAL PROBLEMS IN THE NHTSA FILES (SEE NHTSA BULLETIN SB049140). I PRINTED A TSB (SERVICE BULLETIN) FROM A GM DEALER IN OHIO THAT SHOWS THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMPS INSTALLED ON CAVALIERS BEFORE 6/96 HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PUMP SEAL FAILURES THAT CAN LEAD TO THE TRANSMISSION BURNING UP EVEN THOUGH THE CAR DRIVES LIKE NORMAL. SINCE GM ADMITTED IN THE TSB THAT CARS PRODUCED BEFORE 6/96 (MINE WAS BUILT 4/96) HAD A PUMP PROBLEM, AND THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE CAVALIER TRANSMISSION, I BELIEVE I STILL SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY GENERAL MOTORS FOR THE COST OF A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION ON MY CAR. THE COST FROM THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WAS $2,062.70.

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. IT WAS AROUND THE ENGINE WHERE A TECHNICIAN BELIEVED THERE WAS A HEAD BLOWN HEAD GASKET.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF AFTER FOUR TIMES IN SHOP, MISFIRING,SEVERAL KNOBS HAVE FALLEN OFF,PASSENGER WINDOW DOES NOT WORK,INTERIOR PROBLEMS. *AK

CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON RECALL #C00010, DEALER AGREED TO PAY PART OF REPAIRS AND NOT ALL. WOULD NOT PAY FOR DEALERSHIP CHARGES ON PRESSURE TESTING COOLING SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH DEALERSHIP REQUIRED IT....

I FIRST NOTICED THE COOLANT LIGHT ON AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN I TURNED CORNERS. THE LIGHT NEVER STAYED ON FOR MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS, THEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER TO GET SOME RECALL WORK COMPLETED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT A GASKET CONNECTING TO MY WATER PUMP HAS A SLOW LEAK. MY BROTHER HAS A 1997 CAVALIER Z24 AND HAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I HOPE YOU CAN GET SOMETHING DONE SO OTHERS DONT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE HAD REOCCURRING PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE START UP LIGHT ON SUSPENSION SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE AUTOMOBILE. EVERYTIME I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR, I GOT A "CANNOT DUPLICATE" IN THE PLACE OF REPAIR. I KNEW NOTHING OF THE RECALL ON THIS ITEMS UNTIL 6/18/2000, WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING OTHER ITEMS ON THE CAVALIER. I WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING THIS REPAIRED AS OPPOSSED TO "CANNOT DUPLICATE." I DO KNOW THE SUSPENSION HAPPENS FAR MORE OFTEN THAN A VEHICLE THIS YOUNG AGE SHOULD. THANK YOU.

I HAVE RESEARCHED ON THIS SITE, CONSUMER REPORTS, CONSUMER CORNER, ETC. AND HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIERS HAVE HAD CYLINDER HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY LASTED THROUGH 100,000 MILES. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT THIS WAS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP IT FROM OCCURRING. GM/CHEVROLET HAS ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO GIVE ME A DISCOUNT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REFUSED DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE BEING APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES OVER THE REQUIRED 100,000 MILES. SIX (6) DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET STATING THAT MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCES THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS UP TO SEVEN (7) YEARS AND 100,000 MILES. I THINK THIS IS VERY CONVENIENT. THE LETTER IS DATED MAY, 2000. TWO WEEKS EARLIER I WAS STILL WITHIN THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT. I HAVE GIVEN THE DEALERSHIP PERMISSION TO FIX MY VEHICLE, BUT I AM AFRAID TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS BEFORE SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT IS REACHED. UNFORTUNATELY, GM/CHEVROLET IS NOT INTERESTED IN HELPING ME. *AK

CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR A SEVERAL HOURS WHEN THE IGNITION SEEMED TO BE GOING OFF ALL BY ITSELF. THE CAR WAS TRYING TO START BY ITSELF. NO KEYS WERE IN THE AUTOMOBILE AT THE TIME. THE PROCESS COULD NOT BE STOPPED EVEN AFTER THE DRIVER TRIED TO TURN THE IGNITION. *AK

DRIVER'S SEATBELT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING SEAT BELT NOT TO RETRACT IN HARD STOP, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. DEALER SAID THAT SEAT BELT SPOILER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE HAD FUNCTIONED PROPERLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES AFTER BEING PICKED UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN UNRELATED PROBLEM. THE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON, WENT OFF, THEN CAME ON AGAIN AND STAYED ON 2 MILES BEFORE I REACHED MY HOME. I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND HEARD A NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. I COULD NOT SEE ANY PROBLEM WHEN I POPPED THE HOOD, BUT FLUID HAD BEGUN TO PUDDLE UNDER MY VEHICLE THAT WAS GREEN IN COLOR. THE PUDDLE INCREASED IN SIZE QUICKLY. IT SEEMED TO BE THE WATER PUMP. AFTER FINDING THAT THE DEALERSHIP AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COST OF A WATER PUMP, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT FIXES WATER PUMPS. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP CALLED AND SAID THE TRUE PROBLEM IS A CYLINDER HEAD GASKET. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT CANNOT GET TO IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME, THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN OTHER CAVALIERS AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY A RECALL BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME, BUT I HAVE LEFT A MESSAGE FOR THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO CALL ME. *AK

WHEN CAR WAS TRAVELING AT ROUGHLY 45 MPH, CAR SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER, THOUGH STILL HAD ELECTRICAL POWER. SUBSEQUENT REPAIR SHOWED CAM GEAR HAD BROKEN, CAUSING TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK. THIS SENT PART THROUGH ENGINE, DAMAGING 3RD CYLINDER (VALVES COMING UNSEATED OR DAMAGE TO HEAD). ORIG. PART IS PLASTIC, REPLACEMENT IS METAL. THIS RESULTED IN REPAIR CHARGE OF $1600+ TO REPAIR DAMAGE CAUSED BY INFERIOR PART. AS VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, CUST. FORCED TO PAY CHARGE. *AK

WELL, I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE OF WHAT IS WRONG, MY CAR STALLED OUT AFTER FOUR TURNS OF THE IGNITION TO START IT UP AND THEN IT WOULDN'T START UP AGAIN. A FEW HOURS LATER, IT STARTED UP AND IT DIDN'T SOUND NORMAL, IT SOUNDED TERRIBLE. AS SOON AS SOMEONE COULD CONTACT ME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR I AM WITHOUT A CAR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. CASEY SIX

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH WHILE COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. SHE WAS HEARING POPPING NOISES. CONSUMER RAN OVER A BUMP, AND MOTOR FELL OUT OF VEHICLE'S HOOD AREA. *AK

FEB 2000 I REPLACED A FAULTY WATER PUMP CONTINUED TO HAVE SLOW COOLANT LEAK...MAY 2000 HEAD GASKET WAS FOUND TO BE BAD.NO RECALL AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS .....NOT PURCHASED BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS WHAT I RECOMMEND. *AK

RECALL9V146000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT RECEIVED ON APRIL 13, 2000. WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 45 MPH, A DEER JUMPED ON HOOD OF VEHICLE AND BROKE FRONT WINDSHIELD. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK THE DEPLOYED AIR BAGS RUPTURED 2 DISCS OF THE DRIVER'S NECK. *YH

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. DEALER HAS ONLY DISCONNECTED THE WIRES, BUT NOT REPAIRED VEHICLE. ENGINE BLEW, RECALL WAS ISSUED, AND LIGHT STILL REMAINS ON. *AK.ET.

I HAVE HAD THE TOP REPLACED ONCE AND THE SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN , IN THE SAME PLACE 11 MONTHS LATER. THE SAME HOLE SAME SIDE SAME PLACE , I NEED HELP.

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP FOR A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL REPAIRS, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STRUCK A DEER ON THE ROAD. THEN CHECKED UNDER HOOD, WHERE ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

THE HEADLAMPS FAILED. WATER ENTERED THE FRONT LIGHTING HARNESS LOCATED BEHIND THE FRONT BUMPER FACIA. THE WATER WAS RETAINED IN THE HARNESS AND CAUSED THE CORROSION OF THE SPLICES FOR THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS AND DRL CIRCUITS. THE SPLICES WERE BROKEN BY THE CORROSION, RESULTING IN FAILURE. *AK

HEAD GASKET DIAGNOSED TO BE LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT ACCORDING TO PALANKER CHEVROLET IN WEST BABYLON N.Y. VEHICLE KNOWN TO HAVE GASKET PROBLEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE IN 1995 CAVALIERS AND 1996 CAVALIERS ACCORDING TO OTHER CHEVROLET DEALERS( IE, DOBLER CHEVROLET, HEMSTEAD N.Y) AND BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL OR GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE. I AM VERY DISALUSSIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE DEALER I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO TO BE REPAIRED SAYS THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THIS MILAGE AND YEAR AND THAT CHEVROLET WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS OR OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE.. I HAVE SPOKEN TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY HELP OR ENLIGHTENMENT REGARDING MY PROBLEM, INSTEAD IU HAVE BEEN SHOVED ASIDE AND IGNORED. I HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP THAT HAVE NO EXPLAINABLE ANSWER AS TO WAY THEY OCCURRED BUIT YET HAVE HAD PARTS REPLACED CONTINUOUSLY UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. I AM THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED WITH THIS LEMON OF A CAR AND THIS IS THE FINAL STRAW!!! PLEASE HELP ME IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE WITH MY UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE AND CONTACT ME WHEN POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE :)*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

BELIEVE THIS TO BE MANU. DEFECT. GM DOESN'T WANT TO COVER COST OF REPAIR - KM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN THE SUMMARY. *AK

KNOCKING NOISE NEAR TRUNK AREA, BURNING SMELL CONSTANTLY, PANEL LIGHTS ALWAYS SHOW SOMETHING WRONG, ETS OFF LIGHT BLINKING, TILT STICKS, HORN DEFECTIVE, DON'T START IN WARM WEATHER,POPPING NOISE IN REAR SIDE, COOLANT LEAKS, POWER STEERING HOSES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY BURNED UP AND LEAKED FLUID ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, WINDOW RATTLES WHEN COMING DOWN, WINDOW NOT ALIGNED RIGHT AIR COMES THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES,ALARM DOESN'T WORK 85% OF THE TIME EVEN WITH NEW BATTERIES, NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE JUNE 1, 1999.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET/STRUTS/STARTER/TRANSMISSION/ DOME LIGHT/ PAINT/,MUFFLER/SEATS AND ABS BRAKES HAVE ALL GONE BADLY AT LEAST ONCE, AND SOME HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND ARE BAD AGAIN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT REFUSED TO CHECK OR REPLACE. NO LONGER DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM DUE TO THE SERVICE. I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE SERVICES. *AK

IN 53000 MILES: SPONTANEOUS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, COMPUTER FAILURE, VALVE TRAIN FAILURE.

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE DESIGN ENGINE CYLINDER GASKET IS LEAKING AT 17,000 MILES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

THE DRIVER SEAT BROKE DURING ACCIDENT CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE LEFT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF OF THE CAR WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS TOTALLED. DRIVER WAS INJURED. NO OTHER PASSENGERS IN CAR. *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER AND DRAIN THE BATTERY WHILE DRIVING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. NLM