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 2000 record →
WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND LINING. *AK
VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM OF STALLING. HAD REPLACED THE FUEL MODULATOR & THE FUEL PUMP 3 TIMES. BUT, STALLING PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE TURN, BRAKES DID NOT WORK. CALLED DEALER, DON'T HAVE PARTS IN. BEEN WAITING FOR PARTS SINCE APRIL, 2000. NOW THEY WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS.*AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A REAR END CRASH. NEED TO WAIT BEFORE RESTARTING VEHICLE. PROBLEM OCCURRED 3 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. BUT INSTALLED A CHIP TO VEHICLE SO IT CAN RECORD THE PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR OF ROTORS. THIS WAS THE THIRD SET OF REPLACEMENT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND PERFORMED REPAIRS. BUT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK *ML
VECHICLE MADE A RATTLING NOISE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER & FOUND THE PISTONS HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER SAID THAT THE NOISE WAS COMMON. *AK
BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE. YH
VEHICLE STALLS/COMPLETELY DIES WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK
HAD CAR FOR 15 MINUTES, TRAVELED APPOX 8 MILES WHEN MAKING SUDDEN STOP HAD BRAKE FAILURE. CAR CONTINUED TO TRAVEL UNTIL IT BECAME LODGED OVER A TREE TRUNK. THIS VEHICLE WAS NEW AND HAD ONLY 20 MILES ON. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE BRAKES WOULD HAVE FAILED, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THIS SOLVED, IN THE MEAN TIME THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING US WITH A RENTAL OR LOANER BECAUSE THEY SAID WE ARE NOT HAVING OUR VEHICLE CURRENTLY SERVICED. SO I AM WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS AT AN INTERSECTION AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE COMMENCED TO JERK ITSELF INTO AN INTERSECTION. AT ANOTHER TIME, IT OCCURRED WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT. IT STARTED TO JERK ITSELF AGAIN WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK *ML
THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY DRIVING, SPECIALLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKE DUE TO THIN ROTORS. YH
CONSUMER BOUGHT A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS WITHIN 24 HOURS. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. STEERING PUMP REPLACED, BUT VEHICLE STILL HAS SHAKE PROBLEM WHEN BRAKING, AS WELL AS NOISE COMING FROM LEFT REAR. *AK *ML
VEHICLE FIRST TOWED TO SHOP ON 04/04/00 FOR VEHICLE OVERHEATING. TOP RADIATOR HOSE SPLIT. INFORMED DEALER OF VIBRATION IN FRONT END AT 30 MPH AND UP, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE. ON 04/11/00 HEARD THUMPING NOISE FROM FRONT AND WHILE PULLING IN DRIVEWAY LOST CONTROL OF LEFT FRONT WHEEL. TOWED TO DEALER AND LEFT SIDE OUTER TIE ROD END REPLACED. PICKED UP FROM DEALER ON 04/12/00 AND 2 MILES AWAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AND NEXT MORNING LIGHT WAS OFF. LEFT FOR WORK AND GOT 6 MILES AWAY WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSON STARTED SLIPPING. CALED AND NOTIFIED CHEVY AND THEY SAID DRIVE VEHICLE THEN HAVE IT TOWED IN THE NEXT DAY. ON 04/14/00 WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 40 MPH WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AGAIN AND HIT A TREE. REPAIRS TO STEERING/ABS LIGHT/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/TRANSMSSION SLIPPING NOT TAKEN CARE OF YET.
VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES UNCONTROLABLY. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HOWEVER , PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY. ABNORMAL BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATION (NOT ABS). CAR PULLS TO ONE SIDE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES.
IF THE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AT NIGHT DURING THE DRIVING, ACCIDENT COULD HAPPEN. *AK
VEHICLE SHUT DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING, AND OCCASIONALLY DID NOT START. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE, THE O2 SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED, AND THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, WAS ALSO REPLACED. *AK *ML
WHEN DRIVING OVER 55MPH STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END SHAKES EXCESSIVELY. DEALER SAYS ITS A HARMONIC VIBRATION AND THAT IT CANNOT BE CORRECTED. *AK
STARTING AT 60MPH, FRONT-END BEGINS TO SHIMMY. DEALER SAYS IT'S A HARMONIC VIBERATION THAT THEIR TECH CENTER HAS INDICATED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE. I FEEL I HAVE JUST PURCHACED A "LEMON" *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ENGINE COMPLETELY SHIUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
TURNING SIGNALS AND FLASHERS HAVE BEEN FIXED. THEY WANT ME TO BRING THE CAR IN ON MONDAY SO THEY CAN REPLACE THE PISTONS. I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR. *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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