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 →
POWER STEERING SHAFT SNAPPED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER PUT ANOTHER PUMP IN. WHILE ON VACATION AROUND MAY 5TH, SHAFT BROKE AGAIN, AND ON JUNE 2ND, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS AT DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP. *AK THE VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT. *YH
WHILE DRIVING SWERVED TO AVOID ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE AND HIT A CONCRETE PILLOW HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *AK
TRUCK VIBRATES VERY BADLY. CONSUMER HAS TO FIGHT TO CONTROL IT. *AK
DASHBOARD SUPPORT RAIL EXTENDS FROM THE DASHBOARD TO THE FLOORBOARD, PLASTIC COVERING BECOMES CAUGHT ON THE DRIVERS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. PLASTIC COVERING HAS BEEN REMOVED, DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *ML
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35MPH EXHAUST WOULD MAKE SHRILLING/GRINDING NOISE WHICH WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. WOULD ALSO BE VIBRATING. THIS CAUSED NOISE TO BECOME LOUDER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & INFORMED PROBLEM COULD NOT BE SOLVED, BUT COULD HEAR THE NOISE.
LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE IS SITTING JUST BELOW THE AXLE. IF THE BRAKE LINE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER OBJECTS, IT COULD CAUSE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
VEHICLE'S LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT TIRES DEVELOPED BULGE OR BUBBLE AND CAUSED VIBRATIONS AND SUDDEN SWERVE TO THE RIGHT, GOODYEAR WRANGLER SE P235/75R16). YH
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. ALSO, REAR PASSENGER'S SEATBELT LOCKED UP WHILE IN USE, CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO FEEL "LOCKED IN". DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *ML
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER SUSTAINED TRAUMA TO THE CHEST.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) YH
THE REAR DOORS WILL NOT LATCH IF THE VEHICLE IS EXPOSED TO TEMPS BELOW 45 DEGREES, THE FRONT DOORS ARE SECURED TO THE REAR DOORS, SO IF THE REAR LATCH WON'T LATCH THE FRONT DOORS MAY OPEN, THE DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
FRONT END STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE CAUSING WHEEL BALANCE INOPERABLE. YH
DEFECTIVE FRONT SUSPENSION CAUSES VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND VIBRATE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 63 MPH. NLM
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE OCCUPANT PRESSED THE BRAKES AND WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND CAUSED A REAR END CRASH. DLR CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. MJS
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH LEFT BRAKES LOCKED UP, VEHICLE WENT THROUGH A DITCH AND HIT AN ENBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALSO, SEAT BELT BROKE. *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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