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 →
VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS TECHNICAL BULLETIN 95V246000, CONCERNING SEAT RECLINER TO SEAT FRAME, ATTACHING BOLTS ON THESE VEHICLE COULD FRACTURE, ALLOWING SEATBACKTO SUDDENLY RECLINE, CAUSEING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED AND WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VEHICLE DOES NOT COME UNDER THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN, AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO THE CONSUMER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE LUGS: NUTS SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING TIRE SEPARATION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
AM RECEPTION ON RADIO IS VERY POOR.
SEAT BELTS FAILED CAUSING PASSENGER TO FALL TO FLOOR DURING EMERGENCY STOPPING.
THE FUEL LINE THAT COMES FROM THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM TO THE FUEL TANK (BETWEEN THE FIREWALL AND THE FLOOR PAN) HAS BEEN CUT BY A SHARP PIECE OF METAL, WHICH CAUSES THE FUEL TO RUN OUT. BOTH FUEL LINES HAS BEEN REPLACED BY OWNER.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING A COLLISION.
OWNER CLAIMS THAT THE BRAKES MAKE A LOUD NOISE. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP AND PULL TO THE RIGHT.
DRIVING ABOUT 15MPH IN TRAFFIC AND APPLYING FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, THE TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK HIT THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. *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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