VEHICLE OWNER IS KENNETH STARR OF CLOVER, SC(GRANDFATHER). FUEL LINE BECAME DETACHED FROM ENGINE WHILE DRIVING ON THRUWAY, LARGE QUANTITIES OF FUEL SPRAYED ON AND AROUND ENGINE. VEHICLE IS NOT IN PREVIOUS RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, WOULD SUGGEST THIS PROBLEM IS WIDER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. IN OPINION OF TROOPER AND MACHANIC, IT WAS ONLY THE FACT THAT HE WAS GOING 60+ MPH THAT KEPT THE FUEL FROM HITTING THE MANIFOLD AND IGNITING, WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUEL RELEASED, SURVIVAL OF VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WOULD HAVE BEEN A UNLIKELY. MANUFACTURE DATE OF THIS VEHICLE IS LISTED AS 01/02.*AK
2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints
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 2002 record →
I WAS SITTING AT A STOP SIGN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE(CONFIRMED BY THE DRIVER IN MY REAR THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON). MY CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE. THEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY VEHICLE IN REVERSE WITH MY FOOT STILL RESTING ON THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK LUNGED INTO REVERSE ON IT'S OWN AND HIT THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME AS WELL. *TS *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**762650
SEATBACK DOES NOT LOCK. WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP, SEATBACK HITS CONSUMER IN THE BACK. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR LEATHER FRONT DRIVERS SEAT. *JG
WHILE DRIVING BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER TO LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A CRASH/INJURIES. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT DURING A VEHICLE CRASH THE SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB
THERE IS A MALFUNCTION IN ELECTRICIAL SYSTEM WIRING CAUSING ALL BACK LIGHTS TO GO OUT WITHOUT WEAR. . PROBLEM HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUSES, WIRING, ETC.. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK
IDLE WILL STICK TO 2500 RPM'S DUE TO MALFUNCTION WITHIN COMPUTER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE CHANGING LANES, STEERING HAS LOCKED UP AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO RUN INTO A CONCRETE WALL, MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK AFTER THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP, THE VEHICLE HIT THE CONCRETE WALL AND ROLLED BACKWARDS CRASHING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A RECALL ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE STEERING COLUMN. *YH
CONSUMER STATED THE JACK DOES NOT WORK ON VEHICLE. IT WILL NOT LOWER THE SPARE TIRE DOWN. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED NOT THE RIGHT JACK FOR THAT VEHICLE.
WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE IN PARK, AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT FLASHES ON/OFF INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THE PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *AK DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IF IN AN ACCIDENT. *TT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL INTERMITTENTLY AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WASHER DOES NOT SPRAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT WINDSHEILD, THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM THE DEALER STATES THE FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WASHER WAS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW AT FACTORY. *YH
SHIFTER CANNOT BE PULLED OUT OF PARK; INTERLOCK SCREWED UP: DEALER CANNOT (WILL NOT) LOCATE PROBLEM DESPITE REPEATED ATTEMPTS.*AK
DRIVER'S SIDE MIRRORS MOVE AUTOMATICALLY BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING. HAS TROUBLE ADJUSTING MIRRORS TO SEE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
SEAT BELT LOCKS PROPERLY ON BRAKE APPLICATION THEN WILL NOT RELEASE AND CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN ON PASSENGER, TO THE POINT WHERE PASSENGER REFUSE TO WEAR THE BELT. ONE REPLACEMENT BELT FAIL TO LOCK UP AT ALL. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALER AND CHEVROLET THAT CHILD RESTRAIN IN BELT IS CAUSING PROBLEM. CHILD RESTRAIN IS ONLY OPERATIONAL IF BELT PULLED OUT ALL THE WAY WHICH IS NOT THE CASE.*AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL GOES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER SAYS ITS NORMAL. NLM.
WHILE DRIVING 60-65 AND WITHOUT WARNING RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, RESULTING IN A FRONTAL SIDE COLLISION.*AK *YH
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60-65 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING POWER STEERING WENT OUT/ , RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE TIRE DEFLATED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR GLASSS SHATTERED. *MJ
OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROL TO UNLOCK VEHICLE CAUSES OUTSIDE MIRRORS TO MOVE FROM PRESET POSITION. THIS CREATES A HAZARDOUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY IS VIEW FROM INSIDE MIRROR IS RESTRICTED. DEALER SAYS NO FIX IS KNOWN.
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER CONTACTED.*AK *JB
WHEN IF TRAFFIC, VEHICLE WOULD REPEATEDLY STALL WITH NO TROUBLE CODES IN COMPUTER. DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND OIL SEAPING FROM CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, SATURATING WIRING. DEALER REPLACED. PROBLEM APPEARS CORRECTED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 25-30 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE CONSUMER HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN SIDEWAYS INTO A TREE, BUT THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONTACTED DEALER/MANUFACTURER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK THE ACCIDENT IMPACTED AT A PILAR BETWEEN THE FRONT/REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE SEAT WHERE AIR BAG WAS LOCATED HAD BEEN CRUSHED. THE ROOF AND THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED, THE AIR BAG(S) DID NOT DEPLOY. IF SOMEONE WERE SITTING THERE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE DEALER SAYS THAT THE SYSTEM ON THE BOARD DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO THE PITCH OF THE IMPACT. *SCC
PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS NO SLACK ONCE IT'S LOCKED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. DEALER REPLACED BELT ONE TIME BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A VIBRATION COMING THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *YD
INERTIA SENSOR IN PASSENGER SEAT LOCKS BELTS TOO EASILY, SECURING ADULT IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *AK
REAR SEAT BOTTOM, WHICH FOLDS UP TO LOWER SEAT BACK, IS NOT FULLY SECURED TO VEHICLE. THERE IS ONLY ONE LATCH, WITH OBVIOUS LOCATION FOR A SECOND ONE, WHICH WAS NOT INSTALLED. THIS MAKES LEFT REAR SEAT, NOT PROPERLY SECURED AND COULD BREAK LOOSE IN COLLISION.
CONSUMER STATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE MODE, THE TRANSFER CASE ON 4HI AND 4LO LIT UP, AND THE SERVICE 4WD LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ALSO LIT UP, CONSUMER MANUALLY TURNED THE SWITCH FROM A4WD SETTING TO 2HI AND BACK TO A4WD, AND THE A4WD AND LIGHT LIT UP ALONE, THE SERVICE 4WD LIGHT WENT OFF WHEN THE IGNITION WAS SWITCHED OFF, AND DID NOT COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AGAIN.*MJ
EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE MISALIGNED AND DO NOT SHOW INTENDED VIEW. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, AND WASWORKING ON A REMEDY.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH, DRIVER HEARD A TICKING NOISE, SUDDENLY ENGINE DIED. DRIVER HAD TO FORCE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN, THE 4WD HAS ALSO BEEN REPAIRED TWICE AND THE FRONT BRAKES SHAKE WHEN APPLIED, MILEAGE TO DATE 12,000-8/02. *YH
ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO START VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. WHEN DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED, I NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE THAT SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE. LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW THAT GAS WAS STILL LEAKING OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. DEALER FOUND FUEL FILTER RETAINING CLIP HAD COME LOOSE. WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY ALSO REPLACED 4WD SWITCH. IT HAD BEEN SWITCHING TO 4HI AND 4LO WHILE IN A4WD. NOT EVEN TWO DAYS LATER, THE CAR AGAIN DIED WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT 55 MPH. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER, SO VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IT WAS BOUGHT FROM. WHEN DEALERSHIP SERVICE TRIED TO START THE CAR IT CRANKED ONCE THEN A SOUND LIKE FREE SPINNING WAS APPARENT. WHEN THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED BROKEN PIECES OF PISTON AND RING WERE FOUND INSIDE THE ENGINE AND THE SPARK PLUGS WERE SMASHED. ENGINE WAS REPLACED.
ENGINE STALLED WHILE IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT 55 MPH. PULLED TO SHOULDER, ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE. EVERY TIME WE TRIED TO START CAR, FUEL PUMP ENGAGED AND GAS SPRAYED UNDER VEHICLE...CREATING A LARGE PUDDLE OF FUEL.*AK
CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND SHIFTED TO REVERSE AND SUDDENLY SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER COULD NOT GET OUT OF VEHICLE SINCE DOORS LOCKED UPON STARTING VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT THROUGH REAR PASSENGER DOOR THAT HAD NOT BEEN SHUT PROPERLY. DEALER DETERMINED THAT BATTERY CABLES SHORTED OUT, AND SHUT DOWN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DEALER WAS EXCHANGING VEHICLE.*AK
SIDE VIEW MIRROR WILL CHANGE AUTOMATIC SETTING, AT THE TIME WHEN CONSUMER USES POWER LOCK. COULD SET SIDE VIEW MIRROR AT HEIGHT DESIRED, BUT IT WILL CHANGE AS SOON AS POWER LOCK IS USED. *AK THE FRONT SIDE MIRRORS ELECTRONICALLY LOCKED POSITION CHANGES DUE TO MEMORY OF THE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING. *YH
ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLEEVE OF ONE PISTON FALLING OFF.*AK
CONSUMER IS HAVING DIFFUCULTY SHIFTING VEHICLE FROM 2 WHEEL DRIVE TO 4WD AS WELL AS 4HI, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE ON 3 OCCASIONS AND DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. *SLC
PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
PROBLEM #1: PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK UP AND NOT RELEASE UNTIL BUCKLE RELEASE IS PUSHED. THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENS SO THAT PASSENGER CANNOT EVEN MAKE SMALL MOVEMENTS, LIKE OPENING THE GLOVEBOX OR OPERATING THE RADIO. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD AS THE SEAT BELT IS PARTICULARIRLY RESTRICTING TO MY PREGNANT WIFE. TO RELEASE THE BELT BY RELEASING THE BUCKLE WOULD BE UNSAFE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. BARTON BIRKS CHEVROLET DEALER SAYS BELT IS OF "NORMAL OPERATION AS PER MAKE AND MODEL DESIGN". DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS NO SUCH PROBLEM HOWEVER. PROBLEM #2: DRIVER AND PASSEGER SIDE POWER MIRRORS WILL CHANGE THEIR POSITIONS AT RANDOM. THIS IS ANOTHER SAFTEY HAZARD BECAUSE OFTEN YOU WILL NOT NOTICE THAT THE MIRRIORS HAVE CHANGED THEIR POSITIONS ON THEIR OWN UNTIL YOU NEED THEM TO PERFORM A LANE CHANGE. MIRRORS OUT OF ALIGNMENT ARE INCREASING THE"BLIND SPOT". TO REALIGN MIRRORS WHEN DRIVING IS ALSO DISTRACTION, ALL OF WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF COLLISION. BARTON BIRKS DEALER SAYS "COULD NOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN".*AK
FRONT WHEEL WELL LINERS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO WELL FRAME PROPERLY. THIS CAUSES DEBRIS TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LINERS. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE INSECURE WHEEL LINERS PROPERLY AND THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. *YH
FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT FLASHES ON DASHBOARD . BUT, WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE IN GEAR VEHICLE WILLNOT MOVE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE BEING DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A LARGE OAK TREE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE CRASH. BODY SHOP STATED THAT AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED DUE TO DAMAGE VEHICLE RECEIVED. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.**AK
FAILURE OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC IN ST. LOUIS, MO. A LARGE TRUCK FOLLOWING BEHIND HAD TO BRAKE ABRUPTLY TO AVOID REAR ENDING MY VEHICLE. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM REPAIRED. THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL OF THE SWITCHES IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I BELIEVE THE COMPANY HAS A DEFECTIVE PART IF THE SERVICE PEOPLE ARE NOTICINT A TREND. I CONTACTED CHEVEROLET AND THE "STARTED A FILE".*AK
HOOD IS CONSTRUCTED OF ALUMINUM AND IS VERY LIGHTWEIGHT.I OPENED THE HOOD AND ATTACHED THE PROP ROD TO KEEP THE HOOD OPEN.WHILE FILLING THE GAS TANK A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE HOOD OFF THE PROP ROD AND THE HOOD WAS CARRIED REARWARD ON THE HINGES TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD.REAR END OF THE HOOD WAS CAUGHT ON A PLASTIC MOLDING UNDER THE WINDSHIELD AND THE RADIO ANTENNA.REAR CORNERS OF THE HOOD DEFLECTED AND BENT.THE HINGES ARE SPRUNG AND THE HOOD IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND NOT IN CONTACT WITH ALL OF THE HINGE MOUNTING.THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF FAILURE OF THE HOOD TO BE RESTRAINED.WIRES TO THE UNDERHOOD LIGHT WERE SEVERED.AT THIS TIME AN ASSESSMENT HAS NOT BEEN MADE FOR DAMAGE THAT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS.THIS WAS REPORTED THAT DAY TO GM AND THE DEALER.THE CAR WAS INSPECTED 12/21 BY SERVICE DEPT (KEN), WHO SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT NORMAL.1ST GM CONTACT WAS MIA PIERCE, GM HOT LINE AT 1-800-222-1020 ON 12/20/01.SHE TOOK REPORT AND SAID SHE WOULD GET BACK AFTER SHE INVESTIGATED.SHE CALLED BACK 12/26/01 AND ASKED IF I HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER.SHE SAID SHE WOULD CALL THE DEALER AND CALL BACK 1/2/02.BRAD ZIMMERMAN, GM HOT LINE CALLED 1/2/02 AND SAID HE HAD REPLACED MS. PIERCE, WOULD INVESTIGATE AND CALL BACK.ZIMMERMAN CALLED BACK 1/10/02 AND STATED GM WOULD NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS, THIS WAS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND WOULD NOT MAKE MODIFICATIONS.MR. ZIMMERMAN STATED THAT HE MADE THIS DECISION HIMSELF BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER(?) AT BASS.MY CONCERN IS THAT THE HOOD
POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING STARTED,A CLICKING GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
THIS SUV AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THE SUV IN THE SERVICE GARAGE 3 TIMES. NOV. 13, DEC 19, AND DEC. 27. ALL THREE TIMES THEY REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE SWITCH. THE SUV IS STILL LOCKING INTO 4-WHEEL HI WHILE DRIVING. JAN.2 I ALMOST WRECKED BECAUSE IT ENGAGED AT 35-40 MILES PER HOUR WHILE GOING AROUND A BEND. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHUT OFF TO DISENGAGE THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM. I HAVE CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ARE BASICALLY IGNORING IT. PLEASE HELP FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT .*AK
POWER MIRRORS MALFUNCTIONED; MIRRORS WILL AUTOMATICALLY MOVE THEMSELVES. *AK DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. SERVICE 4WD LIGHT DISPLAYED ON CLUSTER AND 4WD SWITCH IS INOPERATIVE, VIBRATION IN FLOORBOARD AT 55-60 MPH WHEEN PRESSING GAS, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE, SMALL DARK FLUID LEAK FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL GASKET. *TT
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A CHRONIC PROBLEM WHERE THE 4WD SYSTEM SWITCHES BETWEEN 2HI, A4WD, AND 4HI MODES ON ITS OWN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE ROTARY SELECTOR BLINK, THERE IS A SLIGHT JERK FELT IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AS THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFTS, AND THE SERVICE 4WD LIGHT ILLUMINATES, DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
AFTER CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL REPAIRS, THERE WAS AN EXTRA GEAR PLACED IN VEHICLE. . WHEN THINKING THAT TRANSMISSION GEAR IS IN DRIVE IT IS ACTUALLY IN NEUTRAL. CONSUMER SPOKE TO DEALER, AND HE TOLD HER " SORRY YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT." *AK
CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A MATERIAL DEFECT UNDER THE SEAT WHERE THE JACK IS STORED, CONSUMER NOTICED SCREWS MISSING FROM THE TRIM AROUND THE FRONT TIRES, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE HOLES, THERE WERE NO SCREWS TO FIT THE HOLES. *SLC
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