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 →
AFTER TEN DAYS OF PURCHASE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON EVEN AFTER DEALERSHIP REPLACED AIR BAG LIGHT MODULE. THIS PART WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR TWO MONTHS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS FINE EVEN THOUGH AIR BAG LIGHT WAS STILL ON. DEALERSHIP STILL HAS VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
ENTERPRISE RENTAL, MOUNT KISCO, NY. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AT 25 MPH AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION, AND VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, ENGINE REVS UP REALLY HIGH. CONSUMER CAN BARELY CONTROL CAR, EVEN WITH FOOT ON BRAKES. *AK DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *TT
VEHICLE HAS A FOG HORN SOUND DUE TO BUILD UP IN AIR CONDITIONER'S EXPANSION VALVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK
WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 45MPH VEHICLE FAILS TO KICK IN. VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE SEVERELY. WHEN FOOT IS REMOVED FROM BRAKES, VEHICLE WOULD STOP SHAKING.*AK
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE BETWEEN 50-60MPH AND TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED "SMART CAR" HAS TO LEARN DRIVING HABITS OF OWNER.*AK
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE BASS SOUND. WHENEVER THE RADIO OR CD IS ON, THERE IS A HORRIBLE BUZZING/DRONING NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY A VIBRATION IN THE SPEAKER PANEL ON THE DOORS. IT IS UNBEARABLE.*AK
VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ROARS UP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *TT
AT BROTHERS GRADUATION IN LANSING WHEN THE PROBLEM CAME UP. CALLED HOME DEALERSHIP WHO SAID IT WAS TOO FAR AWAY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER, WHERE IT TOOK A MONTH TO GET IT FIXED. CHRYSLER SAID THEY WOULD ONLY FIX IT AND WOULD DO NOTHING ELSE UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE, TEMPERATURE IN GARAGE WAS ABOUT 60 DEGREES WHEN DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW EXPLODED.*AK *SLC
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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