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 1996 record →
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED HYDRAULIC BRAKES MALFUNCTIONING, NOTICED GRINDING NOISE, METAL TO METAL RUBBING; WHILE APPLYING BRAKES ALSO, CONSTANT REAR BRAKE NOISE WHEN SLOWING DOWN UNTIL HALT. MANUFACTURER ISSUED TSB, DEALER RESURFACED AND FINALLY REPLACED FRONT ROTORS, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. *AK
INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPS.
EXPERIENCED SLIDING DOOR LATCH BUTTON FAILURE WHICH PREVENTS DOORS FROM OPENING AND EXITING VEHICLE. *AK
GAS TANK "RING" FAILED, CAUSING GAS SMELL.
INTERMITTENT STALLING, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURIES.
MICHELIN LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AT SIDEWALL.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT WARMED UP SUFFICIENTLY, CAUSING LIGHTS/TURN SIGNAL/POWER WINDOWS/RADIO/ AIR CONDITIONER TO BECOME INOPERATIVE.
GAS TANK BUCKLED TO THE POINT OF ONLY TAKING 75 PERCENT OF CAPACITY.
PROBLEM WITH LEFT SIDE OF DOOR.
FUEL TANK LEAK.
REMOVABLE SEAT HAS SHARP EDGES, CAUSING INJURIES WHEN REMOVED DUE TO A DESIGN PROBLEM, IN FOR REPAIRS, DOOR EDGE GUARD AROUND THE METAL EDGES BOLTS ARE STILL COMING OUT. *AK
GAS TANK SEAL LEAKS.
PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR STICKS.
WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO STOP ITJERKS AND PULSATES DUE TO THE WARPING OF THE FRONT BRAKE DISC ROTORS. *AK
TRANSMISSION WON'T ENGAGE GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE OR FROM PARK TO DRIVE. VEHICLE ROLLS DEPENDING ON THE WAY IT IS PARKED. *AK
THE SLIDING DOOR IS HARD TO CLOSE, IF NOT CLOSED RIGHT THE DOOR COMES OPEN . *AK
SLIDING SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY, HAD THREE ATTEMPTED FIXES. *AK
TRANSMISSION STICKS IN 2ND GEAR. *AK
NOISY REAR BRAKES; ALSO STEERING COLUMN MAKES CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING WHEEL. *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN A COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER WHO WAS INJURED . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
SEAT BELT RESTRAINT ON BUILT IN CHILD SAFETY SEAT TOO SHORT, CAUSING NECK IRRITATION.
OWNER HAS BUILT-IN CHILD SEAT IN HER MINI VAN, SHE STATES THAT THE STRAPS LOCK CHILD IN AND THAT BUCKLE CAN'T BE RELEASED WHEN EXITING VEHICLE. *AK
TRANSMISSION NOISE.
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ABS BRAKES HAS HAD PERSISTS PROBLEMS.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA, THE CABIN WAS FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE. *AK *JB
CHILD SAFETY SEAT; WHEN ENGAGED AS INSTRUCTED BY MANUAL, T- SHIELD DOES NOT HOLD ADEQUATELY, CHILD CAN STAND UP IN CSS; ALSO, AFTER RELEASING LOCKING MECHANISM IT WILL NOT RELEASE; GETS TIGHTER/TIGHTER AROUND NECK OF OCCUPANT, NEARLY CHOKING CHILD.*AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR SOMETIMES WILL NOT LATCH AFTER CLOSING THE DOOR. *AK
POOR ABS PERFORMANCE, DURING NORMAL BRAKING SITUATIONS PERIODICALLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL BECOME HARD, AND NOT GO DOWN. *AK DEALER CAN NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS . *SLC
TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR REPAIRS AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL LEAKING GAS WHICH POSES A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. *AK
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS LOCKED IN PLACE. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. *AK
WHILE TRYING TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR , THE DOOR STICKS AND WILL NOT LET YOU OPEN THE DOOR. *AK
SLIDING DOORS HARD TO OPEN FROM INSIDE.
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, EXPERIENCED EXTENEDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALSO THE PEDAL WAS VERY SOFT. *AK
THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHEN HITTING A PUDDLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE.*AK
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BOTH INTERIOR/EXTERIOR TURN SIGNALS WILL FUNCTION WHEN SWITCH IS ENGAGED. AREA DEALER NOT ABLE TO CORRECT FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
ENGINE DIED 3 TIMES. CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. AUDREY WHO WAS VERY RUDE AND UNHELPFUL.
INOPERATIVE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR--DOESN'T PROPERLY LATCH.
POWER STEERING LOCKED UP WHEN DRIVER WAS MAKING A U-TURN WITH ENGINE STILL ON. THE STEERING HAS LOCKED UP SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE DUPLICATE FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
REAR WINDOW SHATTERED UPON IMPACT, CAUSING GLASS TO FLY THOROUGH OUT VEHICLE.
WHILE DRIVING, SPEED DROPPED FROM 60 MPH TO 35 MPH, FOLLOWED BY 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LIGHT COMING ON/SPEEDOMETER FAILURE AND GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS COMING ON.
REAR BRAKES NOISY.
CONSUMER STATES THAT YOU CAN HEAR A GRINDING NOISIE WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES. THE SYSTEM HAS ABS. NEW BRAKES PUT ON AT (13, 000) MILES.*AK
PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED TO LEFT INSTEAD OF RECTANGULAR OR SQUARE SHAPE, DID NOT INFLATE FULLY, PASSENGER FELL FORWARD TO RIGHT OF AIRBAG, CAUSED INJURIES.*AK
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR, WHEN OPENED, THE DOOR WOULDN'T HOLD, IT SHUT ON PASSENGER. PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT FAILURE WHEN TRYING TO CLOSE SLIDING DOOR, DOOR WON'T CLOSE.*AK
STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AFTER A 90 DEGREE LEFT/90 DEGREE RIGHT TURNS, LOCKS ON SECOND TURN, CAUSES LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, CAUSED ACCIDENT; ALSO REAR ABS BRAKES GROAN/VIBRATE, CAUSING LACK OF BRAKING POWER, DECREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE FRONT STRUT WELD BROKE THE SUSPENSION . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK CONSUMER STATES THE WELD THAT ATTACHES THE STABILIZER LINK BALL JOINT TO THE STRUT BROKE, CAUSING THE LINK TO COME LOOSE AND TANLED IN THE STEERING. *SLC
SOMTIMES THE SLIDING DOOR IS HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE, HAVE HAD PROBLEM ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES OFF AND ON . PLEASE DESCRIBE .
ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP.
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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