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 1998 record →
WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG. DISCOVERED NO BRAKES AFTER BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE ROTORS BROKE, CAUSING THE SPINDLE TO BURN OUT. ALSO, WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. EACH TIME WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK
THIS VEHICLE STILL PULLS TO THE LEFT.
CONSUMER REPORTED SEVERE BLOWBACK OF CNG FUEL UPON RELEASING THE FILLER NOZZLE FROM THE FILLER PIPE CONNECTION CAUSING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FUEL TO BE EXPELLED FROM THE VEHICLE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD NOISE. NLM
CONSUMER REPORTED THAT UPON COMPLETION OF REFUELING VEHICLE THE FILLER NOZZLE WAS BLOWN BACK ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD NOISE AND RELEASE OF CNG FUEL. NLM
AFTER THE PUMP SHUT OFF FROM FILLING TANK, AND UPON DISCONNECTING THE HOSE, THE NOZZLE WAS BLOWN BACK ACCOMPANIED BY A HISSING NOISE. ABOUT 3/4 OF THE TANKS CNG FUEL WAS EXPELLED LEAVING 1/4 AFTER INCIDENT. NLM
UPON COMPLETING THE FUELING OF THE VEHICLE, THE ENTIRE TANKFUL OF CNG FUEL EXPLODED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT CHECK VALVE MAY HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE. NLM
RADIO FAILED.
WHEN DRIVING AT 40 TO 50 MPH, IF THE CONSUMER HITS A BUMP OR ANYTHING IN THE ROAD THAT IS METAL OR HARD, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS AND SHAKES, AND THE VEHICLE WILL GO FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
THE STEERING GEAR BOX HAS A LOOSE SPOT IN IT. WHILE ON THE ROAD IF A BUMP OR HOLE IS HIT THE VEHICLE WILL JERK OUT OF CONTROL AND WANDER. THE STEERING GEAR BOX HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND PROBLEM STILL EXIST. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND CLAIMS THEY CAN DO NOTHING MORE FOR IT. VEHICL WAS DELIVERED FROM THE FACTORY WITH THIS DEFECT. *AK
I AM A TRANSPORTATION OFFICER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. I WAS JUST ISSUED A NEW VAN AND THE SAFETY PARTITION BETWEEN THE DRIVERS SECTION AND THE PRISONER SECTION PREVENTS THE SEATS FROM MOVING BACK A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE DRIVERS AIR BAG (APPROXIMATELY 7'' MAX). THERE ARE OVER 25 VANS TO BE ISSUED THAT ARE CONFIGURED THE SAME WAY. THE DEPT. OF CORRECTION DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE THE PARTITIONS BACK, AS THIS WOULD REDUCE THE INMATE CAPACITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PARTITIONS WERE INSTALLED BY THE FACTORY, THE DEALER OR THE DEPARTMENT. ANY HELP YOU COULD PROVIDE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS
VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH STEERING CONTROL AND WANDERING, REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING SECTOR/GEARBOX,CAM, DRAG LINK DID NOT RECTIFY STEERING MALFUNCTIONS.
THIS VEHICLE IS A 1998 MODEL. CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT VEHICLE WOULD WANDER WHILE DRIVING. VEHCILE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS AND CODITION STILL UNRESOLVED.*AK
REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 25 TO 30MPH AND BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS SEEN. *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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