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 1999 record →
DRIVING AT 25 MPH HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD,LOST POWER STEERING/BRAKES . THE CONSUMER USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN, THE CONSUMER HAD POWER STEERING/BRAKE RADIATOR REPLACED, DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE NOT ALLOWING CONSUMER TO SEE THE BACK END OF VEHICLE WHEN NEEDED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
LEFT FRONT SPRING FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, GOING INTO A SHARP RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING LOCKED UP, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK AND DID NOT HAVE A CRASH. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A BRACKET ON THE TRAILING ARM BREAKING. PARTS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDERED. *AK
POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL, PUMP ALSO CONTROLS BRAKES. (QCAW)
BRAKES FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.
HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP EXCLUDED DURING ASSEMBLY.
REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM TOO LOW TO TOW TRAILER.
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. ALSO, STEERING SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO A FAULTY HYDROBOOST UNIT THAT CONTROLS BRAKES AND STEERING. *AK
DUE TO THE EXTREMELY WEAK SHOCKS THE VEHICLE WHILE BEING DRIVEN 50 MPH OR MORE SWAYS FROM THE LEFT LANE INTO THE RIGHT LANE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK
RECALL REPAIR WORK DENIED.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH CONSUMER RELEASED ACCELERATOR, AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE. THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, FORCING CONSUMER TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE BRAKES PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE WAS UNPROTECTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. *AK
BRAKE SHOES WORN OUT AND EMERGENCY BRAKE BURNED.
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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