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 1993 record →
WHILE DRIVING THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON . VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN AT DEALERSHIP. BY THE TIME THE VEHICLE REACHED THE DEALERSHIP THE LIGHT WAS OFF. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
RECALL 93V-159.000. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FLAMES WENT OUT BY THEMSELFS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS TIGHTLY SEALED. WINDOWS, AND DOORS WERE CLOSED TIGHTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
HAD PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY. AN HOUR LATER WAS INFORMED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED & PUT OUT FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE BATTERY'S ELECTRICAL CABLES. ENTIRE ENGINE BURNED. *AK
VEHICLE WILL NOT START/STALLS WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY SPEEDS. WILL RESTART AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES. *AK
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTED IN HEAD, NECK AND BRAIN INJURY.
WIRES INSIDE DRIVER SIDE DOOR SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE INSULATION TO CATCH FIRE.
VEHICLE PARKED FOR HALF AN HOUR; NEIGHBOR NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERHOOD, MANAGED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE BEFORE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, REPAIRED BY DEALER. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN TWO FRONTAL COLLISIONS, ONE AT 50 MPH AND ANOTHER AT 30 MPH IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING, NO WARNING, IMPAIRED DRIVER'S VISION; INFLUENCED CRASH; DEALER REPLACED MOTOR. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED DURING RAIN STORM, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN DRIVING IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT; IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
THE FREEZE PLUG LOCATED BEHIND THE ENGINE BLOCK IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. *AK
OTHER: DRIVER'S AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
SEAT TRACK FAILED DURING REAR END COLLISION.
FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING 45 MPH AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCH.
FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAREND COLLISION AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBACK BROKE AND WENT INTO A RECLINING POSITION. *AK
THE LATCH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS BROKEN, YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. *AK
ALTERNATOR CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING REPLACED FOUR TIMES.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERATIVE.(FIRST VEHICLE ON 601614)
DIFFICULTY LOCATING HORN BUTTONS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK
UPON PARKING, MOMENTS LATER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, THEN AN EXPLOSION, RESULTING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT CATCHING ON FIRE AROUND ALTERNATOR.*AK
DRIVING THROUGH GREEN LIGHT, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN THE RED LIGHT AND WAS PLOWED BY MUSTANG, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG MODULE WAS CRACKED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DUP 530159, POSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE DASH WHILE BEING DRIVEN. FIRE DUE TO IGNITION SWITCH.*AK *JB
BATTERY FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, ACCOMPANIED BY BURNING ODOR. *DSH
ABS, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS VIBRATION/NOISE, ROTORS AND PADS REPLACEMENT. *AK
ELECTRICAL FIRE. *SD
IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. *SD
SET ON FIRE BECAUSE A SHORT IN SWITCH OF THE IGNITION.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
30 MINUTES AFTER PARKING, NOTICE HORN BLOWING, LOOKED OUT TO FIND SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING THROUGH DOOR, VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE. TT
CONSUMER WAS FROM THE REAR AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR DIDN'T DEPLOY . TT
HEAT SHIELD ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RUSTED/BROKE. *SD
THE FRONT TWO ROTORS WERE EXCESSIVELY WORN WHILE THE BRAKE PADS ARE STILL GOOD. TT
HEAT SHIELD ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER RUSTED AND FELL OFF. TT
AFTERMARKET ALARM SYSTEM. WIRES BURNED DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION. DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL. TT
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAME OPEN. TT
WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR WENT TO FLOOR CAR WENT WIDE OPEN CAUSED DRIVER TO HAVE ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
TIRES WERE BEING SLICED INTO BY THE INNER FINDER WELL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT THE DRIVER WAS INJURED DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED YET. *YH
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SD
PREMATURE WEAR OF MICHELIN TIRES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING OVER SOME WATER IN STREET, VEHICLE SEIZED AND LATER BLEW THE ENGINE. TT
INVOLVED INTO A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
BROKEN/CORRODED HOOD LATCH CABLE RUBBED AGAINST BATTERY, CAUSING HOOD TO RELEASE. *AK
HANG UP OF REAR BRAKE CYLINDER. DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL. TT
VEHICLE COULD NOT STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED,VEERED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING CAR IN FRONT; INSTEAD, HIT RUBBER ROADMARKER. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL TOO SMALL.
FLOOR MAT; THE EXTRA FLOOR MAT CATCHES THE THROTTLE AND HOLD IT DOWN THIS ALMOST CAUSE ACCIDENT THE MAT SHOULD BE DESIGNED SO IT WOULD NOT STICK. TT
POWER WINDOWS NEED TO BE PUSHED UP MANUALLY.
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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