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 DRIVER PASSED OUT, HIT POWER POLE, AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE PROPERLY. ALSO SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO HOLD DRIVER. DRIVER SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES/MASSIVE BRUISES AND A BROKEN LEFT ARM.
LEFT REAR SWAY BAR LINK BROKE OFF VEHICLE.
DRIVER MADE LEFT TURN AND PASSED OUT, VEHICLE HIT POWER POLE. BOTH AIR BAGS ACTIVATED. HOWEVER, DRIVER SUFFERED BROKEN LEFT ARM/3 BROKEN RIBS, AND MASSIVE BRUISING ALL OVER UPPER TORSO AND SOME HEAD INJURIES.
ENGINE HEAD GASKET, BLEW OUT, CAUSING WATER AND ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK.
HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED ON/OFF DUE TO DEFECTIVE SWITCH.
HEAD GASKET FAILED.
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL REPAIR OF HEADLIGHTS. WHILE DOING THE REPAIRS, MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. CONSUMER THEN HAD THE DEALER CHECK FOR RECALL ON THE REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS. DEALER SAID THAT ALL VEHICLE'S PRODUCED AFTER JULY 1996, WERE COVERED BY THE RECALL FOR BROKEN REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS, AND THAT THE RECALL WAS GOOD UP TO 6 YEARS OR 60,000 MILES. 98V-009000. *AK
MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.
WHILE DRIVING THE LOWER A-FRAME BRACKET SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE TIE ROD TO BECOME WARPED , AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING TO REAR DOWN. THE DELEAR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
REAR DOOR OPENED WHEN A CHILD BUMPED IT FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT FAILED.
FAILED LINK BOLT RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE IN TWO, LEAVING NO SWAY BAR SUPPORT AT RIGHT REAR.
NO SUMMARY.
FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE.
DURING WET CONTITIONS, THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF AND FLASH WHILE DRIVING. A RECALL HAS BEEN ORDERED ( 98S01) OWNER NOTIFICATION WILL BEGIN 4/15/98. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER. *AK
HEAD LIGHT FAILED, RECALL ON COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN #.
ROTORS CONTINUALLY WARP AFTER 12,000-15,000 MILES.
VARIABLE ASSIST STEERING AND/OR ABS FAILED. DRIVER TOUCHED BRAKES UPON ENTERING OFF RAMP FROM FREEWAY. VEHICLE SUDDENLY SKIDDED TO LEFT AND STRUCK GUARDRAIL. DRIVER LOSS CONTROL AND VEHICLE HIT GUARD RAIL ON RIGHT.
OWNER CANNOT FIND DEALERSHIP/REPAIR SHOP WHO IS WILLING TO TURN AIR BAG OFF.
SUN ROOF LEAKS WATER
HEATING UNIT WOULD BLOW COLD AIR WHEN CAR WAS AT A STOP. ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS.
EA97-026; THE COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK
TRANSMISSION SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE PLENETARY GEAR DUE TO A SPEED SENSOR FAILURE. *AK
DAUGHTER KILLED WHEN AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON FRONTAL IMPACT. MFRS HAVE INVESTIGATED AND CONCLUDED AIR BAG WAS DISABLED, PROBABLY INTENTIONALLY, PRIOR TO CRASH. FACTS SEEM INCONSISTENT WITH THIS CONCLUSION.
HEAD LIGHTS TURN OFF WITHOUT NOTICE DUE TO A FAULTY CIRCUIT BREAKER ON THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH.
AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN FRONTAL IMPACT RESULTINGIN DEATH.
TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED.
HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED.
ENGINE FAILURE, CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.
HEADLIGHTS GO ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES.
FUEL PUMP FAILURE.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OPERATES ERRATICALLY, ATTEMPTED TO FO FASTER, TO GO AROUND A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE FAILED TO PICKUP. *AK
ON 3 OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STICKING GAS PEDAL. *AK
VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM PARK. A CLUNKING NOISE IS HEARD AND VEHICLE VIBRATES BADLY UPON TAKE OFF AND HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE STILL TRIES TO SURGE FORWARD.
TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE DUE TO RUPTURED SEAL. ALSO, WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN HALF, RESULTING IN INSTABILITY. *AK
HEAD LIGHTS, INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATION, EXTERIOR PARKING LAMPS, AND REAR MARKER LAMPS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.
WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN ANY INTERMITTENT POSITION, THEY STOP, AND DO NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL RIGHT OR LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS USED.
TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION WHILE THERE WAS INFORMED THAT BOTHFRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE CRACKED & NEEDED REPLACEMENT BEFORE VEHICLE COULD PASS INSPECTION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE HEAD LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO HEADLAMP SWITCH/CONNECTOR OVERHEATING. *AK
HEADLIGHT ON/OFF SWITCH LOCATED ON LEFT SIDE OF DASHBOARD.
HIGH PRESSURE POWER HOSE MISROUTED FROM THE RACK AND PINION TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP, SWITCH WORN HOLE IN HOSE RESULTING IN LEAKAGE AND POWER STEERING LOSS.DESIGN FLAW CAUSING CHAFING.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. *AK
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHILE DRIVING ON DRY ROAD CONDTIONS, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES PULSATE BADLY, SENDING A VIBRATION THROUGH THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THE LAST (2) YEARS. *AK CONSUMER STATES FAILURE IS DEFINED AS BRAKES PULSATING BADLY ON BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 70 MPH DOWN TO 30 MPH, FAILURE CAUSED BY BRAKE DISCS WARPING DUE TO CALIPER MALFUNCTION, THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO THIS VEHICLE. *SLC
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED.
AIR BYPASS VALVE FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT WHEN IDLING. NLM
VEHICLE'S MOTOR MOUNTS ATE BROKEN. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT IN GEAR THE VEHICLE JERKS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *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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