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 OIL CAP EXPLODED AND THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING; ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS TH WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED, SENDING THE WINDOWS INTO THE DOORS AND ENGINE WOULD SEIZE INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
LEFT FRONT POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE.
DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING/WINDOW COULD NO LONGER BE CLOSED. *AK
SON WAS DRIVING, ROAD WAS WET AND SLIPPERY, VEHICLE HYDROPLANED, HIT RAILROAD CROSSING TIER WHICH BROKE, VEHICLE LANDED IN DITCH, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *SLC
FRONT POWER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED TWICE. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT LOCKS UP, PREVENTING DRIVER FROM BUCKLING UP AND MOVING. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLES, INSIDE THE VEHICLE, BROKE. *AK
DEALERSHIP DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR FIXING RECALL. TAKEN TO (2) DEALERSHIPS.* *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRO LOCK, ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE UNDER THE DASH BOARD AND THE VEHICLE COULD GO FORWARD AT A STOP SIGN. *SLC
VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVER SEAT BROKE IN THE MIDDLE. *AK
INSIDE DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS BROKEN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
INSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE NOT ALLOWING PASSENGER TO EXIT VEHICLE.
DURING A REAR-END COLLISION BOTH FRONT SEATBACKS COLLAPSED INTO BACK SEAT, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL, RESULTIN GIN AN INJURY. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE TWO FRONT SEATS COLLAPSED INTO THE REAR SEATS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE BEING REAR-ENDED, WAS FORCED INTO TRUCK IN FRONT, AT APPROX. 25MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAIL TO DEPLOY. *AK
POWER WINDOWS FAILED TWICE. *SD
DRIVER AIR BAG DEPLOYED INJECTING SOMETHING IN THE DRIVER EYES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF EYE SIGHT. *AK
AFTER A FRONT END COLLISION THE DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
UPON HITTING A DEER AT 65MPH DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT *JB
DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER BELT EITHER WILL LOCK WHILE PULLING AROUND TO LATCH OR WILL PIN DRIVER IN SEAT. TT CONSUMER STATES SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK WHILE TRYING TO FASTENED IT SO YOU CAN NOT PUT IT ON, ALSO WHE =N TRAVELING IT WILL PIN DRIVER TO THE SEAT.*JB
THE CAR WAS REAR ENDED. FIRST SHE WENT ALL THE WAY FORWARD AND THEN THE SEAT FULLY RECLINED AND SO DID THE DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ON (2) OCCASIONS, MOTOR FOR ELECTRIC WINDOWS FAIL REPEATEDLY. PART ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *DSH
CONTINUOUS STALLING, JERKING AT HIGHER SPEED. TT
SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME LOOSE AFTER HOLDING PASSENGER FROM GOING FORWARD. TT
EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT REAR POWER DOOR LOCK FAILURE, WHEN THINK DOORS ARE LOCKED, LEFT/REAR DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED. TT
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 35 MPH, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *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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