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 1992 record →
BEARING IN THE DISTRIBUTOR HOUSING GENERATES EXCESSIVE HEAT THROUGH THE STEEL DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT AND FAILS WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN A SUDDEN LOSS OFENGINE POWER AND DIMINSHING BRAKING AND STEERING.
INTERMITTENT STALLING/HESITATION.
BROKEN ROTOR.
EACH TIME HE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP THE BRAKES WOULD GRIND, SHUTTER AND SQUEAL.
WIRING FAILS DURING WET WEATHER.
DISTRIBUTOR FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT BEARINGS WERE WEARING OUT AND WERE MAKING NOISE ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHERE THE WATER PUMP AND DISTRIBUTOR WERE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER'S MECHANIC. *AK
DISTRIBUTOR, IGNITION COIL AND TIMING BELT FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING.
DISTRIBUTOR FAILED.
DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT BEARINGS WERE DISINTEGRATING DUE TO ENTIRE DISTRIBUTOR AND INSIDE OF CAP BEING COVERED IN RUST DUST.
THE BUSHING IN THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS MAKING A CHIRPING NOISE . *AK
THE EXHAUST PIPE BROKE AT WELDED POINT AND THE REAR SECTION OF THE PIPE FELL TO THE PAVEMENT. THE PIPE WAS CAUGHT IN A CRACK IN PAVEMENT CAUSING IT TO FOLD BACK UNTIL IT HIT THE LEFT REAR TIRE LOCKING IT. THE VEHICLE THEN SLID TO A STOP AND WAS UNMOVEABLE.
GOODYEAR INVICTA TIRES SKIDDED ON WET PAVEMENT, RESULTIN GIN NEAR MISSES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT HOOD CAME OPEN, TOOK TO DEALER AND HE REPLACED THE FAULTY HOOD LATCH . ALSO, REPLACED SHATTERED WINDSHIELD. *AK
ELECTRICAL FIRE.
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, HIT A CRUB AND HIT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE, WHEN MOVING AWAY FORM CRUB, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK
UPON PULLING WAY FROM A STOP SIGN VEHICLE CONVULSED VIOLENTLY DUE TO DISTRIBUTOR/ROTOR/CAP FAILURE. *AK
POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED.
OWNER STATES THAT THE REAR SEAT DOOR LATCHES GET STUCK AND THAT THEY CAN'T BE OPENED, OWNER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM , SHE NOTES THAT THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURRED WITH SOMEONE ELSE. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE, WHEN LATCHING THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED.
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE FRONT HOOD FLEW OPEN, CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED DUE TO PARKING BRAKE FREEZING IN THE ON POSITION.
WHILE PULLING VEHICLE INTO A DRIVEWAY, MADE ATTEMPT TO BRAKE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTED IN HITTING PARKED VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTEDLY DEPLOYED AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HIT THE AUTO IN FRONT OF HER. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISION, BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT STANDSTILL. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING THE AIR CONDITION ON THE VEHICLE STALLS/HESITATES AND ALSO CUTS OFF. *AK
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING SIDE IMPACT; VEHICLE WAS BROADSIDED BY TRAIN TRAVELLING AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH; VEHICLE ONE CROSSED TRACKS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. *AK
94V063 ZONE OFFICE. DISCREPENCIES WHETHER OR NOT VEHICLE WAS COVERED BY RECALL. TT
94V063 NORTH CENTRAL ZONE OFFICE. DISCREPENCIES WHETHER OR NOT VEHICLE WAS COVERED BY RECALL. TT
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
THE DISTRIBUTOR FROZE AND THEN THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
FAILED DISTRIBUTOR BEARINGS CAUSED ROTOR TO BREAK. *DH
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK
SEAT BELT FAILED IN ABOVE ACCIDENT.
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG, RESULTING IN BURNS TO DRIVER. *DSH
VEHICLE HAS 13 INCH TIRES AND SHOULD HAVE 14 INCH TIRES MANUFACTURER OFFERS NO ASSISTANCE OWNER JUST WANTS THEM TO REPLACE WITH THE RIGHT SIZE. TT
PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILS TO LATCH RELEASING WHEN VEHICLE INVOLVED "SANDWICH" IMPACT. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED W/SEAT BECOMING WOBBLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAIL.
WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. TT
DISTRIBUTOR IS FAULTY; ENGINE SHUTS OFF FREQUENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. TT
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS COME UNDONE ON MORE THAN A DOZEN (12) TIMES. TT
THE ENGINE HESITATES DUE TO HUMIDITY, OWNER BELIEVES THE COMPUTER IN VEHICLE CAUSE MORE PORBLEM. TT
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION; VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE MAKING U-TURN. TT
THROTTLE STICKS INTERMITTENTLY IN AN OPEN CONDITION CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE. TT
REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETAIN CARSEAT WHEN DRIVING, CAUSING CARSEAT TO MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN PLACE IN CENTER(REAR). PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING HEAD-ON COLLISION; VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT RAN RED LIGHT. TT
LEFT TRUCK HINGE FAILED DUE TO ACCIDENT. *SKD
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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