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 2005 record →
CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT AN IGNITION PROBLEM. MECHANIC STATED THAT A CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC. WHEN DRIVER ENTERED INTO THE VEHICLE AND STARTED IT UP, AND WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S KNEES HIT AGAINST THE IGNITION. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN INTERMITTENTLY, BUT DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. *AK
DRIVER'S KNEE WOULD HIT THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE DRIVING,THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER NO COMPLAINT ON THIS PROBLEM WAS RECORDED. *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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