Owners filed 13 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body › hatchback/liftgate › support device/strut. It has been recalled 1 time.
What fails
Component
Reports
Crashes
Fires
Injuries
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
2
0
0
0
Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
2
0
0
0
Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise Control
1
0
0
0
Vehicle Speed Control
1
0
0
0
Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly
1
0
0
0
Structure › Body › Door
1
0
0
0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
1
0
1
0
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
1
0
0
0
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
1
0
0
0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
1
0
0
0
1 safety recall
Part 573 reports
Suspension10E002000
Filed Feb 11, 201012,657 vehiclesRide Control, Llc
Defect. RIDE CONTROL IS RECALLING CERTAIN FRONT STRUT MOUNTS BRANDED AS GABRIEL RIDE CONTROL OR ARVINMERITOR, P/NOS. 142435, 142193, 142305, 142303, SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE AFFECTED FRONT STRUT MOUNTS DID NOT CONTAIN A WELD JOINT BETWEEN THE BEARING HOUSING AND THE RATE PLATE.
Risk. THE ABSENCE OF THE WELD CAN ALLOW THE STRUT TO COME OUT OF ITS MOUNTING POSITION UNDER CERTAIN EXTREME DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING VEHICLE COMPONENTS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Remedy. RIDE CONTROL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND REPLACE THE AFFECTED PARTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT RIDE CONTROL AT 1-248-458-1396.
What owners reported
Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise Control
Filed Sep 30, 2004CA
WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SPEED. SHIFTED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER PRODUCED THIS PART ANYMORE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK
Service Brakes, HydraulicFire
Filed Jun 24, 2004MI
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND GET OUT. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *JB THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE UNLESS THE CONSUMER PAID FOR IT. THE DEALER HAD RECENTLY DONE WORK ON THE DISTRIBUTOR, TRANSMISSION AND BRAKES. THERE WERE NO BURN MARKS AROUND THE ENGINE. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE PASSENGERS DOOR WHERE THE BRAKES WERE LOCATED. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE DEALER DID NOT SEAT THE BRAKES PROPERLY AND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *SC *JB
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Jun 16, 2004MA
POWER WINDOWS AND LOCKS DO NOT WORK. *AK
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Nov 25, 200340 milesMA
ON A VERY SUNNY DAY THE POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR CONTROLS STOP WORKING. WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR FOR 8 TO 10 MILES AND STOP THE CAR AND TRY OPENING THE DOOR AND THEN TRY THE POWER WINDOW IT STARTS TO WORK. IT FEELS THAT AS IF THE HEAT BUILDS UP IN THE CAR ON A HOT DAY AND CONTROLS STOP WORKING BUT WHEN I DRIVE AROUND THE CAR COOLS OFF AND CONTROLS SEEM TO WORK. I DID NOT NOTICE THIS BEHAVIOR IN THE COLD WEATHER. *LA
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Apr 21, 2000AZ
AUTOMATIC LOCKING SYSTEM FAILED TO RELEASE REAR LEFT SIDE DOOR. WOULD TRY MANUALLY & IT STILL FAILED TO RELEASE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT E ENTIRE LOCKING SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 21, 2000DC
THE KEY DOES NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK DOORS. *CJ
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 16, 1996NY
INTERMITTENT STALLING.
Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly
Filed Aug 8, 1996MA
VEHICLES HAS HAIR LINE FRACTURE IN CV JOINT AND RIGHT FRONT AXLE.*AK
Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
Filed Jan 4, 1996NY
TRUNK GAS CYLINDER BROKE AND FELL ON CUSTOMER HEAD CAUSING HEAD INJURIES. TT
Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
Filed Jan 4, 1996NY
SUPPORT RODS OF TRUNK LID FELL DOWN ONTO PASSENGER'S NECK WHEN RETRIEVING GROCERIES. *SD
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Dec 1, 1995NY
WHEN DRIVING CAR ACCELERATES AND CUT OFF . TT
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Aug 7, 1995CA
OIL LEAK IN SPARK PLUG WELLS.
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jun 29, 1995CA
WHEN AUTO WAS PLACE IN PARKED IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO THE FREEWAY. TT
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.
Most recent recall on file: Feb 11, 2010. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.