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 1990 record →
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE REAR END AIR SUPENSION IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE REAR ENDTO DROP. CONSUMER HAS YET TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. ALSO, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAFETY BULLETINS ISSUED ON THE PROBLEM.
WHILE DRIVING, HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKED, CAUSING A FIRE, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, SOLD TO JUNK YARD. *AK
STEERING FAILURE, THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED, RIGHT HAND INNER TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING. *AK
POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKS AND MAKES A HIGH PITCH SOUND WHEN DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR AND DEALER SAID NEEDED TO REPLACE PUMP AND THREE HOSES THAT CONNECT TO THE PUMP STEERING MECHANISM. *AK
THE REAR SHOCKS ON THE VEHICLE NEED TO BE REPLACED, CAUSING THE REAR SUSPENSION TO DROP WHEN DRIVING AT A HIGHT SPEED, COULD RESULT IN A NEAR ACCIDENT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, WENT TO LOWER DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS, BOTH WINDOWS DROPPED OR WOULD NOT GO DOWN OR UP; TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS; DEALER DID NOT REPAIR PROBLEM. *AK
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED.
GOING HOME FROM WORK AND PREPARING TO ENTER THE EXPRESSWAY, MADE A TURN AND THE INNER TIE ROD BROKE, HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK
ENGINE REPLACED.
BODY MOUNTS FAILED DUE TO CORROSION.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY THE AIR BAG/SHOCKS WENT OUT. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 4/12/96.*AK
THE AXLE FOR THE FRONT END HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE ENGINE HAS OVERHEATED.
VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.*AK
ENGINE HEAD CRACKED DUE TO OVERHEATING.
ENGINE FIRE. *DH
WHILE DRIVING, FUEL LINE HOSE DROPPED DOWN ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD, CAUSING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER STICKS, REDUCING VISIBILITY.
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE/ACCIDENT. *SD
PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT FAILURE. *SD
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT; AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, OWNER PRESSED THE RELEASE BUTTON AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RELEASE.*AK SEAT BLET FAILED TO UNLOCK, PASSENGER HAD TO CLIMB OUT OF THE BELT.*JB
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND PARKED, POWER STEERING FLUID VERY LOW. *AK
FRONT TIE ROD BROKE WHILE DRIVING. EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. *AK
NOTICED BURNING ODOR IN THE IGNITION AREA, DEALER CAN NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
STRUTS FAILED, CAUSING SUSPENSION TO LOOSEN, AND BOTTOM OF CAR TO DROP. *DSH
TRAVELING FORTY MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED TO 70 MPH. CRUISE WAS ACTIVATED. DLRS DIAGNOSIS MALFUNCTION IN COMPUTER DESIGN. *AK
AIR STRUT FAILED DUE TO ITS AIR BAG EXPLODING. (FIRST VEHICLE ON 601368) *DSH
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL OWNER TURNED IGNITION OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON ITS OWN AND FAILS TO DISENGAGE. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHCILE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHTS CAME ON, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE COME UNLATCHED. TT
DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE JAMMED. TT
SEAT BELT BUCKLE DIFFICULT TO LOCK AND OPEN BY ITSELF ON OCCASION.
HAD MOTOR MOUNTS RECALL DONE, MOUNTS ARE CRACKED AGAIN. TT CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT MTOR MOUNTS FAILED AGAIN BECAUSE DEALER FAILED TO PROVIDE REINFORCEMENT AS DESCRIBED INT HE RECALL NOTIFICATION NO REINFORCEMENT PLATES WERE INSTALLED ON THE FIRST RECALL WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.*JB
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE THE SEAT BELT COMES OUT THE BUCKLE. TT
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE REPLACED. *SD
VEHICLES DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLES DISENGAGED WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE IN USE. TT
PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
AIR SUSPENSION; SYSTEM FAILS LOWERING RESULTING IN TIRES RUBBING AND OTHER FAILURES. STAN OLSON AUTO CENTER UNABLE TO DETECT REPEATED FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK, DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. TT *JB
FAULTY SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE, PE95-030 ACTIVE. TT CONSUMER STATES ON OCCASIONS IT WILL NOT ENGAGE OR STAY LOCKED IN THE RECEIVER, ON ONE OCCASION THE RELEASE MALFUNCTIONED, CONSUMER HAD TO STRUGGLE OUT OF THE SEAT BELT. *SLC
SUSPENSION THE AIR SUSPENSION GOES TOO FAR DOWN, POWER STEERING AND THE ROTOR WAS REPLACED MORE THAN ONE TIME . TT
AFTER A 35 MINUTE DRIVE, UPON BACKING OUT SUDDENLY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM VENTS THEN UNDER HOOD, FOUND ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON FIRE, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. TT
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD
KEY CAME OUT OF IGNITION WITHOUT VEHICLE BEING ENGAGED IN THE PARK POSITION, RESULTING IN A TOTALLED ROLLAWAY. TT
ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS DETERIORATED, CAUSING ENGINE TO SHIFT. (RECALL 93V-106.002)*SD
AT 55,000 MILES THE BRAKE ROTOR,DISC WEAR OUT RACK AND PINION WHEN OUT AT 60,000 AND REPLACE THE CALIPER . TT
GASOLINE FUMES COMING INTO THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. TT
THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES. *AK
CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN ON A PARKING LOT, FIRE ORIGINATED UNDER THE HOOD. *AK
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *AW
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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