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 →
THE OUTSIDE DRIVER'S MIRROR IS DISTORTED FROM VIEWING. IT IS AS IF SOMEONE HAS PLACED VASOLINE OVER THE SURFACE OF MIRROR. MIRROR WILL DARKEN WHEN BRIGHT LIGHTS ON SHINED ON IT. HOWEVER, CHROMOMATIC ELECTRONIC MIRROR IS BLURRED. IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
THE HEADLIGHTS DO NOT OFFER SUFFICIENT LIGHTING AT NIGHT WITHOUT THE USE OF THE HIGH BEAMS. A MECHANIC DETECTED A METAL BLOCKAGE IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY IN THE LOW BEAM SECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM. AT NIGHT THEY ARE ABOUT AS BRIGHT AS PARKING LIGHTS. CHARGING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS OK. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTERE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE, THE WINDSHIELD SYSTEM BROKE, HAVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER STUCK UPRIGHT, AND CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ENGINE FAILED.
VEHICLE CHANGED RPMS FOR NO REASON. STARTED TO REV UP. VEHICLE INCREASED IN SPEED. CRUISE CONTROL ON & SPEED INCREASES./DECREASES ON ITS OWN. NO BRAKES APPLIED. TOOK TO DEALER & TOLD SPARK PLUG WIRES CAUSING PROBLEM. VERY INTERMITTENT. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT TO SECOND GEAR, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV RAPIDLY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HASVE BEEN NOTIFIED. CAUSE OF MISBEHAVIOR UNIDENTIFIABLE. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION HAS A SOUND SUCH AS WHEN YOU ARE ON A " WASHBOARD". THE DEALERSHIP WOULD CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FILTER AND THE FLUID TO A NEW TYPE OF FLUID CALLED MERCON-5. PRIOR TO THE FLUID AND FILTER SERVICE PERFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SMELLED BURNED.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
TRACTION CONTROL PROBLEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. DOES NOT OPERATE ON WET SURFACES. PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR OVER 1 YEAR.
REAR VIEW MIRROR FELL OFF.
NHTSA RECALL 98V009000, MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98S01, HEADLIGHTS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. AFTER MAKING AN APPOINTMENT, THE DEALER HAD NO PARTS TO FIX THE VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL, THE CONSUMER WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER AND THE REQUEST WAS REFUSED. *AK
RECALL NUMBER 98V00900 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL # 98SO1; CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO HAVING REPAIRS CORRECTED, CONSUMER SET AN APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER STATED PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO SEND PARTS TO THE DEALER. *AK
WHEN APPLYING NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE DEFECTIVE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO RIGHT THEN DART BACK TO LEFT. PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WILL NOT BE READY UNTIL MID JULY. *AK
WHILE DRIVNG AT 40 MPH THE THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO INCREASE SPEED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
HEADLAMP SWITCH AND WIRING HARNESS FAILED CAUSING THE ENTIRE LIGHTING SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN.
DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND USING HIGH BEAM LIGHTS FOR 20 SECONDS ALL LIGHTS WILL BECOME INOPERATIVE. WILL COME BACK ON WHEN CONSUMER PUT IT BACK ON REGULAR LIGHT MODE. DEALER CLAIMS NEEDS TO EXCHANGE SWITCH. *AK
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#98V009000) FOR HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER. TOOK TO DEALER. COULD NOT REPAIR VEHICLE DUE TO NOT HAVING ANY PARTS, AND NO AUTHORITY TO REPAIR HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER EVEN IF PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK
VEHICLE VIBRATION WHEN VEHICLE IS AT 40 MPH AND ABOVE, UNABLE TO RECTIFY.
HEAD LIGHT INTENSITY IS VERY POOR.
HEAD LIGHTS ARE VERY POOR, POOR VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD.
TURNED ON THE VEHICLE, AND AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD STARTED THE IGNITION SWITCH STARTED TO SPIN IN A CIRCULAR MOTION. TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF UNTIL A MECHANIC CAME TO SHUT OFF THE BATTERY. *AK
WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED ON STEERING CONSOLE AND PRESSURE APPLIED TO BRAKING APPARATUS THERE APPEARS TO BE A STUMBLING BLOCK. THIS ALLOCATES INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE.
POOR PERFORMANCE IF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM.
VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT 30MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, THE CAR RAN INTO A TREE. *AK
THE ACCELEATOR CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY STOP, IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK
AFTER BEING HIT ON THE RIGHT FRONT BUMPER, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE FORCE OF THE IMPLOSION BLEW THE SUN ROOF, IT COVER, AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FROM THEIR LOCATIONS, ALSO RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.
DRIVE SHAFT DESIGNED ABOVE GAS TANK, PRESENTING POSSIBILITY OF U-JOINT SHATTERING/PUNCTURING GAS TANK.
WHILE DRIVING AT HWY SPEED THERE IS A CONTINOUS VIBRATION WHICH CAUSES THE DRIVESHAFT TO FAIL. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN PARKING LOT OWNER IMPACT CONCRETE AROUND LIGHT POLE. AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT RESULTED IN SEVERAL FACIAL AND CHEST INJURIES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN HITTING A WALL. TT *JB
LIGHT IN TRUNK OF VEHICLE CAN BE ACCIDENTALLY TURN ON MANUALLY CAUSING THE LIGHT TO GET HOT AND A HOUR OF OPERATION CAN BURN THROUGH ANY FLAMMABLE ITEMS NEARBY. THE TRUNK LIGHT SWITCH IS SO SITUATED THAT WHEN LOADING THE TRUNK AN IF THE LOAD IS HIGH ENOUGH TO TOUCH THE TOP PF THE TRUNK, THE LIGHT SWITCH CAN BE TURNED ON WITHOUT THE DRIVER KNOWING, IF THE LIGHT IS TURNED IS ON IT GETS HOT AND CAN CAUSE A FIRE IN THE TRUNK WITHOUT THE PASSENGER KNOWING, IN WHICH COULD NOT ONLY DESTROY THE VEHICLE BUT KILL AN OCCUPANT, IT HAS BURNED A CAR COVER OF THICK SYNTHETIC MATERIAL IN MANY SPOTS, CONSUMER STATES HE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE HE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE BURNS.*JB
THE MIRROR VIEW WAS TURNING A DARK COLOR DURING THE DAYTIME. TT
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGERS SEATBACKS COLLAPSED UPON BEEN REAR ENDED. *AK
POWER DOORS FAILED, DRIVER LOCKED IN THE CAR. TT
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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