Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
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1 of the 1 complaints (100%) are about the brakes.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes · brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DRIVING DOWNHILL ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD. BRAKE WHILE TURNING AND BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WORKING. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE BRAKES REMAIN WEAK AND MAKE A WHEEZING NOISE WHEN RELEASED. BY THE TIME I GOT IT TO A SHOP THE SYMPTOMS WENT AWAY. HAD BRAKES INSPECTED, FOUND NOTHING. THIS HAS RANDOMLY HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES SINCE. *TR
All 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2006 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 124 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 73 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 209 | 10 | 6 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 2000 | 308 | 10 | 6 | 4 | Fatalities reported |
| 1999 | 120 | 11 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 129 | 13 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 136 | 12 | 6 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 1996 | 159 | 11 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 307 | 12 | 9 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 1994 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1993 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 1991 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 1990 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.