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 1996 record →
CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN WHICH THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 20 MPH, AND OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING 60 MPH, AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEM, SUCH AS BRAKE PADS LINING AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 2,000 MILES, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS REPEATEDLY REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS EVERY 2000 MILES, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE SALESMAN THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DRUM NOT HAVING PROPER VENTILATION
BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURY.
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND THAT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. PROBLEM REMAINS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION BECAME INOPERATIVE WITHOUT ANY WARNING, RESULTING IN LOSS CONTROL. CONSUMER THEN HAD TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED IT SOUNDED LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL. DEALER CALLED THIS PROBLEM PREMATURE WEAR. *AK
THE RUBBER DOOR SEAL ON THE BOTH REAR DOORS KEEP COMING OFF. THE DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS DUE TO COLD WEATHER . THE SEALS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ABOUT 4-5 TIMES. *AK
THE DRIVER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AFTER RUNNING INTO A DITCH WHILE TRYING TO MISS HITTING A DEER ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK UPON IMPACT, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
LEFT WINDOW LOOSE.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
HESITATION IN THE ENGINE.
SPEED ODOMETER WENT OUT.
VEIHCLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL INPACT COLLISION AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
VIBRATION IN VEHICLE WHILE BRAKING.
WINDSHIELD FOGS DUE TO CHEMICAL FROM DASHBOARD.
DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION, VEHICLE REARENED ANOTHER VEHICLE, SPEED 40 MPH, CAUSE UNKNOWN.
BATTERY FAILED.
THE NEW VEHICLE SRS LIGHT (AIR BAG SYSTEM) COMES ON; TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 7 TIMES AND THEY DIDN'T FIX IT, CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. REPLACED BOTH AIR BAGS BUT SRS LIGHT STILL COME ON. *AK
ALTERNATOR FAILED.
DRIVER'S SIDE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK MALFUNCTIONED/REPLACED.
TRANSMISSION GASKET DEFECTIVE, CAUSING LEAK.
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN HIT ON FRONT RIGHT SIDE AT 40MPH, CAUSE UNKNOWN, VEHICLE IN SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK
THE RECEIVING END OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS ARE TOO LONG TO SECURE A CHILD RESTRAINING SEAT PROPERLY/IT IS TOO LONG TO ALLOW LONG SEAT BELT TO GO ALL THE WAY TRHOUGH BACK OF CHILD RESTRAINING SEAT AND BE TIGHTENED. *AK
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. ALSO THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE HAD A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS HAPPENED ALL IN THE SAME DAY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
INVOLVED IN THREE VEHICLE COLLISION THAT RESULTED IN FRONT SMASHED. NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ALONG W/SHOULDER BELT NOT RESTRAINING. *AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
DURING VEHICLE OPERATION A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK IS EXPERIENCED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FALL ASLEEP. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE , WHEN THE TWO VEHICLES HIT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE , CALIPERS WHERE MISSING BOLTS. *AK
SWERVED NOT TO HIT A DEER AND THE DRIVERS SIDE RESTRAINT SYSTEM DID NOT RESTRAIN HER AND CAUSED FURTHER INJURY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE FRONT AXLE COLLAPSED (BROKE) WHEN GOING OVER A POTHOLE, LOSS OF TOTAL STEERING CONTROL. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT WILL MOVE WHEN APPLYING THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES. *AK
PASSENGER SEAT HAS A SLIGHT MOVEMENT AT TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *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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