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 2001 record →
RECALL 00V299001/CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. FIRST DEALERSHIP DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL. CURRENTLY, NO ONE AT DEALERSHIP IS RESPONDING TO CONSUMER'S LETTERS AND TELEPHONE CALLS. POINT OF CONTACT AT DEALER IS RICK WEBER. *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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