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 1997 record →
WHEN MAKING A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN OIL LEAK TO THE DEALERSHIP, DEALER DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS POWER STEERING FLUID THAT WAS LEAKING. A POWER STEERING RACK HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WILL BE REPLACED ON APRIL 9, 1998. AS OF YET NO REPAIRS WERE DONE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PREMATURE FRONT WHEEL LOCKUP, CAUSING EXTENSIVE UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE, SUCH AS STRUDS/CONTROL ARM, ETC. *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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