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 1995 record →
WHILE VEHICLE WAITED AT STOP LIGHT, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. AFTER TAKING OFF, VEHICLE HIT 3 OTHER VEHICLES. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. HAD CALLED DEALER & INFORMED DID NOT KNOW WHY VEHICLE WOULD TAKE OFF. *AK
THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK INTERMITTENTLY LOCKS AND CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.
BRAKES FAILED AT 35 MPH ALLOWING VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO STOPPED VEHICLE; AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED POPPING SOUND IN THE HINGE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND SUSSEQUENTLY AN INTERMITTENT LOCKOUT PROBLEM CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OR OUT.
DUE TO ABS BRAKE PEDAL DESIGN APPLICATION OF THE PEDAL RESULTS IN ACCIDENTIAL DEPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR AT THE SAME TIME.
DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH WHEN THE STEERING COLUMN CAME LOOSE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE AROUND FREELY IN A CIRCLE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED INTO DEALER AND THEY DON' KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *AK
BRAKES: FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT 10, 000, REPLACED AGAIN AT 14, 000, AND AT 18, 000 REPLACED AGAIN WITH NEW ROTORS. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE FOR THE PROBLEM. GM TOOK CARE OF REPAIR BILL THIS TIME AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BCAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK
VEHICLE MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP IN FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE FROM THE BACK AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER SAID THAT THE AIR BAG SHOULD DEPLOY BECAUSE WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT THE SENSOR WAS BROKEN UNDER THE VEHICLE. *AK
HEADLIGHT FAILURE; AT TIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE THE HEADLIGHTS COME ON, WHEN DIMMING THE LIGHTS OR USING THE TRUN SIGNALS, THE DASH LIGHTS WILL SOMETIMES GO OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK. *AK
DEFECTIVE SEAT BELTS REPLACED.
THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE HORN ASSEMBLY TO FAIL. *AK
FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00, SPEED 100 MPH, LOST CONTROL, DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
INTERIOR WINDOWS ICE UP, IN COLD WEATHER,INTERFERING WITH VISIBILITY. *DSH
THE FRONT DOORS ELECTRIC LOCKS WILL LOCK BUT IT WON'T UNLOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
PUNCTURED B.F. GOORICH TIRE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ALONGVEHICLE WILL DECELERATE ALL BY ITSELF AND MOVE OFF THE HIGHWAY. TT
DRIVER SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER FROM GOING FORWARD, ALSO AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IMPACT 6:00 POSITION, SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP 2 MPH SPEED FRONT SEATS WENT INCLINE POSITION. 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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