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 1993 record →
GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR CABLE ROUTED SO THAT IT RUBS AGAINST THE AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR LINE, CAUSING IT TO RUB A HOLE IN THE EVAPORATOR LINE CAUSING AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE. *DH
HIGH PRESSURE AIR CONDITIONER HOSE RUBBED AGAINST SHIFT SELECTOR ROD, CAUSING AIR CONDITIONER HOSE TO DEVELOP A HOLE RESULTING IN REFRIGERANT LEAKING. *SD
PARKING EMERGENCY CABLE BROKE WHEN RELEASE PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE. *AK
FAULTY COMPUTER CHIP.
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, PUT INTO REVERSE, AND DRIVE, SNF THEN REVERSE, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, IMPACT 6:00 POSITION SPEED UNKNOWN. *AK
ABS; WHEN APPLYING BRAKING SYSTEM FRONT PASSENGER BRAKES ARE LOCKING UP. REPLACE ROTORS AND CALIPERS ONCE AND BRAKE PADS TWICE WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. *AK
REAR BRAKES REPLACED. *SD
AIR PUMP VALVES STAY OPEN AFTER STARTING. *SD
DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 30 TO 40MPH. TT
AT CERTAIN SPEEDS DURING BRAKE APPICATION VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASES. TT
VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN W/CAUSE QUESTIONABLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE SYSTEM 5 TIMES, BRAKE FAILURE. TT
ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
CONSUMER PARKED CAR IN A PARKING LOT AND CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE ENGINE . TT CONSUMER STATES WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT , SHE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOOD, FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT OPEN HOOD AND USED AN AX AND CROW BAR TO OPEN IT TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. *SLC
THE FRONT BRAKE PAD IS NOT MEETING THE ROTOR . TT THE FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, NEED NEW BRAKE PADS ON BOTH SIDES.*JB
ELECTRICAL FIRE, UNDER DASH ON PASSENGER SIDE. TT
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOYED . TT
WHILE EXPERIENCE CLUNKING NOISE INSIDE STEERING COLUMN LOW SPEEDS WHEN TURNING. TT
BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE UNWANTEDLY WITH EXCESSIVE ENGINE IDLE SPEED. STOPPING POWER OF BRAKES REDUCED TO MINIMUM. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
ABS: BRAKES HAVE GONE ALL WAY OUT FOUR TIMES SINCE DECEMBER 1993; HEAR GRINDING METAL SOUND WHEN PRESSED PEDAL; FRONT END SHIMMIES;PULLS TO RIGHT;PEDAL TO FLOOR
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, REPLACED THE ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED DUE TO DESIGN PROBLEMS. *SKD
FUEL LINES ARE RUBBING AGAINST LINES FROM BRAKE RESEVOIR AND LEAKING. TT
TRANSMISSION STICKS IN FIRST GEAR UPON ACCELERATION, ALSO TRANSMISSION FAILED TO DOWNSHIFT WHEN CHANGING LANES. *AW
STARTED VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO THIRD GEAR HOWEVER IT DID NOT ENGAGE VEHICLE IN REVERSE. CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. TT
AIR CONDITION UNIT LEAKED UNKNOWN FUMES POSSIBLE FREON ENTERING COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP STATES DEFINITELY A/C RELATED BUT CAN'T FIND LOCATION OF FAILURE. TT
BRAKE FLUID IS NOT GOING THRU TO REAR BRAKES, FRONT BRAKE PADS WEAR PREMATURELY, RECALL THAT RELATES. TT
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE. *SKD
BRAKE MAKE NOISE PURCHASE CAR NEW . TT
THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER NEED TO BE REPLACE THE REASON THE FRONT NEED TO BE REPLACE BECAUSE THE REAR ONE WAS NOT WORKING RIGHT. TT
STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHEN DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES/WET ROADS, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *SKD
PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL. TT
ABS, BRAKES FAILURE, IN FOR REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OF DISC PADS AND ROTORS ON VEHICLE ON FRONT AND REAR PE94-063 ACTIVE. TT
INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SKD
VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE SET BRACKET WELDS ARE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSING CRACKING. PHONE EXT-9121. TT
THE BACK WINDOW OF THE CAR JUST EXPLODED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
DIFFICULTY STEERING VEHICLE, WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP/DOESN'T STRAIGHTEN TO FORWARD POSITION DUE TO CASTER BEING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL LOSES PRESSURE AND GOES TO THE FLOOR. *SKD
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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