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 →
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE RIGHT SLIDING DOOR OPENED BY ITSELF AND CHILD IN CSS WAS ALMOST SUCKED/FELL OUT OF THE CAR. THE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE PAST THE MIDWAY POINT. THE DOOR IS STILL INOPERATIVE. *AK
HEAD REST OBSTRUCTS VISIBILITY OF DRIVER DUE TO POSTIONING AND DESIGN. THIS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE HOOD BLEW PFF VEHICLE AND CRACKED WINDSHEILD.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERATIVE; DESIGN OF VEHICLE ALLOWS SNOW/ICE TO GET BETWEEN WINDDHIELD AND HOOD, CAUSING WIPERS TO STOP WORKING, CREATES DANGEROUS DRIVING, IMPAIRS VISION. *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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