2001 Panoz Roadster

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Steering	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Steering

Filed May 8, 202335,000 milesCA

The contact owns a 2001 Panoz Esperante Roadster. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the steering wheel disengaged from the chassis without warning. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it remained. The mechanic stated that the steering wheel sheared off from the vehicle. The cause of the failure was unknown. The contact attempted to reach the manufacturer had not yet received a response. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.