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 →
VEHICLE WAS PARKED SITTING IN A DRIVEWAY,WENT TO START VEHICLE, PUT IT IN REVERSE, DID NOT REVERSE, INSTEAD IT ACCELERATED. ENGINE MOVED FORWARD. TRIED TO STOP OR GAIN CONTROL BY PUSHING BRAKE,TURNED OFF VEHICLE, PULLED KEY. THIS DEFECT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY. *AK
CONSUMER STATES WHEN IT RAINS AND WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS THE POWER STEERING WILL LOCK UP. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A CHIRPPING SOUND. DURING ANY SPEED THE SOUND GETS LOUDER GOING UP HILL. *AK.
VEHICLE REAR ENDED AT 55 MPH AND SEAT BACK COLLAPSED.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURRE AND DEALER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUDDER. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROX. 35-40 WHEN HE BEGAN TO FEEL VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING CONTROL PANEL. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED 3 TIMES. FINALLY THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN POSTED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE BULLETIN SPECIFIES THE PROBLEM, AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF A DAMPER INTO THE STEERING COLMN. THE INSTALLED DAMPER ELIMINATED SOME OF THE VIBRATION , BUT DOES SATISFY CONSUMER. *AK
THE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. THE SEALS ON THE FUEL TANK WILL BE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP. *AK
CONSUMER STATES CHILD SAFETY SEAT'S STRAPS DON'T LOCK IN PLACE AT TIMES, AND OTHER TOMES THE STRAPS TIGHTEN UP WHILE CHILD IS IN THE SEAT. *AK
EA97-003, THE STRAPS ON INTEGRAL CHILD SEAT TIGHTEN UP SO TIGHTLY ON THE CHILD THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE CHILD. THE SAFETY CLIP COULD NOT BE RELEASED BECAUSE OF TIGHTNESS OF STRAPS. STRAPS HAD TO BE CUT BY DEALER IN ORDER TO REMOVE CHILD. *AK
WHEN MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE LOST STEERING POWER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *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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