1998 Pontiac Bonneville complaints

CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE BLEW WHILE DRIVING.*JB

ENGINE (INTAKE MANIFOLD) IS DEFECTIVE. LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE. THIS IS THE SECOND 1998 BONNEVILLE V-6 WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH. THE FIRST ONE THE ENGINE HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, SINCE IT WAS BURNING COOLANT IN THE ENGINE AND INTO THE SURROUNDING AIR. THIS BONNEVILLE IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED AT AND WILL NEED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, POSSIBLE THE ENTIRE ENGINE AS WELL. PONTIAC ISSUED TECHNICAL SALES BULLETIN 01-06-01-007 IN JULY 2001 KNOWING THEY HAD THIS PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS BADLY DESIGNED ENGINE THAT CAN CAUSE ENGINE LOCKUP AND COOLANT SMOG RELEASE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH, ENGINE WAS HESITATING. CONSUMER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. DEALER DETERMINED THAT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A HOLE AND WAS LEAKING FLUID ONTO ENGINE. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER MANIFOLD AND GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB

ON 8/25/2000 HAD TO HAVE MY WATER PUMP REPLACED($536.91). PICKED UP CAR WENT 11 MILE IT QUIT HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO PERFORMANCE PONTIAC. INFORMED AT THAT TIME THE PLENUM FAILED COST OF THAT JOB INCLUDING TOWING AN RENTAL ($830.80). ON 3/20/2002 CAR QUIT HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO PERFORMANCE PONTIAC AGAIN. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM THE PLENUM FAILED AGAIN. WHEN I CALLED GM PONTIAC DIVISION THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE OF THE CAR. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS THE ISSUE. IT'S A $31000. I TRAVEL FOR A LIVING AND HAVE THE UPMOST RESPECT FOR MY VEHICLE. I HAVE ALL MY RECORDS OF MY MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD AMAZE YOU. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN OVER 3000 BEFORE EACH OIL CHG. TIRES ARE ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES. TRANSMISSION OIL CHGS HAS BEEN DONE TWICE. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED TWICE PREMATURELY TO PREVENT SERIOUS DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS. I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH RECORDS THAT SHOW TO THE PENNY WHAT I'VE SPENT ON GASOLINE FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR. I AM CONVINED THAT IT IS NOT A MILEAGE ISSUE AND TOTALLY CONVINCED THAT THIS IS NOT A RESULT OF ANY NEGLIGENCE ON MY PART. I WAS TOTALLY TURNED OFF BY THE ATTITUDE OF PONTIAC CONCERNING THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. I CAN ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH TESTIMONIALS FROM BUSINESSES THAT I USE TO SERVICE MY VEHICLE TO WHAT A FANACTIC I AM ABOUT PREVENTITVE MAINTENANCE. WAITING ANXIOUSLEY FOR YOUR REPLY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. NICK LEOGRANDE. *AK

HAVE REPLACED PLENUM, HEAD GASKETS AND IS CURRENTLY IN REPAIR FOR RODS. RECOMMENDED NEW ENGINE. WITH NEW ENGINE, REPAIRS TOTAL $6000.00. NLM

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REPAIR SHOP UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED UPON STARTING VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

RIGHT REAR-VIEW MIRROR EXPLODED. EXPLOSION SO LOUD AND FREIGHTENING THAT I THOUGHT A BOMB HAD HIT MY CAR. I WAS 2 BLOCKS FROM MY DRIVEWAY. I STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AS I THOUGHT ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF CAR WAS DESTROYED FROM JUST THE SOUND OF THE EXPLOSION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON MY CAR NOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE MIRROR FRAMING. THE MIRROR ITSELF WAS BLOWN TO DUST. THE ENTIRE MIRROR FRAMING, ETC. WAS LEFT HANGING DOWN AND HELD ON BY A SMALL PLUG-IN TYPE RECEPTACLE JUST BARELY HANGING ON TO A BLOWN OUT PLASTIC HOLE FROM THE CAR. I HAVE NO REAR VIEW MIRROR NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I HAVE THE ENTIRE MIRROR MOUNTING IN M BACK SEAT AND 3 MECHANICS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. IT WAS THE WORST EXPLOSION I'VE EVER HEARD, BUT I'M THANKFUL THE GLASS HURT NO ONE NOR CAUSED ANY DAMAGE. MY CAR LOOKS FINE, EXCEPT THERE'S A BARE SPOT WITH A FEW BLASTED HOLES WHERE ONCE THERE WAS A MIRROR. THANK YOU. *AK

FOR THE THIRD TIME (18K MILES, 79K MILES, 129K MILES) THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS FAILED AND ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO LIQUID LOCK BY FILLING WITH COOLANT. FIRST INCIDENT COVERED BY WARRANTY, SECOND COST ME $1,000 AND NOW PONTIAC IS WILLING TO SPLIT THE COST OF THE THIRD REPAIR. I CONTEND IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT, AND SHOULD COST ME NOTHING.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, SO I STOPPED THE CAR ADDED ANTIFREEZE, THEN THE CAR WOULDN'T START BACK UP, SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE . THE MECHANIC THERE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE PLASIC UPPER PLENTIUM AND ANTIFREEZE GOT IN THE MOTOR, SO NOW WE ARE HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE MOTOR.*AK

AFTER NOTICING ENGINE RUNNING HOTTER THAN NORMAL, CHECKED RADIATOR - COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW, NOTHING IN OVERFLOW RESERVOIR. ANTIFREEZE AND WATER ADDED TO FILL, RESTARTED CAR - IDLED ROUGH THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED BLINKING. ADDED ADDITIONAL WATER AND ANTIFREEZE WHEN RADIATOR WAS AGAIN LOW AND RESERVOIR EMPTY, THEN CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER WHO STATEED IT IS "HYDRO-LOCKED" DUE TO MELTED PLENUM ALLOWING COOLANT INTO CYLINDERS. ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED OR COMPLETELY OVERHAULED. COMPLAINT MADE WITH PONTIAC, NO REPONSE YET. FOUND SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING SAME ISSUE ON THIS SITE...ALSO FOR GRAND PRIX, BUICK LESABRE, PARK AVENUE AND CHEVROLET MALIBU.*AK

A HOLE OR DEFECT IN THE PLENTUM (PART # 17113136) OF THE MANIFOLD ALLOWED COOLANT TO BE SUCKED INTO THE PISTONS CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND STARTER. AFTER DISCOVERING THE DEFECT, THE PART WAS TAKEN TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED OVER 13 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR DUE TO A HOLE OCCURRING IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE ALLOWING COOLANT TO BE SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE. GM HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART AND HAS REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND RELUCTANTLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED THIS PART OVER 20 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR.

CAR HEATED UP. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN TO COOL. ANTIFREEZE WAS LOW AND ADDED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK. CAR WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT COOLANT HAD BEEN SUCKED INTO THE PISTONS DUE TO A HOLE OR DEFECT IN THE PLENTUM (PART# 17113136) OF THE MANIFOLD. AFTER DISCOVERING THE DEFECT IN OUR PART WE FOUND THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE EXACT SAME DEFECT BY TWO DEALERSHIPS IN OUR AREA IN THE PAST YEAR. AFTER CONTACTING PONTIAC/GM WE HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP FOR DAMAGES ($1,500.00) CAUSED BY THIS DEFECTIVE PART AND THEY HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF HAVING A RECALL PER MR. RAFIAT JIMOH, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER. CAN A REPORT BE OBTAINED OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THIS PART PLENTUM #17113136 HAS BEEN REPLACED IN GM CARS IN THE PAST YEAR?*AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CLAIM NUMBER 13-7560-177. *YH

THE CONSUMER HEARD EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. FLAMES WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CLAIM NUMBER 25-5472-210. *YH

VEHICLE WAS BEING JUMPED STARTED WITH AN EXTERNAL BATTERY PACK, WHEN CRANKED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ENGINE EXPLOSION, BLEW MANIFOLD COVER OFF AND INJECTORS OUT. CLAIM NUMBER 35-W429-786. *YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE. CLAIM NUMBER 40-2468-798. *YH

THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE DEALERSHIP, WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE VALAVE. CLAIM#13-9723-630

CONSUMER WENT TO START VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD POP NOISE AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING, FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 13-7560-177. *SLC

IT WOULD SEEM THAT AN INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK SO SUDDEN & SEVERE THAT IT KILLS THE ENGINE AT SPEED COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A PERSON TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. NO ADVANCE WARNING, OTHER THAN STARTING TO RUN ROUGH, THEN FILLING THE ENGINE SO FULL OF COOLANT THAT IT KILLED THE MOTOR & LOCKED IT UP, PREVENTING THE STARTER FROM CRANKING THE ENGINE OVER.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HIGH. CONSUMER DROVE CAR TO A NEAR BY MECHANIC, AND THEY POURED ANTIFREEZE INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO COOL VEHICLE DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATED, WHILE HE STARTED THE ENGINE, WHITE SMOKE POURED FROM THE EXHAUST, TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED ENGINE BUT WHILE TESTING THE ENGINE, THE SAME PROBLEM APPEARED, DEALER AWARE OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN, THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED, WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *YD

CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A PLASTIC PLENUM THAT WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATED/CRACKED AND ALLOWED ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. OUR REPAIRMAN FOUND THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT PONTIAC USED PLASTIC FOR THIS COMPONENT. *AK

HAD A VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A WHEEL OUT OF BALANCE. HAD TIRES BALANCED THE DAY OF ENGINE FAILURE. STILL HAD VIBRATION. ENGINE RAN ROUGH THEN QUIT. CHECKED ENGINE COMPARTMENT, REALIZED HAD NO COOLANT. ENGINE HAD SIEZED. WOULD NOT CRANK. MECHANIC REMOVED SPARK PLUGS AND COOLANT DRAINED FROM ALL COMBUSTION CHAMBERS. I DID DESIGN WORK ON THIS PRODUCT AT GM AND ASKED AN AQUANITANCE ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS. HE SAID THAT GM HAD THE EGR GAS TEMPERATURE TOO HIGH AND THIS WAS CAUSING THE "PLASTIC " INTAKES TO FAIL. INTAKE WILL WARP AND COOLANT LEAKS INTO AIR PASSAGES CAUSING ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH AND/OR STOP DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF LEAKAGE. THIS ALSO CONTAMINATES THE EXHAUST SYSTEM (CATALYTIC CONVERTER). ALSO EXTENSIVE ENGINE DAMAGE DEPENDING ON FAILURE. ( AMOUNT OF WATER). THIS DEFECT INVOLVES ALL GM VEHICLES MADE WITH THIS ENGINE. PONTIAC, BUICK,CHEVY. ANY PRODUCT MADE WITH "PLASTIC" INTAKES UNTIL GM CORRECTED THE PROBLEM ( EGR TEMPERATURE INTO INTAKE). I AM SURE THERE ARE AND WILL BE A LOT OF FAILURES OF THIS TYPE AS THE VEHICLES AGE. I THINK THIS IS A RECALL TYPE SITUATION DUE TO THE AMONUT OF VEHICLES INVOLVED. THIS ALSO MAY MEAN I WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND A JOB IN THIS INDUSTRY BY REPORTING THIS!!! I HAVE AN AUTOMOTVE RELATED JOB DOING BUSINESS WITH GM AS ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS.*AK

THE VEHICLE'S INTAKE VALVE COVERS CRACKED AND THE COOLANT WAS SUCKED INTO THE CYLINDERS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND STALL. *YH

VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING, FIRST AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND WHEN MAKING SLOW TURNS. LATELY AT SPEEDS OF 55-60 MPH. TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK

UPPER INTAKE PLENTUM FAILED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTERNALLY INTO THE ENGINE, THIS CAUSED SOME CYLINDERS TO SHUT DOWN AND THE CAR TO RUN ROUGH. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TO THIS VEHICLE AT VARIOUS MILEAGES. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT PART OF THIS ASSEMBLY WAS MADE OF PLASTIC RATHER THAN CAST METAL AND THIS COULD BE CAUSE FOR FAILURE DUE TO EXPOSURE TO HIGH TEMPURATURES. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT FAR AWAY FROM HOME WHEN THIS ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED. *AK

ROD BEARINGS FOR CYLINDERS 1 AND 2 FAILED DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION WITH RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE VEHICLE. GMC IS NOT INTERESTED IN FINDING THE ROOT CAUSE. THEY HAVE INSINUATED THAT WE RAN THE VEHICLE WITHOUT OIL BUT CAN NOT EXPLAIN WHY BEARINGS FOR CYLINDERS 3-6 SHOW NO SIGNS OF LACK OF LUBRICATION. GM IS NOT OFFERING ANY ASSISTANCE ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS BARELY BEYOND WARRANTY.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH UNDER CLEAR/DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN POWER STEERING PUMP FELL OUT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DIRECT VEHICLE TO HER DRIVEWAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

TURNED IGNITION ON AND THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION, AND THEN A FIRE BROKE OUT IN VEHICLE SITTING THERE FOR 8 DAYS BEFORE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY OFFERED TO REPURCHASE VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE IN OPERATION TRAVELING AT EITHER LOW SPEEDS/COLD WEATHER,/SPEEDS ABOVE 65 MPH, AND STOP ANDGO TRAFFIC. CONSUMER HAS AVOIDED 6 ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS DEFECT. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND COULD NOTDETERMINE CAUSE OF ENGINE STALLING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

RIGHT REAR AXLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 45MPH. TIRE CAME OFF, AND VEHICLE STOPPED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT DID NOT HAPPEN AS WAS TOLD. TOOK TO MECHANIC, AND FOUND PROBLEM HAPPENED THE WAY TOLD BY OWNER.*AK

TRAVELING @65 MPH ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. WOULD NOT START UNTIL 3 HOURS LATER THEN IT WAS HARD TO START. PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE GROUND UNDER PASSENGER SEAT. CAR STILL WAS HARD TO START NOW THE DEAL CLAIMS IT IS THE FUEL PUMP REGULATOR. VERY UPSET WITH THIS EXPERIENCE. OTHER PROBLEMS SEEM TO HAVE CROPPED UP DUE TO THIS GROUND PROBLEM SUCH AS ALTERNATOR FAILURE, HEADLIGHTS FAILING TO THE ON POSITON, POWER WINDOWS WOULD NOT WORK AND OF COURSE THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL REGULATOR. THIS GROUND SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM AND I AM SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT YET BEEN A RECALL. THE COMMON THREAD CAN BE SEEN IN THE COMPLAINTS LODGED ON YOUR INTERNET SITE.*AK

HORN IS DIFFICULT TO APPLY IN AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AIR BAG ASSEMBLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE, CLAIM 40-2468-798. *SLC

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, IT BACK FIRED AND CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE AREA, CONSUMER STATES HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, FLAMES WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, CLAIM 25-5472-210. *SLC

CAR WOULD STALL HARD TO START GROUND PROBLEM BLAMED FOR POOR GAS PRESSURE TO CARB, ALSO COULD OF BEEN PROBLEM THAT FAILED THE STARTER, ENGINE LITE WOULD GO ON THEN OFF, DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTEN UNTIL THE LAST TIME WHEN THE GROUND PROBLEM WAS FOUND. MAJOR EXPENSE TO ME NOT HAPPY IT TOOK THIS LONG TO FIND PROBLEM. AS OF TODAY CAR SEEMS TO BE OK

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION COIL WIRE AND ABOUT 5/6 TIMES ALREADY THE CAR HAS JUST COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT, USUALLY WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN/SIGNAL OR JUST TAKING OFF FROM ONE.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE STOPPING AND THEN STARTING, VEHICLE IDLES LOW AND ON SOME OCCASIONS IT STALLS, ESPECIALLY WHILE MAKING LEFT TURNS, DEALER ONCE FOUND A VACUUM LEAK FROM BETWEEN THE THROTTLE BODY AND UPPER PLENUMN, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS POOR ACCELERATION AND LACK OF POWER. BATTERY FAILED. *SLC

FROM LOOKING AT THE PARTS, IT APPEARS THAT A ROD CAP BOLT FAILED ALLOWING THE ROD TO COME LOOSE AND BREAKING THE ROD. THE DEALER DESCRIBED IT AS A GRENADE GOING OFF IN THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. A NOISE SUDDENLY RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AND THE CAR WAS IMMEDIATLY STOPPED, BUT THE ENGINE WAS RUINED COSTING $3000 TO REPLACE. I AM THANKFUL NO ONE WAS INJURED. I SENT INFORMATION TO PONTIAC, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SILENT ABOUT IT.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL ON HIGHWAY, AND IS UNSAFE. YH

CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND THEY WILL NOT REPLACE AIRBAGS. DEALER SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A MANUFACTURER FOR AIRBAGS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS BEING JUMP STARTED WITH AN EXTERNAL BATTERY PACK, AND WHEN CRANKED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ENGINE EXPLOSION, THE MANIFOLD COVER BLEW OFF AND INJECTOR OUT, CLAIM 35-W429-786. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMOBILE SUDDENLY CUT OFF AND HAD NO POWER- ENGINE SHUT DOWN, AND CONSUMER HAD NO USE OF THE BRAKES, AUTOMOBILE DRIFTED ABOUT 100 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP.AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THE AUTOMOBILE RESTARTED. *AK

FROM THE NIGHT WE DROVE THE CAR HOME WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING , HORN. UPON REPAIR WORK IN MARCH OF 1999 WE WERE SHOWED AND TOLD THAT THE DASH HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT BEFORE AND WIRES HAD BEEN CUT INTO. WE HAVE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH LACK OF POWER UPON PRESSING ACCELERATOR. *AK

VENTILATION SYSTEM IS DESIGN SO BADLY THAT OUTSIDE FUMES ALWAYS ENTER INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL VENTILATION SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL GUAGE INDICATOR LEVEL MISREADS THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND CORRECTED IT, BUT, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE VALVE, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, CLAIM 13-9723-630. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE OR STALL AND DIE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR GENERATOR AND THE ECM. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

ON FOUR OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN COLLISION. HOWEVER, ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR,BUT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. *YC