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Filed Feb 19, 1998DC
TIE ROD BROKE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTING IN ACCIDENT.
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1996 Pontiac Trans Sport complaints
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 1996 record →
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Dec 16, 1997FL
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKING PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT 2 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PRIOR TO THE FIRST ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
Electrical System › Horn
Filed Sep 19, 1997VA
HORN BUTTON IS LOCATED UNDER THE COVER OF THE STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG. THE BUTTON IS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AND REQUIRES FIRM PRESSURE AT A PRECISE LOCATION TO BLOW THE HORN. IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE HORN IS NEEDED, THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LOCATE IT. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Sep 16, 1997CT
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM OVERDRIVE INTO NEUTRAL WHILE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING AT 55 MP TO ENTER A HIGHWAY. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Aug 29, 1997PA
VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO GEAR WHILE IGNITION WAS OFF AND FOOT WAS NOT ON THE BRAKE. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured
Filed Jul 15, 1997MI
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT.
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 24, 1997CA
TRANSMISSION FAILED
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 4, 1997MN
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN WET WEATHER, THE REAR BRAKES LOCK UP. *AK
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Jan 9, 1997VA
AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR LEAKS, WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR IT DOES NOT CLICK OVER. TOOK DEALER AND THEY SAY IT IS A NORMAL CONDITION. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Aug 28, 1996NH
WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED ENGINE SURGING, THEN HEARD PUFF SOUND, SUDDENLY SMOKE CAME OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE.*AK
Electrical System › Horn
Filed Apr 15, 1996FL
HORN IS LOCATED IN BAD SPOT, HAVE TO PUSH VERY HARD TO ACTIVATE. *AK
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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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