1997 Pontiac Trans Sport complaints

THE LENS CAP FELL OFF OF THE FRONT LIGHT HEADLIGHT. THEY WILL NOT REPLACE IT. IT IS A DEFINITE DEFECT. I HAVE TO PAY $200 FOR A WHOLE NEW LIGHT. THEY SHOULD MAKE A LENS COVER. PONTIAC CLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS BUT WHEN I CALLED ONE SALVAGE YARD HE TOLD ME THAT HE ALONE GETS 10 CALLS A WEEK ON THIS PART!!!*AK

REPLACED RIGHT HAND LENS AND IT FAILED ALSO.*AK

BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES KEEP FALLING OFF WITHOUT WARNING,RESULTING IN LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS.*AK

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER OWN THE VEHICLE, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING IT. I WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. I HAD THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR, DRIVING THEM TO SCHOOL, WHEN THE STEERING JUST GAVE OUT WHILE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC; FORTUNATELY IT WAS ON A CITY STREET, SO WE WEREN'T TRAVELLING VERY FAST. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PONTIAC DEALER FOR REPAIRS, WHICH TOTALLED WELL OVER $1000. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT A AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS WITH THE VEHICLE. SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD JUST PASSED 60,000 IT WAS NOO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. WE CALLED GM, AND THEY INSISTED THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, AND CONFIRMED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. THEY DID GIVE US A DISCOUNT OFF OF THE PURCHASE OF OUR NEXT GM CAR, BECAUSE OF THIS AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH THE VEHICLE, INCLUD ING REARSEATS THAT DID NOT WORK PROPERLY - THEY WOULDN'T STAY LOCKED INTO THE FLOOR, AND A JUST A NICE LITTLE SHOVE FROM BEHIND WOULD KNOCK THEM OUT OF THE FLOOR. IF YOU ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS, KEEP AT IT. I HATE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELLING 70 MPH DURING RUSH HOUR AND THE STEERING JUST QUIT.*AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, HE DISCOVERD THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, THE FUSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED OVER A HUNDRED TIMES.*MJ

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH STEERING MOMENTARILY LOCKED UP. VEHICLE THEN LOCKED UP MAKING LEFT HAND TURN. HAD TO PULL STEERING WHEEL A FEW DEGREES TO THE RIGHT TO FREE UP BIND. TOOK VEHICLE TO PONTIAC DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT RACK AND PINION HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILURE DESTROYED THE AIR BAG COIL WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED.

PROBLEM #1 - SEAT BELTS. FOUR OUT OF THE SEVEN SEAT BELTS IN THE CAR HAVE FAILED. SPECIFICALLY THE RETRACTION SYSTEM. FOUR OUT OF SEVEN GOING BAD TO ME, MEANS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED FAILURE. I'M CONCERN ABOUT THE OTHER 3 WORKING IF IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALERS CONTACTED WANT TO CHARGE ME $800 - $1000 TO FIX FOUR SEAT BELTS. NEED TO GET IT FIXED, BUT NOTHING TO BELIEVE I WON'T BE ASKING THAT SAME DEALER TO FIX THE OTHER 3 SEAT BELTS WHEN THEY GO BAD TOO. DEALERS SAY HIGH COST OF REPAIR IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE COST OF PARTS. UNLIKE AN ALTERNATOR, OR OTHER ENGINE COMPONENT, THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IS SOLE SOURCED FROM ONE MANUFACTURER. LOCKED IN TO A NON-COMPETITIVE PRICE (AND OBVIOUSLY OVER INFLATED). PROBLEM #2 - RACK AND PINON STEERING. I NOTICED ON YOUR WEB SITE WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM UNDER PONTIAC TRANSPORTS. BASICALLY TOLD BY DEALER THE RACK AND PINON STEERING SYSTEM IS BAD. OUT OF WARRANTY, SO BIG BUCKS. HAVE HAD TO PAY QUITE A BIT IN DEALER REPAIR BILLS ALREADY ON VEHICAL. FOR EXAMPLE, PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BACK HATCH, SIDE WINDOW, PUSH BUTTONS ON DOOR ARM REST, AIR CONDITIONING.....ALSO POOR DESIGN WITH PLASTIC PARTS IN HIGH STRESSED POINT AREAS.*AK

THE STEERING COMPLETELY LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. FORTUNATELY I WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF A PARKING PLACE IN A SHOPPING CENTER, SO THERE WAS NO OTHER ACCIDENT OR ACTIVITY ENVOLVED. I PAYED TO HAVE THE RACK & PINION UNIT REPLACED AND HAVE HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEM. I READ THE OTHER DAY THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION WAS CONDUCTING AN ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION ON STEERING LOCKUP PROBLEMS FOR CERTAIN GMC MODELS. AMONG THESE MODELS LISTED WAS MY 97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT SO I THOUGHT I WOULD REPORT MY EXPERIENCE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON A SIDE ROAD AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN STEERING LOCKED UP, PREVENTING VEHICLE TO MOVE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

LOSS OF COOLANT FROM THE TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND INFORMED THAT INTAKE MAMIFOLD GASKET WAS CRACKED. DEALER AND MANUFACTUERER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK THE COOLANT IS GETTING INTO THE MOTOR OIL WHICH COULD CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER BECAUSE IF THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE, A NEW ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT IN. *JG

I RECEIVED A SERIOUS CONCUSSION IN A REAR END/FRONT END COLLISION DUE TO THE FACT SEAT BELT FAILED TO HOLD ME IN PLACE. I HIT THE SUNVISOR AND THEN HIT THE BACK HEAD REST SO HARD I BROKE THE SEAT.*AK

REPAIR POWER SLIDING DOOR BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT WORK, REPLACE PSO MODULE, DOOR FAILED AGAIN. CHANGED ALL THE PARTS IN THE DOOR AT NO COST. DOOR OPENED WHILE THE VAN IN MOTION, WILL NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY, MAY CLOSE BUT ALARM SOUNDS, FAILED TO OPERATE AT ALL.

VEHICLES SEAT BELT BUCKLE IN THE MIDDLE BEHIND DIVER WILL UNLATCH ONCE BUCKLED. NOW THE BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON STAYS DOWN AND SEAT BELT IS OF NO USE. *JG

RECALL 01V067000 ON POWER SLIDING DOOR WAS DONE IN APRIL 2001, VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN BACK TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THE DOOR OPENING RIGHT AFTER CLOSING IT. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK *YH

WHILE TURNING LEFT, FRONT WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN, STEERING WAS POPPING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEFECT IN GEAR WAS THE CAUSE PER DEALERSHIP.*AKCONSUMER HAD TO RUN INTO THE CURB TO AVOID TRAFFIC. *JG

SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY. DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. BUZZER WOULD SOUND AND DOOR WOULD COME OPEN, EVEN WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TWICE UNDER RECALLS. ONCE UNDER RECALL 01 V 224 000 FOR SLIDING DOOR AND SECOND TIME UNDER RECALL 01 V 067 000. NEITHER RECALL CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TURN SIGNAL BULB, ALSO THERE WAS A RATTLE NOISE WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN IDLE, DEALER REPLACED THE BELT TENSIONER.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH POWER SLIDING DOOR, UNTIL RECALL CAMPAIGN # 01V067000.. REPOTED PROBLEM TO NHTSA AND ALSO PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS. WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE VAN TO DEALER AND DID SO MANY TIMES FOR REPLACEMENT OF PARTS IN THE DOOR. FINALLY WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL ON THE RECALL.. CAMPAIGN # 01V264000... DATED IN OCTOBER 2001... LOCAL DEALER COULD NOT GET PARTS, SINCE I LIVE IN FLORIDA FOR WINTER MONTHS WAS TOLD BY PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO TAKE THE VAN TO CARL'S PONTIAC, STUART, FL. DID SO AND THEY PERFORMED THE CAMPAIGN. DOOR STILL FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY, WILL NOT ALWAYS LATCH, AND WILL OPEN WHEN VAN IN MOTION. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO RETURN CAR TO DEALER. BUT EACH TIME I DO THEY CLAIM TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG TO CHARGE ME FOR. AFTER FIRST RECALL, AND FAILURE, IT TOOK PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS 10 MONTHS TO REIMBURSE ME FOR CHARGES. HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN PONTIAC TRAINED MECHANICS, SINCE THE VAN HAS BEEN TO 3 DEALERS, AT LEAST 15 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THAT WAS CAUSED BY FIRST RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER HIT A BUMP AND BOTH LENSES FELL OUT OF HEADLIGHTS. ADHESIVE THAT HOLDS LENSES DRIED UP. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *YD

THE POWER SLIDING DOOR SUDDENLY CEASES TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. AFTER THE LAST REPAIR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 01V-067. THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE BUT VEHICLE IS STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *YH

A PIN FELL OFF FROM RACK AND PINION STEERING WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH. CONSUMER COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK

VERY LOUD ENGINE KNOCK, LEAVING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE GM DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN LARAMIE, WY, HAS BEEN CAUSED BY EITHER A SPUN BEARING/BEARING FAILURE OR OTHER FAILURE CAUSING LACK OF OIL FLOW TO VITAL ENGINE PARTS. I MUST NOW EI. *AK

RECLINE LATCHES - DO NOT PROPERLY RE-ENGAGE. SMALL CHILD CAN EASILY LIFT LATCH WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING. UNTIL LATCH IS MANUALLY PUSHED BACK DOWN, SEAT BACK WILL NOT CATCH IN ANY POSITION. SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES ON THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM IN THIS VEHICLE THAT EITHER PREVENT THE SEAT BELT FROM BEING PULLED OUT FOR USE, OR CAN LEAVE SEAT BELT HANGING OUT OF DOOR. CLOSING DOOR MIGHT DAMAGE BELT OR LATCH. BOTH ISSUES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH GM. GM CLAIMS (FILE # C06088691) NEITHER IS SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKS OIL/ANTIFREEZE DOWN THE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN TO GM BUT IT DOES NOTHING.*AK

HEADLIGHTS COVERS HAD FALLEN ONE AFTER ANOTHER WITHIN A WEEK APART. CONSUMER TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD CAUSED THIS SITUATION, COVERS COULD NOT BE PUT BACK. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL REPAIR 01V-067 FOR THE SLIDING DOOR ACTUATOR THE VEHICLE NEVER EXHIBITED ANY SYMPTOMS OF THE RECALL, AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AT TIMES, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE A MODULE WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE, THE DAY AFTER REPAIR THE DOOR FAILED TO OPERATE AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED ON SEVERAL OCCASION BECAUSE THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN OR WOULD OPEN WHILE THE VHEILCE WAS IN MOTION. NLM

RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT, VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE, AND THEN ALL POWER STEERING FLUID RAN OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE RACK AND PINION. PLEASE ADD VIN . *AK

COVER FOR FRONT-LEFT HEADLIGHT FELL OFF DUE TO MOISTURE BUILD UP IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, COMPONENT WAS REPLACED AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE, FRONT/RIGHT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS STARTING TO SHOW MOISTURE BUILDUP, BUT HAS NOT DISCONNECTED TO THIS DATE. *AK CONSUMER REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLAMP AT THE SAME TIME AS THE LEFT, AS IT HAS ALREADY LOST A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE GLUE, IT WAS LOOSE AND HAD A SERIOUS MISTURE BUILDUP CAUSING CORROSION INSIDE THE LIGHT.*SLC

TRANSMISSION PUMP WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY. ENGINE STARTED RACING, NO PULL. NEW PUMP ASSEMBLY, TORQUE CONVERTER, PUMP SHAFT & VARIOUS OTHERS PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

1. FRONT HEATER AND DEFROSTER ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. FRONT WINDSHIELD FOGS UP CONSIDERABLY. HEATER SYSTEM BLOWS WARM AIR IN BACK VENTS BUT COLD AIR ONLY IN FRONT VENTS. 2. GAS GAUGE STOPS WORKING AT ABOUT < TANK. AFTER REACHING THAT LEVEL, THE GAUGE PEGS TO PAST THE FULL LEVEL AND DOES NOT WORK AGAIN UNTIL THE TANK IS FILLED AGAIN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND COULDN'T TURN IT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS THE POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENING WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, FAILING TO CLOSE PROPERLY, OR FAILING TO OPERATE AT ALL. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD, AND STARTED AFTER A SAFETY RECALL OF THE POWER SLIDING DOOR TO FIX A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR OPENING WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT TILL REWORK WAS DONE. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AT THE REQUEST OF PONTIAC BUT ALL ATTEMPTS AT REPAIRING THE PSD HAVE FAILED. THE DOOR WILL OPEN WHILE VAN IS IN MOTION, WILL NOT CLOSE, OR STOPS WORKING ALL TOGETHER. VERY CONCERNED WITH WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF DOOR OPENS WHILE DRIVING AT TURNPIKE SPEED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN. ONLY ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT OR MAKE RIGHT HAND TURNS. DEALER REPLACED RACK AND PINION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION, VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, EVEN AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, THE LATCH STILL DOES OPERATE PROPERLY.*JB

WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM IS WEARING THROUGH BRAKE LINE, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. DEALER INSTALLED A RETAINER TO PREVENT CONTACT BETWEEN BRAKE LINE AND WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM, BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED TWICE EVEN AFTER RETAINER WAS INSTALLED.*AK *SLC

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED RESULTING IN A BLOWN MOTOR. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OR INDICATIONS OF IMPENDING FAILURE. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED(EVERY 3000-4000 MILES)BY US AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW IT. OUR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT A SIMILAR DEFECT EXISTED IN MODEL YEARS PRIOR TO OUR VEHICLE'S. GM HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO ASSIST US WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND INFORMED THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS BROKEN ,AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK A NUT HAD BROKEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM CAUSING IT TO FALL APART, THE AIR BAG COIL WAS TWISTED ALSO CAUSING A BIND UP IN THE STEERING WHEEL. *SLC

REAR AXLE LEFT BRACKET BROKE AT THE SPEED OF 15MPH. RUPTURING THE BRKE LINE PULING THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE.

WHILE PERFORMING RECALL 01V-067 THE DEALER FAILED TO REINSTALL THE LOCKING PIN ON THE HANDLE MAKING THE AUTOMATIC DOOR TAKE AN UNUSUALLY LONG TIME TO LOCK, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR SECOND REPAIR. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN BAD WEATHER, ONE OF THE HEADLIGHT COVERS FLEW OFF, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS THE AFFECTED HEADLIGHT BULB EXPLODED FROM SUDDEN EXPOSURE TO COLD AIR AND RAIN, SOMETIME THAT NIGHT THE OTHER COVER FELL OFF IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER ALSO DISCOVERED CONDENSATION IN OTHER FRONT LIGHT ASSEMBLIES SUCH AS THE SIDE MARKER, AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS, CONSUMER STATES HE WAS TOLD THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT SELL HEADLIGHT COVERS AS A SEPARATE PART, BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY IS NOT DESIGNED TO COME APART, CONSUMER STATES MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DOES NOT CONSIDER IT A SAFETY ISSUE REQUIRING A RECALL. *JB

AFTER 17 REPAIR ATTEMPS, ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR STILL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY.

SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THREE WEEKS LATER ON APRIL 11TH, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. DEALER STILL COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM. ON APRIL 26, DEALER FIXED DOOR, AND CURRENTLY IT WAS LIKE CAR HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN, CONSUMER TRIED TO START CAR, AND IT WOULD START 3 MINUTES LATER. APRIL 26 THROUGH MAY 4 THEY HAD THE CAR. DEALER SAID TO TAKE CAR BACK TO GMC.*AK

PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR WAS WORKING WHEN SHE TOOK IT IN FOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. 00000115967 REPAIRS. WHEN SHE DROVE VEHICLE HOME PASSENGER'S DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. CONSUMER HAD A TALK WITH DEALERSHIP MECHANIC, AND HE TOLD HER THAT ELECTRICAL MOTOR WAS NOT RUNNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT LENS COVER BLEW OFF, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, SMASHING AGAINST ANOTHER VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD. ALSO, LESS THAN A MONTH LATER, DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT LENS BLEW OFF TOO. CONSUMER COULD SEE THAT THE SEALER DRIES UP AND CRUMBLES OFF.*AK *JB

PASSENGER'S SLIDING POWER DOOR QUIT WORKING. A RECALL WAS RECEIVED FOR LATCH ON DOOR, BUT DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. ALSO, BOTH SEATS BELTS IN MIDDLE WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. ALSO, WHILE PULLING OUT INTO INTERSECTION TRANSMISSION TAKES LONGER TO ENGAGE GEAR. MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED TSB, BUT IS NOT COVERING COST.*AK THE MANUFACTURER PAID HALF OF THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR COST BUT THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. *YH

WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON AT NIGHT TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION. IN DAYTIME WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT IN USE, TAIL LIGHTS WILL FUNCTION. THIS IS DUE TO RAIN GETTING IN TAIL LIGHTS AND CAUSING A WIRING SHORTAGE.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON, THE LIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE HUTCH WORK, BUT THE TAIL LIGHTS,BRAKE LIGHTS, FLASHERS AND REVERSE LIGHTS DON'T WORK, THE RADIO FLASHES AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLASH LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD STAY ON, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO REPAIR SHOP AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE HARNESS SYSTEM WAS BURNED OUT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER ALSO STATED FUEL GUAGE NOT READING CORRECTLY, ALSO ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON AT TIMES. *JB

PLASTIC LENS COVERS ON HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVE FALLEN OFF, EXPOSING BULBS, AND CAUSING THEM TO PREMATURELY BLOWOUT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HEADLIGHT COVERS FELL OFF, MOISTURE CAUSED BULBS TO EXPLODE. BOTH COVERS FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, SIGNAL LIGHT COVERS AND OTHER LIGHT COVERS ARE FULL OF MOISTURE.*AK