Owners filed 15 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts. It has been recalled 1 time.
What fails
Component
Reports
Crashes
Fires
Injuries
Seat Belts
5
0
0
0
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
2
1
0
1
Vehicle Speed Control
1
0
0
0
Structure
1
0
0
0
Steering › Linkages › Knuckle › Spindle › Arm
1
1
0
1
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
1
0
0
0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
1
0
0
0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
1
0
0
0
Engine and Engine Cooling
1
0
0
0
Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood
1
1
1
1
1 safety recall
Part 573 reports
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator93V132000
Filed Aug 10, 1993352,833 vehiclesGeneral Motors Corp.
Defect. THE GENERATOR ELECTRICAL WIRING IS NOT PROTECTED AGAINST EXCESSIVE CURRENT FLOW WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE GENERATOR.
Risk. SHOULD AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT OCCUR IN THEGENERATOR, THE GENERATOR WIRING HARNESS WOULD EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE CURRENT FLOW.UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, ENOUGH HEAT COULD BE GENERATED TO IGNITE SURROUNDINGMATERIALS. IF THIS OCCURS, AN UNDERHOOD FIRE COULD RESULT WITH OR WITHOUT THEENGINE RUNNING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Remedy. THE GENERATOR WIRING HARNESS WILL BE REPLACED WITH ONE THAT WILL OPEN AS A FUSE WOULD UNDER CERTAIN EXCESSIVE CURRENT FLOW CONDITIONS.
What owners reported
Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Nov 26, 200716,000 milesOR
STARTED ENGINE IMMEDIATELY DIED! TIMING CHAIN BROKEN. SECOND TIME SINCE OWNED CAR. *TR
Structure
Filed Aug 7, 2001PA
HEADLINER FELL DOWN INTO MY FACE WHILE DRIVING...ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodCrashFire1 injured1 killed
Filed Jul 19, 2001TN
AIRBAG FAILED ON FRONT IMPACT, FIRE STARTED UNDER PASSENGER SEAT IN FRONT,DRIVER TRAPPED, TOTALED CAR, DESTROYED BY FIRE IN SECONDS. VERY LITTLE DAMAGE FROM IMPACT.*AK
Seat Belts
Filed Mar 28, 2000DC
DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT FAILURE. *SLC
Seat Belts
Filed Jun 1, 1999VA
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT IS INOPERABLE DUE TO BROKEN TRACK MOTOR. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Seats › Front Assembly › ReclinerCrash1 injured
Filed May 27, 1999GA
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS BROKE WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END IMPACT. DRIVE RSUSTAINED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed May 17, 1999OH
SAMES VALVES BAD AGAIN AT 63000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed May 4, 1999IN
NO SUMMARY
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Feb 23, 1999NM
DRIVER'S SIDE LAP SEAT BELT STITCHING UNRAVELED WHERE THE BELT WAS FOLDED OVER. TOOK TO DEALER TO SEE IF IT WAS A PROBLEM. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE WITH THE STITCHING UNRAVELED. HAVE BEEN DRIVING LIKE THAT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. SAW ANOTHER PERSON WRITE TO NEWSPAPER AUTOMOBILE COLUMN WITH SAME PROBLEM AND REFERRED TO YOUR ORGANIZATION. I DECIDED TO SUBMIT MY PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT TOO.
PREMATURE WEA ROF SPIDLE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. ALSO SEATBACKBROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO FALL INTO THE REAR SEAT. *AK
Seat Belts
Filed Jan 29, 1997CA
HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE STICKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, ON PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT FRONT BUMPER AND ALONG SIDE OF VEHICLE; AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR ON PASSENGE'SR & DRIVER'S SIDE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AT TIMES. *AK
Seat Belts
Filed Dec 16, 1996IL
MOTORIZED DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ONLY COMES BACK HALF WAY TO CHEST WHEN DOOR IS CLOSED. *AK
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Nov 22, 1995CA
SEAT BACK FRAME INSIDE BENT, ALLOWING THE SEAT HALF OF THE SEAT BACK TO BEND BACK. TT
Seat Belts
Filed Jul 11, 1995OH
VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT TRACK IS INOPERATIVE. *AK
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 6, 1995TX
THE CRUISE CONTROL QUITS WORKING ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, HAPPENS MORE OFTEN AFTER USING ACCEL BUTTON A FEW TIMES. INCONSISTENT. TT
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.
Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.
Most recent recall on file: Aug 10, 1993. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.