Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Jul 18, 2002

CONSUMER STATES IT'S HARD TO TAKE THE KEY OUT THE IGNITION AND START THE CAR AT TIMES.CONSUMER STATED IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATES SHE WOULD LIKE THE PROBLEM FIXED OR GET HER MONEY BACK. PH CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT TIMES.*JB

Incident date: Dec 1, 2001

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CONSTANTLY OVERHEATS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINOUSLY ILLUMINATES. PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OCCURING SINCE 1000 MILES. TS

THE DEALER UNKINKED A FUEL TANK HOSE. THIS PROBLEM MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PUMP GAS INTO THE TANK. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT GETTING THE PROPER GAS MILEAGE AND BURNS TOO MUCH OIL, ENGINE COOLER LEAKING FLUID, WHEN THE VEHICLE SITS OVERNIGHT IT HAS TO BE CRANKED TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE STARTS . *JG *NLM

Incident date: Aug 3, 2000

THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL HAD COME ON. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD BECOME SLUGGISH AND THEN HAD GONE BACK TO NORMAL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY. THE OIL WAS BURNING EVERY 200 MILES. THE OVT VALLEY PAN GASKET WAS CHANGED, AND THE INTAKE GASKET WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING AND OR CLICKING IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER FOUND SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR, AND F... Read more

Incident date: Nov 1, 2002

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE SKIPS ALOT. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CONSUMES A LOT OF OIL. CONSUMER STATES MECHANIC SAID GUNK IS BUILDING UP INSIDE ENGINE, DUE TO SPARK PLUGS NOT FIRE. UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.PH

Incident date: Nov 28, 2002

CONSUMER NOTICED ANITFREEZE ON THE DRIVEWAY UNDER THEIR VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT SERVICED. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE UPPER MANIFOLD, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. THERE'S A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS PART, THE EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *TS *JG *NLM

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT AND HAS ALSO STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.*JB

Incident date: Jan 5, 2001

CONSUMER STATED THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE INDICATOR WAS REPLACED.*JB

Incident date: Apr 1, 2002

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE BUT FAILED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE SINCE THE SYMPTOMS INDICATED DID NOT EXIST. AFTER TWO YEARS THE VEHICLE'S LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE DIAGNOSIS SHOWED THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD FAILED PREMATURELY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE MONIES SPENT ON REPAIRS. *YH THE WATER PUMP AND THE RADI... Read more

Incident date: May 10, 2001

THE PROBLEM(S) ARE WITH BOTH A 1998 AND 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE PROBLEMS WERE AS FOLLOWED: ENGINE COMPONENTS, STEERING, SUSPENSION, BRAKING SYSTEM, BATTERY, FUEL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURAL, THE WHEELS WERE NOISY, THERE WERE VISUAL COMPONENT DEFECTS, THE RADIO WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT ON THE DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. JG SCC

Incident date: May 10, 2001

THE GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, AS WELL AS THE WATER PUMP AND TENSIONER. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE STARTED HESITATING DURING ACCELERATION FROM A COMPLETE STOP, HESITATION OCCURS ONE SECOND TO A FEW SECONDS AFTER ACCELERATION AND CAN LAT APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS. SINCE THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE HESITATION, THE TRANSMISSION NOW SHIFTS WITH A SLIGHT THUMP TO A LOUD BANG, DURING ACCELERATION THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MISSES A SHIFT AND GOES INTO NEUTR... Read more

Incident date: Nov 17, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT COOLANT LEAKED AND SPEWED ALL OVER THE TOP OF ENGINE CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE. TS

Incident date: May 1, 2001

THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PUMPED IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE RADIATOR FAILED 3 TIMES AND THE HEATER CORE FAILED. *TS *NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALL. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

THE ANTIFREEZE USED ON THIS VEHICLE IS KNOWN TO DETERIORATE THE GASKETS USED ON THIS ENGINE. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS AND WATER PUMP LEAKED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE MONIES SPENT FOR REPAIRS. *JG THE ALTERNATOR WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THE ENGINE LEAKED OIL. *SCC

THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COOL OR WARMED UP. THE HESITATION OCCURS AT LEAST 10 TIMES A WEEK. *YH *SCC

Incident date: Oct 16, 2002

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. TS THE STALLING IS CONTINUOUS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT THE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS OTHER PROBLEM(S) BE REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE. SCC

Incident date: Aug 1, 1997

THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND IT'S COMPONENTS FAILED, THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON CONSTANTLY, THE TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT, AND THE ENGINE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A NEW VEHICLE OR A NEW ENGINE. MR SCC

Incident date: Aug 25, 2002

CONSUMER STATEED THE REAR CARRIER BEARINGS IN THE REAR AXEL WERE WORN. * TS CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT, THE DEALER REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND GASKET.*JB

Incident date: Nov 1, 2001

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES' TURN KEY HEARD A LOUD BANGING COMING FROM ENGINE, TURN OFF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, DEALER LOOKED AT MOTOR REMOVED ENGINE COVER, IT CHECKED OUT FINE. MECHANIC STATED COOLANT IS GETTING INTO ENGINE FLUID THIS WILL DESTROY ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

Incident date: Oct 26, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH OUT ANY WARNING, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, LOSS OF ALL POWER INCLUDING BRAKES AND STEERING OCCURRED. *JG

Incident date: Oct 26, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND WILL STAY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. DEALER NOTIFIED, OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED BY A DIFFERENT TECHNICIAN WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. MR *NLM

Incident date: Nov 3, 2002

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING NOTICED NO HEAT COMING FROM ENGINE AND DEFROSTER WAS NOT OPERATING. UPON INSPECTION, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT RADIATOR COOLANT HAD TURNED FROM LIQUID TO SOLID. COOLANT WAS LAST CHANGED AT 40K MILES. MR

Incident date: Oct 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE VEHICLES OIL INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF THEN THE VEHICLES ENGINE WOULD CUT OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THEY HAD REPLACED ALOT OF 2.7 ENGINES. *TS *NLM

Incident date: Oct 26, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE OVERHEATED W/O WARNING AND VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED IN HALF. TS

Incident date: Sep 1, 2002

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THEN STALLED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A NEW ENGINE AND THERMOSTAT WAS NEEDED. TS *JB

Incident date: Aug 1, 2002

THE ENGINE IS STARTING TO MAKE A "PINGING" SOUND, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE NOISE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED THE ENGINE WITH A COMPUTER FOR CALIBRATION. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL THE TRUCK IS SLUGGISH, NOT RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING PRESSED. THE DEALERSHIP IS NO LONGER PERFORMING ANY MAINTENANCE ON THE TRUCK. OWNER WOULD LIKE YOU TO REFE... Read more

Incident date: Oct 18, 2002

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE MAIN COMPUTER FAILING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THIS PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. MR THE DEALER IMPORTED A COMPUTER FROM CANADA. AFTER IT'S INSTALLATION, THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING NORMALLY. *JG

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH COOLING SYSTEM. MR

Incident date: Oct 6, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER STATED MOTOR NEEDS REPLACING. MR RADIATOR LEAKED OUT COOLANT AND ENGINE LOCKED UP DUE TO SHORT BLOCK AND HEAD FAILURE. THERMOSTAT FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND DEALER REPLACED CONVERTER AS A CAUSE. *YH

Incident date: Oct 11, 2002

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HARMONIC BALANCER BROKE CAUSING DAMAGES. TS THE CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE HARMONIC BALANCE FLEW APART, IT HAD TAKEN OFF THE FRONT COVER OF THE MOTOR AND THE OIL PAN. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A FAULTY PART. SCC

Incident date: Mar 15, 2002

CONSUMER STATES ENGINE LOOSES POWER THEN ENGINE DIES, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REBUILT TRANSMISSION, THE PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, WATER PUMP FAILED ON JULY 24, FLASHER LEVER BROKE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN, BRAKES INOPERATIVE. MR *NLM

Incident date: Jun 25, 2002

CAR TOOK ON WATER FROM THE "AIR INTAKE" PORT CAUSING ME TO STOP--HAD NO CONTROL OF CAR WHEN IT STOPPED--ACCORDING TO THE DODGE DEALER THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM THE RAIN WATER INTAKE--SAME DAY IT COULD NOT BE STARTED AGAIN--WAS FROM A RUSTED STARTER AS PER DODGE DEALER--CAR WAS SOLD BACK TO DODGE DEALER AT A LOSS

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT ON THREE SEPERATE OCCASIONS THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT WITHOUT A VEHICLE DUE TO THE ENGINE THROWING COOLANT OUT OF THE COOLANT RESEVOIR, THIS RESULTS IN AN ENGINE THAT WAS HEAVING AND VIBRATING/KNOCKING. THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING MOST OF ITS ANTI-FREEZE DURING THE OPERATION. ON ONE OCCASION THEY FOUND A LEAKY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HE'D TAKE THE VEHICLE... Read more

FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 11,000 MILES TO STOP THE SEVERE PULLING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED---"LOCKUP" STARTED THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKUP AND THE REARS ROLL FREE---MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED--PORPORTIONING VALVE WAS REPLACED--REAR DRUMS WERE TURNED & REAR SHOES WERE REPLACED

Incident date: Apr 7, 2001

ABNORMAL WEAR--CAMS HAD FAILED--CAM BOLT BREAKING(WHICH ALSO RESULTS IN SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE

Incident date: Aug 26, 2002

THE ENGINE HAD CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING. ALSO THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AT TIMES. THE DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *YH THE SEAT BELTS HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE REAR DISC BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE CABLE IS WORKING, BUT NOT NOT APPLYING PRESSURE, AND THE V/C IS LEAKING. (V/C PER INVOICE) THE MECHANIC STATED THAT TH... Read more

Incident date: Oct 8, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THE DEALER REPLACED A COMPONENT IN JULY BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURED IN OCTOBER. *MR *NLM *DT

Incident date: Jul 3, 2001

CONSUMER STATES WHEN VEHICLE IS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR, TEMPERTURE GAUGE WILL BE IN THE RED ZONE, WATER TEMPERTURE WILL BE 265. CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. NLM *JB

CONSUMER STATES SINCE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SAFETY RECALL 00V367, THE VEHICLE HAS BEGUN TO OVERHEAT. BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE OF THE FUNCTION OF THE POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT DEVICE (INSTALLED AS PART OF THE RECALL), WHICH IS TO TURNOFF THE ENGINE FAN, CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE WHY VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND STEPS TAKEN TO SOLVE IT WHICH INCLUDED FLUSHING THE RADIATOR AND REPLACING TH... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 1901

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A SENSOR THAT IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO HEAT UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT BE ABLE TO RESTART. *SLC THE CAMSHAFT WAS REPLACED. THE RADIO GOES OFF AT ANYTIME, THE CONSUMER HAS DIFFICULTY SHUTTING THE RADIO OFF MANUALLY. *JB

Incident date: Nov 16, 2000

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. CAM SENSOR, HEATER CORE, NEW HOSE FROM RESERVOIR AND UPPER RADIATOR HOSE, RADIATOR CAP, RADIATOR, WATER TUBE ASSEMBLY, THERMOSTAT, OIL PAN GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER FOUND 1995 MODEL HAS A RECALL RELATING TO THE SAME FAILURES. *TT THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE LINKED TO THE RECALL FORD SENT OUT IN REFERENCE TO T... Read more

CONSUMER STATES, SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, IT HAS SPORADICALLY STALLED OUT 10 TIMES. 2 DEALERSHIPS DIAGNOSED VIA COMPUTER BUT ADVISED THAT THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A REAR-END COLLISION. *TT *SCC

Incident date: Sep 5, 2000

CONSUMER STATES A PROBLEM EXISTED WHERE THE VEHCLE WOULD SUDDENLY CUT OFF WHEN IN A TURN AND WHEN FIRST STARTING. THE FAN BLOWER MOTOR AND THE COOLANT THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT IMPROPER HEATER OPERATION. *TT

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AND AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN TURNING A CORNER. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THREE MECHANICS, NONE OF WHICH CAN FIND THE PROBLEM. TFI (THICK FILM IGNITION) MODULE WAS THOUGHT TO BE A POSSIBLE CAUSE. *YH THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT OF THE MONIES SPENT ON TOWING AND ATTEMPTED REPAIR. *SCC

THE VEHICLE HAS A TENDENCY TO STALL OR HESITATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP (5) TIMES WITH ANOTHER APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED. NLM THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLS FROM A DEAD STOP TO GO AND DURING SPEEDS OF 20-35 MPH. SCC

Incident date: Sep 20, 2002

MOTORCYCLE OVERHEAT, DEALER REPAIR ON SEVERAL OCCASION CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM IS RECURRING. REGIONAL MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, COOLANT SPEWS ON TIRES CAUSING SLICK AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NLM *NLM *DT

Incident date: Aug 26, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING; HESITATED(SEVERE) ON ACCELERATION (ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD/EVEN AFTER WARMED UP), THERE'S A WIND NOISE COMING FROM THE ROOF/ROOF RACK-AND HAPPENS AT SPEEDS OVER 20 MPH/VERY NOISY... Read more

TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS A TENDENCY TO GO INTO THE RED WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THE OWNER WAS INSTRUCTED BY HONDA MOTOR COMPANY TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND CHECK THE ANTI-FREEZE, FANS ARE RUNNING, ETC., THE PROBLEM ALSO EXSISTED WITH THE 2001 MODELS BUT WAS MODIFIED. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY IS TELLING HIM THAT THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. NLM