Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Oct 25, 2001

WHILE EXITING FREEWAY AT 30 MPH TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND DIED. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED, AND ON THE SAME DAY IT DIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

COOLANT TEMPERATURE WENT TO RED MARK SEVERAL TIMES UNDER SLOW MOVING CONDITIONS. BIKE WAS STOPPED TO COOL IT DOWN. SAFETY CONCERN.

Incident date: Jul 1, 2001

TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL CLIMB IF DROVE AT SPEED'S 10 TO 15 MPH IF IN A TRAFFIC JAM COOLING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY ENGINE WILL HEATUP WITH POSSIBLE OVER HEATING IF RODE SLOW FOR VERY LONG. *AK

Incident date: Dec 28, 1998

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ENGINE PROBLEMS, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY, DEALER REPLACED O2 SENSOR IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THE ILLUMINATING LIGHT, VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT, BOTH ENGINE COVERS CRACKED, THERMOSTAT AND GASKET WERE REPLACED, BEARING WAS DEFECTIVE, COOLING FAN FAILED, HOSE CLAMP TO THERMOSTAT WAS REINSTALLED, SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP WAS REPLACED. ... Read more

THE WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE TIMING COVER GASKET WAS ALSO REPLACED, CONSUMER STATES HE WOULD OCCASIONALLY HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO A MECHANIC AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO BLOW AND TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE.*YH

Incident date: Mar 17, 1998

THE ENGINE LEAKED OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK WAS REPLACED UNDER THE HEAD GASKET WARRANTY WHICH ALSO FAILED, ALSO THE WATER PUMP FAILED @79,000 MILES.*JB

Incident date: Jul 23, 2001

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW WATER PUMP WAS NEEDED, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THERE ARE FUMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE, THE FUMES COME INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHEN IT IS WARM, WHETHER OR NOT THE A/C IS ON.*JB

Incident date: Feb 29, 1996

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC OPERATORS SEAT, IT WOULD COMPLETELY RECLINE TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT RECLINED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LATER RESULTING IN COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THIS ACCIDENT AND IS CONTINUING MEDICAL TREATMENT, THE... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Feb 1, 1996

UPON STARTING VEHICLE AT IDLE SPEED, THE CONTROL VALVE STICKS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALERSHIP, AND CONSUMER HAS BEEN TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. *AK BRAKES EXPERIENCE GRINDING, SQUEAKING, AND VIBRATION, ROTORS WERE WARPED AND BRAKE PADS WERE GLAZED, BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A SUSPENSION PROBLEM THAT IS CAUSING UNEVEN TIRE WEAR.... Read more

Incident date: Sep 1, 2001

NO INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT ON TEMPERATURE CONTROL. VEHICLE BEEN AT THE DEALER SHOP FOR FOUR DAYS, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: Mar 22, 2001

THE ENGINE AND SEVERAL COMPONENTS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGING OF THE ENGINE COOLANT, THE HEATER SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING, DUE TO COOLANT HAD SLUDGED UP CAUSING CLOGGED COMPONENTS IN THE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM, ALSO THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, THERE WAS CORRISON IN THE RADIATOR, THE THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, THERE WAS A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE... Read more

Incident date: Jul 11, 1999

VEHICLE WAS MAKING RATTLING NOISES AT START UP, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TENSIONER WAS FRACTURED, DEALER REPLACED THE WATER PUMP, BELT TENSIONER PULLEY, IDLER PULLEY, SERPENTINE BELT, AND THERMOSTAT, DEALER HAD SLICED THE WIRE INSULATION TO THE MANIFOLD SENSOR WHILE REPLACING THESE FAULTY COMPONENTS, DEALER HAD ALSO FORGOTTEN TO PUT THE RADIATOR CAP BACK ON AND CAUSED A PUDDLE OF COOLANT ON THE GROUN... Read more

Incident date: Mar 20, 2001

VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO THE TOP, ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE NOISES, DEALER FOUND THAT RADIATOR WAS FULL OF BAD COOLANT AND VERY MUDDY, THE MUD WAS CLOGGING THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF COOLANT FLOW AND OVERHEATED CONDITION, THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED, FLUSHED ENGINE BLOCK AND HEATER CORE OF MUDDY COOLANT, AND THERMOSTAT AND RADIATOR CAP WAS REPLACED.*JB

Incident date: Oct 3, 2001

'CHECK GAUGES' LIGHT COMES ON MULTIPLE TIMES, TEMPERATURE GAUGE TO REDLINE FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN BACK TO NORMAL. BROUGHT IN TO BE CHECKED/FIXED 5 TIMES, 'NO LEAK', 'NO PROBLEM DETECTED', 'RADIATOR HOSE LOOSE', 'ADDED COOLANT' UNTIL THIS LAST TIME: 'CRACKED HEAD'; ALSO OIL GAUGE RECENTLY SHOWS NO PRESSURE WITH GREAT FREQUENCY, AS WITH TEMPERATURE GAUGE. I HAD BEEN ADDING COOLANT EVERY FEW WEEKS... Read more

Incident date: Mar 20, 2001

DURANGO RADIAL A/T 285/75R16

Incident date: Oct 8, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH VEHICLE MADE A FUNNY NOISE, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT ABOVE HIGH. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SYMPTOM OF BATTERY FAILURE-TRIPLE A JUMP STARTED CAR -CHECKED BATTERY & ENGINE WITH COMPUTER WHICH DETECTED NO PROBLEM-DROVE CAR @ 50 MILES ON HIGHWAY-NO PROBLEM- AFTER SITTING OVER NITE STARTED NORMALLY BUT AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 2 MILES LOST ALL POWER- TRIPE A COULD NOT START SO TOWED CAR TO THEIR SHOP & FOUND ENGINE FROZE UP- CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH DEVELOPED A LEAK ALLOWING ... Read more

Incident date: Sep 1, 2001

CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKS INTO SLEEPING COMPARTMENT FROM WATER TANK, CONSUMER HAS A PROBLEM MOST OF THEM FIXED BY THE OWNER OR BY MONACO REPRESENATIVE.*AKENGINE, AIR CONDITION, ENGINE STARTER, SIDE MIRROR CONTROL, RADIO, SAFETY CHECK LIGHT INSTRUMENT PANEL BULB, SUN VISOR, ROOF AIR, THERMOSTAT SWITCH, HEADLIGHT, COACH, OUTSIDE BIN DOORS TIGHT, DRIVER ARM REST LOOSE, WATER LEAK FROM SHOWER, FRONT BRAKE... Read more

Incident date: Aug 9, 2001

THE CAR HAS A PING IN THE MOTOR AND COOLING SYSTEM OVERHEATS.

Incident date: Oct 2, 2000

PASSENGER'S SIDE EXTERIOR MIRROR WOULD SEVERELY VIBRATE WHEN TRAVELING AT 30MPH OR MORE. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WAS UNWILLING TO ASSIST ON THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM.*AK

DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE SYSTEM

Incident date: Sep 23, 2001

CONSUMER HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF VEHICLE WHEN FRONT END WAS SMOKING/SPARKS FLYING, AND ASHES COMING FROM ENGINE. DEALER DIAGNOSED AUXILLARY FAN AS THE CAUSE. VEHICLE WAS PART OF RECALL 01V20600, BUT CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE. *AK

Incident date: Jul 9, 2001

AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING A FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS DISPLAYED AND NO ODOR OF RAW FUEL WAS APPARENT. POWER TO THE VEHICLE ULTIMATLEY FAILED AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. WIFE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. WITHIN MINUTES THE MOTOR AND ACCOUTERMENTS WERE CHARRED TO A CRISP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

Fire

CALLED GM 8/6/01, REAR SPINDLE ARMS BAD, CONSUMER WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS TOO OLD, THEY RUST OUT, FRONT END SUSPENSION IS ALSO DOING THE SAME,CONSUMER GOT THE SAME STORY. VEHICLE STALLS, LOSS OF CONTROL AND DOOR HANDLES BREAK OFF.

Incident date: Jul 11, 2000

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE MADE A POPPING SOUND. THEN, CONSUMER SAW WATER POURING OUT OF BACK OF VEHICLE. TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, AND VEHICLE STALLED ON A SIX LANE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED GAS STATION ,AND THEY REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (COMPUTER) HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE WATER PUMP.*JB

Incident date: Dec 11, 2000

ENGINE LIGHTS HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES, ENGINE RUNS ROUGH IN GEAR AT IDLE, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, ALSO SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE EGR PRESSURE SENSOR WHICH WAS STICKING, ALSO THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED.*JB

Incident date: Apr 15, 2000

PRIOR TO ANY KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL, RADIATOR IN VEHICLE BLEW UP, VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND RADIATOR WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION, AND THE OXYGEN SENSOR WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER VEHICLE STILL FAILED TO OPERATE, UPON SECOND VISIT CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED, BUT THOUGHT THAT IT MAY BE THE HEAD GASKET AND TO TAKE VEHICLE TO AN OFFICIAL DEALERSH... Read more

HEAD GASKET FAILED, DUE TO ANTIFREEZE LEAKING ON ENGINE.*JB

Incident date: May 11, 2001

CONSUMER DOES NOT DESCRIBE SAFETY CONCERN(S).

Incident date: May 17, 2001

GASKET CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED, ALSO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH COOLING SYSTEM.*JB

Incident date: Apr 17, 2000

THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER RECALIBRATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTROL ASSEMBLY. NLM

CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET FAILED, ENGINE LEAKED OIL ON EXHAUST, AND THE WATER PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE NOISE AND A LOOSE SHAFT.*YH

Incident date: May 1, 1999

CONSUMER STATES RADIATOR BLEW UP, ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE, AS WELL AS THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMING ON, SMOKE WAS ENTERING INTO VEHICLE THROUGH FRONT VENTS POSSIBLY DUE TO RADIATOR BEING INOPERATIVE.*JB

Incident date: Jun 13, 2001

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF TOLL BOTH, THE ENGINE STALLED,CONSUMER THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AND AS HE WAS ABOUT TO GAIN SPEED IT STALLED AGAIN, HE THEN PULLED OVER, GOT OUT AND WENT TO THE BACK OF THE BUS AND SAW THAT ANIT-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM THE BACK OF THE BUS, AND THEN SMOKE BEGAN TO APPEAR AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO PUT OUT FIRE, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE ... Read more

Fire

Incident date: Aug 13, 2001

VEHICLE WAS GOING 60MPH AND ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND CONSTANTLY OVERHEATED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON AS A WARNING. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1998. PROBLEM WAS PREVIOUSLY CAUSED BY COOLANT DETERIORATING THE BEARINGS. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT DEALER WILL NOT GET INVOLVED FINANCIALLY. CONSUMER WILL BE FULLY RESPONSIBILE FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK *JB

Incident date: Aug 16, 1999

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A STRANGE NOISE, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, AND LOST ALL POWER. CONSUMER MANAGED TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. CONSUMER FELT THAT ON HIGHWAY THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS PUT FOUR BELTS ON VEHICLE, AND PROBLEM STILL REMAINED. *AK CONSUMER STATES EACH TIME BELT FAILS THAT BRAKES FAIL AND STEERING IS HARD, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY 2 MECHANICS THAT THIS YEA... Read more

Incident date: May 1, 1999

VEHICLE OVERHEATS WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING. TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO HOT. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONER WILL BE COOL WHEN FIRST STARTING THE CAR. BUT, IF VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN AIR WILL BECOME WARM. THEN, VEHICLE STARTS TO SPUDDER, AND JERK FOWARD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLETO A MECHANIC AND HAD RELAYS/ SENSORS, THERMOSTAT/ COOLANT FAN , AND RADIATOR REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE SINCE 1999. PLEASE PRO... Read more

Incident date: May 3, 2001

A LIGHT CAME ON, ON THE DASH BOARD. THEN I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND OPENED THE HOOD. THE COOLING FAN WAS SMOKING BADLY AND ALL MAJOR WIRING IN THE MAIN ELECTRICAL WERE MELTED TO BARE WIRING. IF THE CIRCUIT FUSE HAD NOT BLOWN AND THE LIGHT COME ON, THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE.

FORD IS AWARE OF A RECURRING PROBLEM, THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM BEING A WORN OR BROKEN CAM CHAIN GUIDE WHICH CREATES A NOISY SYMPTOM WHICH MY VEHICLE HAS, THEN FORD SHOULD BE WILLING, IF NOT LIABLE, TO FIX IT.

Incident date: Oct 15, 2000

TEMPERATURE GUAGE RISES AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF COOLANT SPILL ENGINE OVERHEATS ENGINE STALLS I REALLY DON'T EXPECT THIS ON A BMW WHY DON'T HELP US WITH THE PROBLEM I'M REALLY DISAPOINTED THEY JUST IGNORE THE PROBLEM.

HEAD GASKETS/TEMPERATURE GAUGE JUMPING LEFT TO RIGHT,ADD COOLANT. *AK

Incident date: Jun 1, 2001

EVERY SUMMER ESPECIALLY DURING 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE, THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE MOVES TO HIGHEST SETTING AND OFTEN TIMES VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF TO COOL DOWN. VEHICLE WILL STARTS AGAIN AFTER COOLING DOWN. THIS HAPPENS ONLY DURING HOT SUMMERS.*AK

Incident date: Apr 26, 2000

THE ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-367 RESULTING IN A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE IN MOTION. NLM

Fire

Incident date: Jun 25, 2001

RADIATOR WAS LEAKING, FLUSHING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, BUT TEMPERATURE GAUGE IN DASH NEVER SHOWED A HIGH READING. ALSO-SHOOK AUTO WAS WHERE I BOUGHT THE VAN, BUT I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. NED ADAMS CHRYSLER-JEEP, 544 E LIBERTY ST,

Incident date: Apr 22, 2001

I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM MY FIRST LONG DISTANCE TRIP FROM NAPA, CA. TO VENTURA, CA. WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CARS TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT STRAIGHT TO HOT, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR LOST TOTAL POWER, RESULT? TWO BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, NUMEROUS COOLING PARTS REPLACED. WHEN FORD WAS CONTACTED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR A KNOWN DEFECT (HEAD GASKETS) THEY SAID THE GOODWILL POLICY DOESN'T COUN... Read more

Incident date: Dec 20, 2000

BOTH REAR DOOR PANELS VIBRATE--DEALER UNABLE TO FIX. ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED--TEMP. SENSOR REPLACED BY DEALER. PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED TWO DAYS LATER--DEALER REPLACED TEMP. SENSOR. PASSANGER FRONT WINDOW WENT DOWN AND WOULDN'T GO UP--DEALER FIXED. THREE MONTHS LATER, WINDOW WENT DOWN AGAIN--DEALER FIXED. AIR CONDITIONER EMINATES MUSTY SMELL--DEALER SAYS PROBLEM IS DUE TO A PLUGGED DRAIN HOLE IN A/C... Read more

THE VEHICLE LEAPS FORWARD WHEN PUT INTO GEAR, AND WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LEVER POPPED FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING ON 2 OR 3 CYLINDERS INSTEAD OF 4, THE A/C SYSTEM DOES NOT PROPERLY DURING THESE EPISODES OF PROBLEMS, THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.

Incident date: Jan 27, 2000

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN REPLACED: THERMOSTAT GASKET AND HOUSING, OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, OIL SEAL, CRANKSHAFT, TIMING CHAIN, OIL FILTER, CLUTCH FAN TWICE, AND DRIVE BELT. *SLC

VEHICLE STALLED, WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF HOOD, AND THERE WAS A COOLANT SMELL, DEALER REPLACED BATTERY, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT AND BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT REPLACED VEHICLE OVERHEATED CAUSING THE HEAD GASKET TO BLOW CAUSING COOLANT TO GO INTO THE CYLINDER. *SLC