Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Mar 22, 2001

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT NO REPAIR HAD BEEN MADE. *AK

Incident date: Mar 5, 2001

WHILE CAR SEEMS TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES UP, AND IF REVVING, ENGINE WILL GO BACK DOWN.*AK

Incident date: Oct 17, 1999

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MERCURY DEALER AT 45396 AND 56249 MILES DUE TO FREQUENTLY RUNNING AT THE FARTHEST SIDE OF NORNAL ON ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE (ALMOST IN THE RED DANGER ZONE) ESPECIALLY WHEN ON HILLS OR IN THE MOUNTAINS. WE WERE TOLD "THE CAR IS MEANT TO RUN HOT." NO REMEDY WAS SUGGESTED BY THE DEALER EITHER TIME. AT 53486 MILES, A TECHNICIAN AT AN INDEPENDENT SMOG STATION SAID HE HAD NEVE... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 1999

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS EVER WORKED CORRECTLY IN THIS CAR - I JUST GUESSED DATES AND MILEAGE, BUT I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE 1997 (32,000 MILES) AND IT HAS NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY. THIS IS MY SECOND FORD EXPLORER WITH THIS PROBLEM. FURTHERMORE, I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN HIS 1997 FORD EXPLORER. I DO NOT THINK THIS PROBLEM IS BEING REPORTED BECAUS... Read more

Incident date: Dec 19, 1995

THIS IS ONE OF TWO EXPLORERS ON WHICH THE SAME COMPONENT FAILED. I HAD THE GUAGE REPLACED AT THE DATE AND MILEAGE NOTED, BUT IT FAILED LONG BEFORE THAT DATE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE I WAS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TWO BAD TEMPERATURE GUAGES. ESPECIALLY SINCE A FRIEND TOLD HIM HE HAD TO REPLACE THE GUAGE ON HIS 1997 EXPLORER. *AK

Incident date: Mar 14, 2001

VEHICLE STALLED IN OCT 2000. DEALER FOUND NOTHING. ON 14 MAR 2001, CONSUMER WAS AT STOP LIGHT, APPLIED GAS AND VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. THEN, PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AGAIN NOTHING. CONSUMER PUT BACK IN DRIVE, AND VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD, ENGINE REVVED. DEALER AGAIN FOUND NOTHING. *AK COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A COOLANT SMELL PRESENT IN VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED COOLANT SYSTEM; ... Read more

Incident date: Sep 15, 1998

TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH , VEHICLE CAME TO A DEAD STOP WITH ENGINE RUNNING. FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND WOULD NOT MOVE DUE TO TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. *AK ENGINE WOULD STALL DURING RIGHT TURNS, DEALER RESET COMPUTER, THEN ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH WAS SLIPPING, TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP ON THE WAY TO A DEALERSHIP FOR REPLACEMENT OF TO... Read more

Incident date: Jan 15, 2001

WHEN DRIVING NO MORE THAN A BLOCK CONSUMER NOTICED TEMPERATURE GAUGE GO UP. ALSO, STEAM WAS COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ALL COOLANT WAS LOST. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTICED INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED REPLACING. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES SIMILAR YEAR AND MODELS HAD A RECALL AND THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. *YH

Incident date: May 12, 2000

VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING BY TEMPERATURE GAUGE, TOOK TO FORD, AND THEY REPLACED MOTOR. AFTER 20, 000 MILES PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

Incident date: Aug 1, 2000

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE DUE TO ENGINE COOLING FAN MALFUNCTIONING, CAUSING ENGINETO MELT. AND WAS REPLACED. PRESENTLY, CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S44 FOR ENGINE COOLING FAN.*AK RECEIVED RECALL REGARDING WIRING HARNESS AND HAD REPAIRS, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER REPLACED ENGIN DUE TO OVERHEATING VEHICLE SOON EXPERIENCED A BAD MISS AND POOR MILEAGE, DEALER ... Read more

Incident date: Apr 6, 2000

AT 40,000 MILES COOLANT FUMES COMMENCED TO COME INTO VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, AND MADE VARIOUS REPAIRS, BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER FIRST COMPLAINED OF AN ANTI-FREEZE SMELL IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND CAB, AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT A HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN, HOWEVER DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG, CONSUMER WENT TO A... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON .VEHICLE WAS SERVICED. TECHNICIAN STATED VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND NEEDED VALVE JOB .*AK CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE COMPONENT IN RECALL 00V367 MAY HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM ALL ALONG AND YET HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS WITH THE VALVE AND GASKET, THE RECALL COMPONENT HAS FAILED 2 TIMES. *SLC

Incident date: Mar 1, 2001

TEMPERATURE/ THERMOSTAT KEEP BREAKING. HAS BEEN REPALCED 2 TIMES.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED ONE MONTH AFTER CONSUMER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING PROBLEMS, HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING TIMING COVER GASKET TO FAIL, AFTER REPAIR OF HEAD GASKET, ENGINE STARTED TO RATTLE, NOW THERE IS A BEARING PROBLEM WHICH IS DUE TO VEHICLE OVERHEATING, DEALER STATED VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. *SLC THE TRANSMISSION FAILED THE HEAD GASKET BLEW T... Read more

DUE TO HEAD GASKET RECALL, CONSUMER HAD HEAD GASKET REPAIRED, DAYS AFTER REPAIR, RATTLING WAS HEARD AND TIMING COVER GASKET WAS REPAIRED AT CONSUMER'S COST, THE BEARINGS HAVE FAILED DUE TO OVERHEATING AND DEALER IS NOW STATING THAT THE ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT REPAIR BE COVERED BY FORD AND REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS TO THE TIMING GASKET. *SLC

Incident date: Feb 26, 2001

VEHICLE WAS COLD AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS HIGH. COOLANT IN RESERVOIR WAS VERY LOW. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND FOUND THAT TIMING COVER WAS DAMAGED. *AK

Incident date: Feb 28, 1999

THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURING ON A DAILY BASIS ARE: THE GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK,THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK,THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOESN'T WORK,THE MILEAGE GAUGE DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE THE SPEEDOMETER ISN'T WORKING.SOMETIMES WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING THE LIGHTS(SEAT BELT,ETC.)WILL POP ON MAKING THE DINGING NOISE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS ON(LIKE WHEN YOU 1ST START UP THE CAR)BUT NOTHING STARTS... Read more

Incident date: Feb 15, 2001

FUEL GAUGE WITH LOW FUEL LIGHT, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED, NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK THE HEAD LIGHTS, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS WERE FLICKING. *YH

Incident date: Feb 1, 2001

TRAVELING 35MPH WHEN TEMPERATURE LIGHT WOULD GO TO HOT. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. HAVE TAKEN TO MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT HEAD GASKETS. *AK

Incident date: Nov 25, 2000

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ENGINE COOLING PROBLEMS, WATER PUMP REPLACED DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK, VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING, COOLANT CONTAINED 180/220 PPM OF CARBON MONOXIDE, HEAD GASKET PROBLEM, THERMOSTAT LEAK, CRACKED SERPENTINE BELT, OIL SENSOR LEAK, RADIATOR LEAK, FRONT COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING COOLANT, CONSUMER FEELS THESE PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET AND FEELS THAT ... Read more

Incident date: Oct 6, 1998

TEMPERATURE GAUGE JUMPS FROM QUARTER TO HALF FOR NO REASON, DEALER STATED THE GAUGE IS PICKING UP THERMOSTAT OPENING AND CLOSING AS NORMAL, DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS. *SLC

Incident date: Jan 28, 2001

TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING HOT ENGINE, ,CONSUMER STARTED TO ADD COOLANT, AND THERE WAS NO VISABLE SIGNS OF LEAKING. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, THEN, WITHIN MINUTES IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. MANIFOLD AND HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Incident date: Feb 15, 2001

CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP REGARDING RECALL 00V367000/MANUFACTURER RECALL 00S44/00M13/COOLING FAN FAILURE. DEALER WAS REFUSING TO PERFORM NECESSARY REPAIRS. *AK THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS DIED AND THE DAUGHTER BROUGHT IN THE VEHCILE FOR RECALL SERVICE. ORIGINAL DOCUMET WAS MISPLACED, BUT THE DAUGHTER HAD A COPY WHICH THE DEALER DECLINED TO ACCEPT. *YH

Incident date: Feb 2, 2001

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (60MPH), ENGINE'CHECK GAUGES' LIGHT WENT ON - TEMP GAUGE WAS RISING AND WENT PASSED THE RED ZONE. THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND THE HEATER WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. AFTER EXAMINATIONS I BLEW A HEAD GASKET. NOW I LEARN THAT THERE WAS A FORD PROGRAM EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE HEAD GASKET TO 7 YEARS/100,000 MILES - INITIATED APRIL, 2000. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE PR... Read more

Incident date: Apr 1, 1998

OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND WATER TEMPERATURE GAUGE PEG OUT HIGH OR VASILATE ON INTERMITTENT BASES. GAUGES CAN SOMETIMES BE "TAPPED DOWN" . SENDING UNITS HAVE BEEN CHANGED WITH NO AFFECT. THIS CONDITION IS VERY DISTRACTIVE AND DOES NOT PROTECT EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF OVERHEATING. *AK

Incident date: Nov 26, 2000

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, WOULD NOT TURN OVER. RAISED HOOD OF VEHICLE AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT A FIRE STARTED AND WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT OUT BY CONSUMER. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE FOR 2 MONTHS, AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT A PIECE OF MOTOR THAT WAS INITIALLY BURNED, HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK PREV... Read more

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Incident date: Jan 1, 1999

LEFT FRONT CALIPER BROKE IN JANUARY 1999, ROGHT FRONT CALIPER BROKE AT THIS TIME. PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE 3 MONTHS TO GET VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK CONSUMER HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WERE REPLACED, DASH BULB LIGHTS AND OTHER BULBS REPLACED. HEADLIGHT WIPER AND WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES REPLACED. CONSUMER SMELLED AN ODOR IN THE AIR CONDITI... Read more

CONSUMER IS HAVING MANY PROBLEMS WITH MOTORHOME AND IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A FULL SETTLEMENT. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES RANDOMLY, BRAKES ARE UNDERSIZED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. ENGINE OVERHEATS, DEALER CAN NOT FIX PROBLEM. REAR HUB CAP FELL OFF. THE LENS FOR THE FRONT DOOR LIGHT FELL OFF. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT DOWN. MOTORHOME WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING, AN ALIGNMENT WAS D... Read more

COMPUTER SYSTEM AFFECTED TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THIS CAUSED IT TO RUN HOT AND STALL. BEEN TO DEALER 5-6 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. MECHANIC CLAIMED TO HAVE REPAIRED IT EACH TIME, BUT PROBLEM REAPPEARED. *AK

Incident date: Jan 10, 2001

HEAD GASKETS FAILED. I WOULD START MY CAR IN THE MORNING AND NOTICE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GO UP RAPIDLY. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER WENT PAST NORMAL AND INTO THE RED, BUT IT WAS MUCH WARMER THAN USUAL. DURING THIS TIME, NO HEAT WOULD BLOW. THEN THE TEMP WOULD DROP AND WARM AIR WOULD BLOW. WE CHANGED THE THERMOSTAT, TEMPERATURE SENSOR, AND HAD THE RADIATOR FLUSHED(WHICH DID SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR N... Read more

Incident date: Feb 13, 2001

IN AUGUST OF 2000, VEHICLE BEGAN OVERHEATING, DEALER STATES THAT THE HEATER CORE WENT OUT, NEW THERMOSTAT WAS PUT IN, DEALER STATED THERE WAS A CHEMICAL REACTION BETWEEN DEXCOOL COOLANT AND ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING COOLANT TO RUST. *SLC

Incident date: Feb 25, 1999

TEMP GAUGE CLIMBED INTO RED.PER DEALER COOLENT WAS CONTAMINATED. BLAZER HAS NEVER HAD ANYONE BUT DEALER PERFORM MAINTENCE ETC...DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY REASON FOR COOLENT TO BECOME CONTAMINATED. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS INFACT A BULLENTINE RELEASE FOR THIS & CUSTOMERS NOT NOTIFIED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CAUSING ANY DANGER TO PASSENGERS. HOWEVER, IT WAS COSTLY TO REPAIR.

Incident date: Jun 5, 1998

COOLING FAN MOTOR REPLACED. *CJ

Incident date: Aug 1, 2000

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM, CONSUMER NOTICED BROWN CORROSION IN THE RADIATOR AND RESERVOIR, THE RADIATOR CAP WAS REPLACED AND A SUPER FLUSH WAS DONE TO STOP THE PROBLEM, AFTER THE FLUSH THE HEAT STILL DIDN'T WORK AS IT SHOULD, AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR BECAUSE OF THE CORROSION, NOW THERE ARE SIGNS OF ANTI-FREEZE IN THE TAILP... Read more

THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING, THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK AT 0 BUT FUNCTIONS ONLY WHEN THE CAR REACHES 40 MPH OR SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T FUNCTION AT ALL. NLM

Incident date: Dec 25, 2000

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM STARTED TO ACT UP, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE INSIDE VEHICLE STARTED TO REACH THE OVERHEATING AREA, AND THEN ENGINE BLEW. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THEY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT VEHICLE. *AK THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND GALLONS OF WATER AND ANTIFREEZE HAD BEEN PUT INTO THE RADIATOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCC... Read more

Incident date: Mar 1, 1999

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT AFTER CONSUMER HAD STARTED VEHICLE. TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO GO UP ,AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, BUT ENGINE WAS NOT TOTALLY WARMED UP.CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. *AK SHORTLY AFTER REPLACING OF HEAD GASKET, THE OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD ADMITTED THAT THE HEA... Read more

Incident date: Jan 22, 2001

HEATER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TEMPERATURE GAUGE OVERHEATED. TOOK IT TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT. I WAS INFORMED NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE 3.8 LITER V6 HEAD GASKET WAS A PROBLEM THEY WERE KNOWINGLY AWARE OF. THERE IS A SPECIAL PROGRAM PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. AT 105,000 MILES I DO NOT QUALIFY. MY 5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AT MY EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS RELIGIOUSLY MAINT... Read more

Incident date: Jan 24, 2000

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AIR CONDITIONING PANEL HAS HEATED UP. PANEL GETS VERY HOT, NO MATTER WHAT SETTING IT IS ON. DEALER SAYS ALL VEHICLES DO THIS, AND IT'S NOTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT. CONSUMER IS GETTING A SECOND OPINION. *AK THE CONTROL PANEL WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *YH

CONSUMER IS WRITING IN BEHALF OF A COMPANY CALLED NCAC, THIS IS A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE OVERHEATING AND NOT DRIVING WELL. *SLC

THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WORKS SLOW TO READ OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES. *SLC

Incident date: Dec 1, 2000

NO HEAT; TEMP GUAGE PROBLEMS. CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL. CAR BOUGHT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL NOT A DEALER. SO MAYBE THAT IS WHY WE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM IS A COMMON ONE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

Incident date: Jan 20, 2001

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE CHECK GAUGES" LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH BOARD. I LOOKED AND SAW THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAD GONE UP AS FAR AS IT COULD GO. I BROUGHT IT TO AN AUTO SERVICE CENTER AND HAD IT CHECKED. I WAS TOLD I HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. MY CAR ONLY HAS 46,500 ON IT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. I WAS TOLD THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THAT YEAR THUNDERBIRD AND I FEEL THAT FORD SH... Read more

Incident date: Aug 1, 2000

GOODYEAR INVECTA GL TIRES EXPERIENCE UNEVEN AND PREMATURE WEAR, DEALER STATES TIRES ARE WRONG TYPE FOR VEHICLE, DODGE STATES TIRES ARE CORRECT, TIRES CAUSED VIBRATION AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO DRIFT, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. BEZLE WAS LOOSE ON DRIVER DOOR PANEL, REAR DOORS LEAKED, DEALER ADJUSTED AND ALIGNED BOTH REAR DOORS DUE TO EXCESSIVE GAP. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COOLANT LEAK. CONSUMER HEARS WIND N... Read more

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ENGINE RELATED PROBLEMS, THE FOLLOWING WERE REPLACED/REPAIRED: RADIATOR, WATER PUMP, ENGINE MOUNTS, VALVE COVER GASKETS, AND THERMOSTAT, THERE WAS ALSO AN OIL LEAK AND ANTIFREEZE LEAK, THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ALSO ILLUMINATED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE "HOT PIPE" TO THE TURBO-CHARGER BLEW OFF OF ITS COUPLING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER, THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND INSTALLED A NEW DESIGNED PIPE THAT WAS REDESIGNED DUE TO THE COMMON FAILURE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO THE FAULTY PART. *MJS

Incident date: Jan 16, 2001

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND TEMPURATURE GAUGE GO UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

Incident date: Jan 18, 2001

THERE WAS NO HEAT AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH, TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS GOING UP AND DOWN, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID CONSUMER HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. *AK

Incident date: Jan 14, 2001

ENGINE GASKET BLEW, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE KEPT RUNNING HOT. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, THERE WAS A RECALL, CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER. *AK

Incident date: Jan 13, 2001

WHILE DRIVING TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO RED, PART OVERHEATED AND RADIATOR LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH WATER PUMP FREEZING UP, AND CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL.*AK