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Showing 40,258 complaints — component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

Incident date: Mar 8, 1996

TURNED DEFROSTER ON HIGH AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, FOOT COMPLETLY OFF ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE KEPT TRAVELING FASTER, FOUND IAC PROBLEM, ENGINE LIGHT STILL COMES ON , REPLACE IAC VALVE/COLLANT SENSOR/MAP SENSOR/THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR/FOUNG GASKET UNDER THE MANIFOLD WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

Incident date: Feb 1, 1997

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

Incident date: Jun 15, 1997

ENGINE STALLS.

Incident date: Jun 26, 1996

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT MOVE WHEN FILLED WITH GAS OR WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE UNKOWN. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS ERRATIC, DEALER REPLACED A WIRING HARNESS, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT WORK, DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE ERRATIC TEMPERATURE GAUGE OR THE INACCURATE GAS GAUGE. *SLC

Incident date: May 16, 1998

ENGINE LOSES POWER. ALSO, OIL GAUGE ANF TEMPORATURE GAUGE ACTIVATE.

THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FAILURES.

ENGINE FAILURE.

Incident date: May 1, 1996

ENGINE FAILED.

Incident date: Feb 1, 1997

ENGINE FAILED, PREVIOUS REPAIRS MADE, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1996

VACUUM HOSE FAILED CAUSING TRUCK TO HESITATE.

Incident date: Jun 30, 1996

ELECTRONIC SENSOR FAILED.

Incident date: Dec 4, 1997

AFTER FILLING GAS TANK ENGINE DIED 7-8 TIMES.

Incident date: Jul 12, 1993

ENGINE'S JERKING CAUSES ENGINE TO LOCK UP.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1997

VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE STRONGLY PRIOR TO STALLING WHEN IN PARK POSITION.

ENGINE FAILS INTERMITTENTLY.

Incident date: Apr 1, 1998

BLOWN ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. IN ADDITION, REPLACED FAULTY TRANSMISSION/AIR BAG SENSOR AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR.

ENGINE STOPS OR REFUSES TO START.

Incident date: Mar 1, 1998

AIR LEAKS OUT OF ENGINE, SOME LOSS OF POWER

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF BY THEMSELVES WHEN HITTING A NORMAL BUMP IN THE ROAD, AND WHEN THE FRONT/REAR HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONER CONTROLS ARE USED. IN ADDITION, DRIVER'S INFORMATION MESSAGE CENTER IN THE EXTENDED OVERHEAD CONSOLE HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASES AT LEAST 1/8 TO 1/4 INCHES AND STAYES THERE. AIR BAG WIRES ARE STILL EXPOSED TO REA RPASSENGER'S SE... Read more

Incident date: Sep 8, 1997

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON.

Incident date: Nov 21, 1996

ENGINE STALLS WHEN IT RAINS

Incident date: Feb 3, 1998

COOLANT LEAKING FROM LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE.

Incident date: Nov 20, 1996

SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF RADIATOR COOLANT IN THE SNOW, WHILE IDLING, AFTER A 10 DEGREE NIGHT.

Incident date: Mar 10, 1998

CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE IDLING A BIT ROUGH AND JERKING ON HIGHWAY. THE HEATER WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, THEN CONSUMER NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS AT THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE POSSIBLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO TOOK THE ENGINE APART, AND SAW THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS FAULTY, THEN REPLACED IT. THERE WERE OTHER PROBLEMS DUE TO FAULTY HEAD GASKET WHICH ALL WERE REPAIRED. *AK

Incident date: Oct 22, 1996

ENGINE HAS HIGH PITCH RAVE NOISE WHEN STARTING IN THE MORNING, ENGINE IDLES INTERMENTENTLY WHEN IN NEUTRAL, REPLACE TIMING BELT.

Incident date: Oct 13, 1996

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AT 69,444 MILES.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1998

TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES. ANTIFREEZE LEAKS FROM WATER PUMP.

ENGINE MALFUNCTION.

Incident date: Jul 2, 1997

WATER LEAKED INTO AIR BREATHER INTAKE WHEN CONSUMER DROVE THROUGH WATER, WATER WENT INTO THE ENGINE, CAUSING ENGINE TO SEIZE/FAIL.

CAR OVERHEATS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD WATER.

Incident date: Dec 19, 1997

BLOWN ENGINE GASKETS CAUSED COOLANT LOSS.

ENGINE FIRE.

Fire

Incident date: Nov 17, 1997

FUEL INJECTION LEAKS, STRONG SMELL OF RAW GAS, CRACKED RAIL IN THE INJECTOR. DEALER REPLACED FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM RAIL. *AK DEALER REPLACED DRIVE BELTS AND UPPER AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSES. *SLC

Incident date: Apr 1, 1996

WATER TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILED.

Incident date: Aug 22, 1994

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND HEARS A GRINDING NOISE, AND THE THE TRUCK WILL EVENTUALLY STOP.*AK REAR AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL KNOBS WILL NOT STAY ATTACHED TO THE CONTROL, DEALER REPLACED THE KNOB AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT BLOW COLD AT AN IDLE. BOTH FRONT AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING OUT FLUID FROM THE LEFT FRONT AXLE, DEALER REPLACED BOTH SEALS AND RIGHT AXLE. OI... Read more

ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILED.

Incident date: Dec 23, 1996

TEMPERATURE GAUGE GIVES A DIFFERENT READING EVERYTIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN. *AK

VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO STALLING AFTER REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR LESS. CORRECTIVE ACTION IS UNCLEAR FROM DEALER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NO NOTIFICATION OF DEFECT OR RECALL INFORMATION ON THE COOLANT SYSTEM.

CONTINUING PROBLEM OF LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT.

WITH A/C OFF THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED, NEEDLE CONSTANTLY FLUCTUATED. *AK

Incident date: Aug 13, 1997

THRERMOSTAT/RADIATOR/WATER PUMP/REAR MAIN SEAL/HEAD GASKET/VALVE COVER GASKET/ENGINE OIL PAN GASKET/OIL FILTER ADAPTER RING. FAILED. ALSO REPLACED TRANSMISSION/TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND PLUG WIRES. *AK

ENGINECOOLING FAN: FAN MOTOR SHAFT CAUSING SHAFT TO WEAR AND BECOME NOISY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND STALL.

TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP.

Incident date: Feb 7, 1997

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE HAS DEFECTIVE ROTORS. EXPANSION TANK EXPLODED UNDER THE HOOD. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *SLC

ENGINE TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1997

COOLANT TEMPERATURE GUAGE FAILURES.

Incident date: Jul 11, 1992

CYLINDER HEADS CRACKED DUT TO LEAKAGE OF COOLANT SYSTEM FLUID INTO ENGINE. THIS IS THE THIRD REPLACEMENT IN 100,000 MILES.

Incident date: Jun 25, 1994

THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. MR THE ABS LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT. THE HYD ASSEMBLY AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, AND WHEN BRAKING. THE REPAIRS AND OR REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE AS FOLLOWED: REPLACED THE GASKET, REPAIRED THE GROUND WIRING OF THE ABS, REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT AND MOTOR MOUNT . THE TRANSMI... Read more

Incident date: Jun 5, 1996

VEHICLE SURGES AT HIGHWAY SPEED DUE TO COOLANT LEAK ON DISTRIBUTOR.

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