Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Jan 20, 2003

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO USE HIGH BEAMS. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

Incident date: Jan 20, 2003

THE LENSE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT JUST FELL OFF IN MY DRIVEWAY AS I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK ONE AFTERNOON. MY HUSBAND FOUND IT IN THE DRIVEWAY AND A FRIEND HAD RAN OVER IT. SO NOW WE HAVE TO SPEND 78.00 AND BUY THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY IN ORDER TO GET A LENSE REPLACED BECAUSE THE THING JUST FEEL OFF.

Incident date: Oct 20, 2000

BOUGHT CAR OCT 2000 AS A USED AUTO. IMMEDIATELY HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT. HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR EACH OF THESE 4-5 TIMES AT LEAST. IT HAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING SYSTEM. MIDSHAFT WAS REPLACED, BUT IT RETURNED. OLDS DID SAY THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS. ORDERED A NEW INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. BEEN ALSO IN SHOP FOR LIGHTS FLICKERING, H... Read more

Incident date: Jan 20, 2003

MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 VW PASSAT. PROBLEMS BEGAN AT 16000 MILES AND HAVE CONTINUED UP TO THE CURRENT DATE AND MILEAGE OF 33000 MILES. CAR HAS BEEN SEEN IN VW SERVICE DEPARTMENT 11 TIMES SINCE NOVEMBER 2001. LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST VW AMERICA.

Incident date: Jan 11, 2003

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WOULD MAKE A LOUD NOISE, THUS DISTRACTING THE CONSUMER. THE DEALER WAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A HIGH WHISTLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIX, STATING THAT THIS HAPPENS AFTER THE VEHICLE REACHES 20K MILES, AND GREASED THE AXLE(S). THE LIGHT UNDERHOOD WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE UNDERHOOD LIGHT, LAMP ASSEMBLY, (STOP), TAIL, AND... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 2003

THE "CLEAR" PLASTIC RAW RESIN MATERIAL MODERNLY AND CONTEMPORARILY USED IN HEADLAMP SHIELDS/DOORS/LENSES IS FREQUENTLY OF AN INFERIOR GRADE WHICH PROGRESSIVELY CLOUDS OVER TIME AND YIELDS VEHICLES LESS VISIBLE TO OTHERS AND WITH VERY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY TO THEIR OPERATORS. NON-CLOUDING PLASTICS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE THE '40S AND "BRILLIANT" CRYSTAL PLASTICS ARE VERY POPULAR TODAY... Read more

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEM LOCATING A DEALERSHIP THAT CAN DO THE RECALL FOR THE LAMP AND SOCKET 94 V 128 000 ON A CONVERSION VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY ARE NO HELP. TS *JG

Incident date: Dec 16, 2002

I FILED A COMPLAINT ON A 2002 GRAND AM GT VIN [XXX] CONCERNING STEERING PROBLEMS. I CANNOT FIND IT IN YOUR CONSUMER COMPLAINT DATA BASE, NOR ANY OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS VEHICLE OR RECALLS, SAFETY ISSUES, ETC ON 2002 GRAND AM GT IN GENERAL. AM I LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE? PLEASE HELP. ALSO, I NOW OWN A 2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE VIN [XXX]. I TOOK DELIVERY ON 10.31.02 AS PART OF LEMON LAW ... Read more

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Incident date: Dec 28, 2002

THE NEW BLUE LIGHTS IN NEW CARS CREATE BLINDNESS WHEN APPROACHING AT NIGHT. EVEN FROM BEHIND IN REAR VIEW MIRROR THEY CREATE BLINDING DISTRACTION.

Incident date: Dec 18, 2002

VEHICLES WITH EXTREMELY BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS CAUSE A DANGER TO OTHER DRIVERS. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT DRIVERS WITH THEIR HIGH BEAMS ON, I'M REFERRING TO REGULAR HEADLIGHTS THAT ARE UNUSUALLY BRIGHT. I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE 405 FREEWAY LAST NIGHT BECAUSE A DRIVER BEHIND ME WITH BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS BLINDED ME AND I VEERED INTO THE NEXT LANE BECAUSE WE WERE ON A CURVE AND I COULDN'T SEE WELL E... Read more

Incident date: Nov 15, 2002

LIGHT COMES ON, ON DASH CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE.WHEN HE WAS ON VACATION,RADIATOR HOSE BUSTED. WHEN HE RETURNED HOME , HE WENT TO THE DEALER, AND WAS REIMBURSED SOME OF HIS MONEY BACK BY THE DEALER. ALSO, WAS TOLD BY DEALER WHEN DASH LIGHT INDICATOR THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH BATTERY. *AK

Incident date: Dec 16, 2002

I ONLY HAVE 80,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THE HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE SO YELLOWED I CAN BARELY SEE ANYTHING AT NIGHT. VERY SCARY

Incident date: Oct 1, 2002

RECENTLY TOOK DELIVERY ON A 2003 HYUNDIA SONOTA. WONDER WHEN HYUNDIA IS GOING TO GET WITH THE SAFETY FEATURE OF DRIVING LIGHTS? AM NOW DRIVING AROUND WITH PARKING LIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME.

Incident date: Nov 12, 2002

I DRIVE 3,000 MILES PER MONTH AND I'M TIRED OF BEING BLINDED BY BMW'S HID LIGHTS. NO MATTER IF THEY ARE COMING TOWARDS ME OR BEHIND THEY ARE TOO BRIGHT! OTHER MANUFACTURERS DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE X5 SUV IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST VEHICLE MADE TO DRIVE IN FRONT OF AT NIGHT. I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER TO AVOID BEING BLINDED.THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED IN THE THREE DIFFERENT V... Read more

Incident date: Nov 3, 2001

WHILE DRIVING AND MOVING A LOAD OF FURNITURE CONSUMER ENCOUNTERED AN ODD STENCH. SMELL WORSENED AS CONSUMER BEGAN TO SUFFOCATE WITH THE AIRBORN SUSBSTANCE-WITH THE WINDOW OPENED. CONSUMER PULLED INTO A NEARBY GAS STATION WHERE HE FOUND THAT THE BACK OF VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES, WITH THE FIRE SPREADING INTO DANGEROUS PLACES WITHIN VEHICLE. CONSUMER SUSPECTED THAT LIGHT MIGHT HAVE SWITCHED ON FOR... Read more

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THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. THE TECHNICIAN AT DEALER FOUND THAT THE BULBS HAD BURNED FILAMENTS-REPLACED. *SCC

Incident date: Sep 21, 2001

CONSUMER STATED WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND RETURNING, THE LEFT BLINKER COMES ON, DEALER REPLACED THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH, ALSO THE INTERIOR LIGHT WAS STICKING TOO FAR.(LAWYER, DANIEL UHLFELDER ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)*JB

Incident date: Nov 22, 2002

WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM THE VEHICLES DASHBOARD AND HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT AN AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH *TT *NLM

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEEN ON ALL THE TIME ON THE PANEL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RECALLS SO THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING. TS

Incident date: Nov 3, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING WATER WOULD LEAK INTO THE OVERHEAD DOOM AND LEAKS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

Incident date: Nov 1, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING NONE OF THE GEAR LIGHTS WOULD LIGHT UP CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

Incident date: Nov 4, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE INSIDE COURTESY LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

Incident date: Nov 4, 2002

CONSUMER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE'S HEAD, TAIL AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL BRIGHTEN AND DIM WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. FINALLY ON 11-4-02 ALL VEHICLE LIGHTS FAILED COMPLETELY. TS

Incident date: Sep 18, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY DIED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE BULB. DEALER STATED THERE IS A SHORTAGE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THREE WEEKS LATER LIGHTS SHORTED OUT AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

Incident date: Sep 14, 2002

THE PARKING LIGHTS AND SIDE MOUNT LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON WHEN I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE CAR AT NIGHT. YOU CANNOT SEE THE CAR AT NIGHT UNLESS I STEP ON THE BRAKE AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS LIGHT UP. ON THE INSIDE THERE IS NO LIGHT FOR ANY OF THE DASHBOARD GAUGES. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CAR IS IN THE PROPER GEAR. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST YOU ARE TRAVELING OR HOW MANY RPMS YOU ... Read more

INTERMITTENTLY ALL OF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE AND SHORTED OUT. *MR

Incident date: Feb 9, 2000

CONSUMER STATED THE DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPARTIVE, ALSO THE LEFT BRAKE LIGHT AND TURN SIGNALE WERE NOT WORKING, DEALER REPLACED THE 4 WAY FLASHER AND A BULB.*JB

Incident date: Feb 21, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SECURITY LIGHT FLASHES EVEN WHEN THE ALARM IS NOT SET. DEALER FOUND THIS WAS NORMAL. *TT

Incident date: Jul 28, 2002

HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 96V009000 DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS, HOWEVER CONSUMER CONSIDERS THEM TO BE ALL TIME RUNNING LIGHTS, CONSUMER STATES IT IS VERY EASY TO START THE VEHICLE UP AT NIGHT WITH THE DAY TIME DRIVING LIGHTS ON AND DRIVE AWAY WITHOUT ANY TAIL LIGHTS, CONSUMER HAS BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND DRIVEN WITHOUT ANY TAIL LIGHTS, THE DISPLAY AND PANEL ARE ALWAYS LIT, AND CONSUMER DOES NOT NOTICE THE... Read more

Incident date: Jun 26, 2000

CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL MARKER HEAD LAMP ASSEMBLY SEEMS LOOSE. *JG

THE REVERSE LIGHTS AND TAG LIGHT STOPPED WORKING DUE TO FRAYING OF WIRES NEAR TRUNK HINGE. FRAYING ALSO CASED THE "TRUNK/DOOR" LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE ON DASH UNTIL REPAIRED. CHEAP PLASTIC COVERING DID NOTHING TO PREVENT FRAYING FROM CONTACT WITH TRUNK HINGE. AT 3000 MILES, HAD TO GO TO DEALER THREE TIMES TO HAVE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED DUE TO LOUD NOISE WHEN WHEEL WAS TURNED. SUN VISORS ARE HARD... Read more

Incident date: Jul 30, 2002

AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD PANEL. ALSO, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT HAD BROKEN WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT SLIPS, THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WILL NOT RETRACT AND WHEN ITS NOT IN USE IT CATCHES IN THE DOOR, THE SPEED CONTROLS MAIN SWITCH LAMP HAD GONE OUT. *SCC

WHEN FOLLOWING THIS VEHICLE IN BRIGHT SUN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE BRAKE LIGHTS OR THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THE SUN JUST WASHES THEN OUT. THEY NEED TO BE MOUNTED VERTICALLY AND NOT ON A SLOPE AS THEY ARE NOW.*JB

Incident date: Feb 1, 2002

LEFT FRONT LAMP IS LOOSE, DEALER TIGHTENED LEFT FRONT LAMP, ALSO RIGHT SIDE HEADLAMP WAS REPLACED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE HEAD LIGHT AND THE PARKING LIGHT WILLGO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. HAD BULBS REPLACED 3 TIME, .PROBLEM REOCCURED.*JB

Incident date: Aug 2, 2001

ENGINE WILL TURN OVER BUT NEVER START, SECURITY LAMP WILL COME ON-TAKEN TO DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS THE SECURITY SENSOR WAS GOING OUT AND THAT THE TRUCK THOUGHT I WAS STEALING IT, WAIT 10 MINUTES & TRUCK WILL START. THAT WORKS, BUT LEFT STRANDED FOR OVER 40 MINUTES WAITING FOR THE SENSOR TO LET ME START TRUCK. TOOK 4 TRIES AT 10 MINUTES EACH FOR THE TRUCK TO FINALLY START. DEALER KNEW RIGHT OFF... Read more

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SWITCHES EXTERIOR LIGHTS, ALL LIGHTS IN OR OUT SIDE OF VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO FLICKER, RESULTING IN CONSUMER BEING UNABLE TO DRIVE.*AK

LIGHT INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATEING ON DASH OF MOTORCYCLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, HOWEVER MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

Incident date: Apr 12, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LEAK INSIDE BRAKE LIGHT HOUSING, THERE IS A RATTLE IN THE OVERHEAD LIGHT, THIRD BRAKE LIGHT FAILED, THE SECOND BULB FROM THE LEFT CENTER HIGH BRAKE MOUNT BURNT OUT, THE DOME LIGHT WAS NOT SEATED PROPERLY CAUSING A RATTLING NOISE. *SLC

Incident date: Jul 17, 2002

WHILE VEHICLE WAS GOING 65MPH, THE ACCLERATOR PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT, AND THE OIL WAS SIZZLING. DEALER INFORMED. CONSUMER SAYS THAT 6 OUT OF 6 BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT , AND 4 OUT 6 RODS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. ALSO, OIL PRESSURE SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS WELL MAINTAINED, AND THAT THE ENGINE & OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR SHOULD BE RECALLED... Read more

Incident date: Sep 19, 1999

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE IN WHICH THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAN BLADE AND FAN CLUTCH. REAR BRAKES EXP... Read more

Incident date: Jul 1, 1998

FRONT PARKING AND SIGNAL LIGHTS FALLING OUT. ALSO, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BULB, RUNNING LIGHT AND THE AMBER LENS ON THE FRONT DOOR LIGHT WAS BROKEN. *YH

Incident date: Apr 18, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS CONDENSATION ON TAILLIGHTS, LEFT FOG LITE IS LOOSE AND THERE ARE WIRES HANGING, AND THE BACK UP LAMP SCREWS ARE RUSTED. *YD

THE LAMP ASSEMBLY FOR THE MARKER LIGHT WAS REPLACED, THE TCH LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, DEALER REPLACED THE FUSE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*JB

Incident date: Apr 1, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THE RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT, LEFT LICENSE PLATE LAMP BULB, DRIVER'S DOOR AJAR SWITCH FAILED. ALSO THE HEAD LIGHTS GO OFF AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH CONTROL FAILURE. *YH

Incident date: Jul 17, 1998

THE TAIL LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN IN THE DAY OR NIGHT. THE SIGNAL LIGHT WAS NOT LOUD ENOUGH TO HEAR, AND THE BLINKER STAYED ON. *AK *SCC

CONSUMER STATED THE BACK UP LIGHTS, CIRCUIT BREAKER FUSE, AND HEAD LAMP WERE ALL INOPERATIVE.*JB

Incident date: May 28, 2002

NHTSA RECALL 99 V 305 011/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 990WVD0097 CONCERNING ELECTRICAL HARNESS: WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ FOG LAMPS, AND TURN SIGNAL ARE INOPERATIVE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Incident date: May 16, 2002

COMBINATION SWITCH LIGHT BULB, LOCATED IN THE CLOVE COMPARTMENT BROKE, AND FELL INTO THE CLOVE COMPARTMENT. HEAT FROM BULB BURNED THE TISSUE THAT WAS IN THERE. BATTERY DIED.*AK