Consumer Safety Complaints

SHIFT CONTROL FEATURE ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTERMITTENTLY.

Incident date: Jun 21, 1993

EXTREME VIBRATION FROM TRANSMISSION CAUSING TIRE WEAR AND LEAKING, TRANSMISSION ALSO LOCKING UP.

SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

TACKOMETER STICKING.

TRANSMISSION SLOWS DOWN WITHOUT ENGAGING BRAKES DUE TO DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION.

VEHICLE STARTED WITHOUT CLUTCH PEDAL DEPRESSED RESULTING IN DAMAGE DUE TO ACCIDENT, MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS NOT DESIGNED TO START WITHOUT DEPRESSION OF CLUTCH PEDAL.

Incident date: Oct 7, 1998

THE SPEEDOMETER GOES BACK AND FORTH. WHEN GOING 65MPH THE NEEDLE WILL JUMP TO 85MPH. CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY SAID THE CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPING/ STRIPPING OF WINDSHIELD WIPER GEARS/ SPEEDOMETER HEAD BROKEN.

Incident date: May 1, 1998

AIRBAG SPRING/ SPEEDOMETER CABLE FAILURE.

Incident date: Oct 14, 1998

SPEEDOMETER STAYS ON "0" EVEN WHEN THE TACKOMETER GOES UP TO "7." DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED, AND IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. ENGINE REVVED AT 40 MPH DID NOT SPEED UP. SMOKE POURED OUT OF BACK AND FRONT AND SMELL CAME INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

Incident date: Aug 1, 1998

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS UP AND DOWN, AND IT CAUSES THE CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERABLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILED.

SPEEDOMETER FAILS WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS.

Incident date: May 1, 1997

CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION CAUSED BY FAULTY SPEEDOMETER.

Incident date: Aug 17, 1996

VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR WHILE GOING 65 MPH, 1ST GEAR MELTED ONTO THE SHAFT CAUSING GEAR TO STICK.

Incident date: Dec 12, 1996

SPEEDOMETER FAILED.

POSSIBLE ODOMETER FRAUD.

SPEEDOMETER FAILED.

ODOMETER FRAUD.

SPEEDOMETER FAILED.

ODOMETER FRAUD.

Incident date: Oct 24, 1997

SPEEDOMETER STICKS AT 33 MPH WHEN WEATHER IS COOL (75 DEGRESS OF LOWER).

Incident date: Jul 10, 1996

MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STICK INTO GEARS.

Incident date: Oct 5, 1998

SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER HAS A TICKING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED, IN FOR REPAIRS FIVE TIMES. REPAIRS ON THE CABLE AND OTHER PARTS WERE DONE. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE NOISE STILL EXISTS. *AK

Incident date: Jun 10, 1991

GLASS OVER ODOMETER CRACKED.

Incident date: Dec 17, 1995

VEHICLE WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY ON SLUSHY ROAD SURFACE CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT. SEAT BELTS BROKE DURING COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES AND EJECTION FROM VEHICLE.

5 injured

Incident date: Oct 4, 1998

DRIVER PARKED VEHICLE AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF; THE NEXT MORNING THE FAN WAS RUNNING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT; WHEN DRIVER STARTED UP THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SPEEDOMETER HAD STOPPED WORKING.

Incident date: Jul 20, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER CAN'T DETERMINE HOW FAST VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AND HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. CONTACTED THE DEALER, BUT REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY SAID THE VEHICLE ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

Incident date: Sep 1, 1996

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 3 FAILURES AT 30,000 MILES. EACH TIME THE SPEEDOMETER MISREAD THE VEHICLE'S SPEED. DEALER REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER SENSORS AND CABLES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

Incident date: Apr 5, 1998

TRANMISSION FAILED DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGNED FRONT PUMP INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY.

Incident date: May 1, 1997

BOTH ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED/ CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T ENGAGE/ENGINE HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM DEAD STOP/SPEEDOMETER NOT LUBRICATED/WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY/WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITH ONE SWIPE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CONTROL SWITCH, AND DRIVER SEAT BELT DOES NOT RECOIL.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1991

MULTIPLE FAILURES INCLUDING: TRANSMISSION, TRANSAXLE, AXLE AND ASSOCIATED FRONT DRIVE TRAIN COMPONENTS. MOST RECENTLY THE LEFT AXLE BROKE AT LOW SPEED, WITH LOSS OF VEHICLE MOVEMENT.

Incident date: Mar 1, 1998

SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO OPERATE. BELIEVED THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT FOR THIS VEHICLE WITH 71000 OF WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST IS TO CONSUMER. *AK

Incident date: Dec 29, 1996

TRIP ODOMETER FAILED. QCAW

Incident date: Sep 9, 1996

SPEEDOMETER HEAD IS DEFECTIVE. BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH WHERE ONE CANNOT TELL THE SPEED THAT VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE AND REPLACED COMPONENT THREE TIMES. THE PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY 25,000 MILES ON AVERAGE. DEALER CONTACTED AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Incident date: Sep 13, 1998

DRIVER WAS DISTRACTED BY FAILED SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE AS IT WAS SWINGLING WILDLY. DISTRACTION CAUSED ACCIDENT.

2 injured

Incident date: Feb 24, 1997

SPEEDEOMETER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE IN FIRST 60,000 MILES.

Incident date: Dec 1, 1991

ODOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1998

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND HIGHER THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BOUNCES AROUND. THE DRIVER CANNOT TELL HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Incident date: Aug 31, 1998

WHILE TRAVELING AT NORMAL SPEED ODOMETER WAS READING INCORRECT SPEED. CONSUMER HAS CONTIACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: Sep 9, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SPEED COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING OF THE SPEEDOMETER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *SLC

WHEN DRIVING BEYOND 50 MPH THE SPEEDODMETER DOES NOT REGISTER THE VEHICLE SPEED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ THE WRONG SPEEDS . THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE SENSOR AND PARKING LIGHTS. *AK

Incident date: Sep 2, 1998

SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR ON DASHBOARD JUMPS WHEN VEHICLE PASSES OVER A BUMP IN ROADWAY ORN ROADWAY SURFACE CHANGES,I.E. FROM BLACK-TOP PAVEMENT TO CONCRETE, SUCH AS A BRIDGE SURFACE. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON IT JUMPS AND THE VEHICLE SPEED DOES NOT INCREASE, BUT OPERATOR HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHAT SPEED VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY TRAVELING AS INDICATOR WILL OSCILATE AS MUCH AS 20 TO 25 MPH ABOVE SET SPEED.

SPEEDOMETER DANCES.

Incident date: Aug 11, 1997

ODOMETER FAILURE. EACH ATTEMPT TO REPLACE HAS RESULTED IN FAILURE.

Incident date: Apr 30, 1997

DRIVE TRAIN VIBRATES OVER 45 MPH.

Incident date: Feb 19, 1992

UNABLE TO READ DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T RETURN TO ZERO UPON STOPPING VEHICLE AND STAYS AT A PARTICULAR SPEED, EVEN IF YOU BRAKE OR ACCELERATE. (QCAW)