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Showing 130,940 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN
Incident date: Jun 14, 1997
SPEEDOMETER IS TEMPERAMENTAL, STICKS AT ZERO OR 35 MPH, REMAINS AT THIS LEVEL. COULD CAUSE CRASH. DEALER REPLACED SPEEDOMETER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
Incident date: May 31, 1996
SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER FAILED.
Incident date: Apr 11, 1995
SPEEDOMETER O-RING FAILED.
Incident date: Aug 10, 1997
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED THOUGH THE DRIVER'S GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE HITTING THE GARAGE DOOR. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Jun 30, 1997
AFTER PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THEN INTO DRIVE, SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK.
Incident date: May 7, 1997
TRANSMISSION CONTRO UNIT FAILED.
Incident date: May 1, 1997
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED.
Incident date: Aug 4, 1997
TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND THEN STOPPED WORKING.
SPEEDOMETER FAILED, A MUCH LOWER MILEAGE WAS INDICATED THAN VEHICLE ACTUALLY TRAVELED. *AK
THREE OUT OF FOUR DOOR HANDLES FAILED, NOT ALLOWING OCCUPANTS TO EXIT FROM THE INSIDE. NOW, THE ELECTRIC POWER WINDOWS (4) FAILED TO FUNCTION, NOT RISING WHEN BUTTON IS DEPRESSED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Incident date: Jul 20, 1997
AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL.
Incident date: May 28, 1997
TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF PARK.
Crash
1 injured
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1997) — POWER TRAIN
Jul 24, 1997
CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT SPEEDOMETER DIFFICULT TO READ IN DAYLIGHT.
Incident date: Mar 1, 1997
SPEEDOMETER CABLE FAILED, CAUSING INACCURATE SPEED READINGS.
Incident date: Mar 1, 1997
SPEEDOMETER CONTROL HEAD FAILED CAUSING INACCURATE SPEED READINGS.
Incident date: Jul 14, 1997
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY ON HIS VEHICLE COMES AND GOES . WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER GOES THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING THE SPEED OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK
CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO READ THE SPEED ON THE SPEEDOMETER DUE TO POOR LIGHTING ON THE DASH. *AK
Incident date: May 23, 1997
SPEEDOMETER INDICATES FALSE SPEED DUE TO POOR DESIGN.
Incident date: Jun 9, 1997
RECALL: AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFT LINKAGE/97V091000. THIS COMPANY HAS THREE VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE RECALL AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS RECALL. DEALER SAID THE HIGHEST MFR NO. IS 97S70. VIN: [XXX], [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Incident date: May 28, 1997
CONSUMER STATES THAT CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD OWNER THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR DOWN. THE OUTCOME OF THAT INVESTIGATION WAS THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE POWER TRAIN. MANUFACTURER. RAPLACED VEHICLE. *AK
Fire
MITSUBISHI
DIAMANTE
(1993) — POWER TRAIN
Jul 3, 1997
Incident date: Jun 1, 1997
TRANSMISSON FAILED. OWNER BELIEVES IT WAS DEFECTIVE OR FLAWED TO FAIL AT 60K MILES.
FRONT PLANETARY AND GEAR TRAIN FAILED, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION.
Incident date: Dec 26, 1996
THE TRIP ODOMETER FAILED.
Incident date: Dec 26, 1996
THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES OR IS NONFUNCTIONAL.
OWNER STATES THAT HIS VEHICLE TAKES OFF AT HIGH SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. OWNER NOTES THAT TACHOMETER REVOLUTIONS INCREASED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPEED. OWNER HAD TO TURN IGNTION OFF TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALERS COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT STALLS DUE TO POWER TRAIN. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS WITH CHANGING LANES AND POWER TRAIN DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH POWER TO CHANGE LANES. OWNER HAD PROBLEM CORRECTED. *AK
MAZDA
B-SERIES TRUCK
(1996) — POWER TRAIN
Apr 24, 1997
Incident date: Jan 8, 1997
SPEED SENSOR FAILED.
SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY CANNOT BE SEEN ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY.
Incident date: Aug 3, 1996
SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK.