Consumer Safety Complaints
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Showing 130,940 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
HARLEY DAVIDSON
(1996) — POWER TRAIN
Apr 24, 1997
Incident date: Jan 1, 1997
SPEEDOMETER CABLE FAILED.
BUICK
PARK AVENUE
(1997) — POWER TRAIN
Apr 4, 1997
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A HARD TIME READING THE SPEEDOMETER DUE TO THE LOCATION AND THE DESIGN. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO VERIFIY HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING DUE TO THE LOCATION OF SPEEDOMETER. *AK
Incident date: Dec 30, 1996
VEHICLE TOPPED OUT AT 88MPH TWICE.
Incident date: Dec 11, 1996
SPEEDOMETER CABLE BRACKET FAILED.
MOTOR MOUNTS, BELT PULLEY, TRANSMISSION MOUNTS, AND TIE ROD FAILED.
Incident date: Mar 9, 1996
SPEEDOMETER VIBRATES UNTIL VEHICLE REACHES 65 MPH.
OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO USE HIS HEADLIGHTS THE SPEEDOMETER ROLLS BACKWARDS, OWNER NOTES THAT DEALERS ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM, OWNER IS CONCERNED, HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW FAST HE IS GOING. *AK
OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BURST INTO FLAMES AND THAT IT STARTED FROM THE FRONT BELT HOUSING, CAUSE OF FIRE HAS BEEN UNDETERMIND.
Fire
SPEEDOMETER FREEZES AT 55 TO 65 MPH AND WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL VEHICLE STOPS AND THEN SPEEDOMETER GOES BACK TO ZERO; ALSO REPLACED RADIO/CD PLAYER. *AK
Incident date: Jan 1, 1995
SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. *AK
Incident date: May 5, 1996
CONSUMER STATES THAT HEADLIGHTS CANNOT BE CHANGED FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM. ALSO, FRONT END VIBRATES AS SPEED IS INCREASED AND SPEEDOMETER STICKS. *AK
Incident date: Aug 1, 1996
THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE HAD TO BE GREASED.
BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MALFUNCTION, AND AN INACCURATE SPEEDOMETER.
Incident date: Jul 15, 1996
ODOMETER KEPT ON STICKING AND WOULD NOT TRACK SPEED; ALSO, STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED. *AK
Incident date: Feb 1, 1995
SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT REGISTER , ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL INTERMITTENLEY COME ON, VEHICLE WILL ALSO STALL, CAUSING POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. *AK
FORD
THUNDERBIRD
(1996) — POWER TRAIN
Jan 22, 1997
Incident date: Nov 20, 1996
SPEEDOMETER HEAD REPLACED.
FORD
THUNDERBIRD
(1996) — POWER TRAIN
Jan 22, 1997
Incident date: Nov 20, 1996
ODOMETER NOT WORKING.
Incident date: Dec 4, 1996
SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED.
Incident date: Mar 29, 1996
SPEEDOMETER PERFORMS ERRATICALLY.
LAND ROVER
RANGE ROVER
(1987) — POWER TRAIN
Dec 31, 1996
Incident date: Jul 11, 1996
SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER/TRIP METER FAILURE.
Incident date: Jul 29, 1996
SPEEDOMETER INOPERATIVE. *SD
PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OVER SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER FELL OFF.
Incident date: Oct 10, 1996
SPEEDOMETER CABLE REPLACED.
SET CAR IN REVERSE AND THE MILEAGE IS ERASED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Incident date: Sep 1, 1996
VEHICLE'S SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED AT 55-60MPH, SHOWING AT TIMES 85MPH. THIS IS CAUSING GREAT DIFFICULTY IN DRIVERS SPEED CONTROL. THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD IS DEFECTIVE. *AK CONSUMER STATES MANUFACTURER NOT WILLING TO HELP BECAUSE WARRATY HAS EXPIRED, DEALERSHIP NOT WILL TO ASSIT AS WELL.*JB
Incident date: Nov 1, 1996
THE DIGITAL COMPUTER WENT DIM ON THE SPEED ODOMETER. CONSUMER STATES SPEED CAN NOT BE READ DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. *SLC
Incident date: Jul 1, 1991
SPEEDOMETER FAILED 3 TIMES.
Incident date: Nov 11, 1996
STARTER KEPT ENGAGING WITH ENGINE RUNNING, WIRES UNDERHOOD BURNED OUT, FUSE STILL INTACT, NO SAFETY DEVICE TO CUT OFF SWITCH. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE STARTER SOLENOID WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THIS CAUSED A STRANGE SOUND UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER SHUT OFF THE IGNITION AND REMOVED THE KEY, THE STARTER CONTINUED TO TURN THE ENGINE, THIS HAPPENED ... Read more
SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER MALFUNCTIONED, DID NOT GIVE CORRECT READINGS FOR THE MILES TRAVELED AND AFTER HAVING BEEN STOPPED FOR SPEEDING ON INTERSTATE 95. *AK
OLDSMOBILE
88
(1976) — POWER TRAIN
Nov 25, 1996
Incident date: Oct 24, 1996
BOUGHT VEHICLE ASSUMING IT HAD 90,000 MILES, TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AND DISCOVERED VEHICLE HAD 104,000. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ODOMETER HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH. *AK
Incident date: Feb 28, 1996
SPEEDOMETER FAILED TWICE.