Consumer Safety Complaints

WHEN RAINING OR IN A PUDDLE OF WATER, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE STEERING LOCKS AND THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AT 5 SECOND INTERVALS. THERE IS NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR. DEALER CONTACTED, AND UNAWARE OF ANY RECALLS. STATES CRANKSHAFT/PULLEY SHIELD AND BELT NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Incident date: Sep 13, 1998

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, CAUSING CONSUMER TO CRASH INTO CENTER DIVIDER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Crash 1 injured

DIFFICULT STEERING VEHICLE.

Incident date: Sep 7, 1998

VEHICLE SKIDDED @40-45 MPH ON WET SURFACE, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL.

2 injured

Incident date: Sep 10, 1998

STEERING INTERMITTENTLY GRABBED/STUCK AND LOCKED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Incident date: Sep 10, 1998

GOING UPHILL, MAKING LEFT TURN AT ABOUT 10 MPH, VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE/STALLED, CAUSING THE STEERING TO LOCK UP, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT REPRODUCE DEFECT. *AK

Incident date: Aug 25, 1998

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN NO STEERING, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Incident date: Jul 16, 1998

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATLEY 35 MPH ON NORMAL WINDING ROAD,WAS GOING AROUND BEND WHEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES, RESULTING IN 1 FATALITY AND 4 INJURIES.*AK.ET.

Crash 4 injured 1 deaths

Incident date: Jul 25, 1998

CAR DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO RUN INTO A TREE TO STOP THE CAR. NO ONE WAS HURT, AND THE DEALER WAS INFORMED. *AK

Crash

VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 15MPH AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO THE BRAKES WENT OUT, AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP. DRIVER HAS BURNS ON HER ARM AND A SPRAINED WRIST. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WENT OUT/BOLTS, WHICH HOLD STEERING WHEEL IN PLACE, RUSTED OUT, CAUSING STEERING LOSS OF STEERING. CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

Incident date: Mar 1, 1997

POOR STEERING CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

STEERING VERY POOR, PULLS TO THE RIGHT. (QCAW)

Incident date: Jul 24, 1998

LEFT STEERING IS INTERMITTENTLY IN-OPERABLE, MAKING NOISE, CAR WAS BROUGHT TO TWO INDEPENDENT SHOPS, COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. CAUSED A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT WHITE MAKING A LEFT TURN. CAR WAS DRIVABLE TO HOME. CALLED POLICE FROM HOME, BUT THEY DID NOT COME OUT TO MAKE A REPORT.

STEERING EFFORT WILL BECOME EXCESSIVE WITH OUT WARNING. WHEN PUT IN AN EMERGENCY STOPPING CONDITION WAS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING TO THE RIGHT. THIS CONDITION HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. BUT THE EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BECOME EXCESSIVE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND APPLING THE BRAKES WHEN MOVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED. VERY NOTICABLE WHEN PULLING INTO OR OUT OF PARKING SPOTS. ... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 1998

TIRES FAILED TWICE. IN BOTH CASES THE TIRES WERE WORN THROUGH TO THE METAL BEFORE STOPPING. ANOTHER CASE LED TO AN ACCIDENT. IN ADDITION, FELT SOFTNESS IN STEERING AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. WITHIN 5 SECONDS, THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED.

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Aug 11, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE REAR CRADLE BOLTS THAT FELL OFF DUE TO CORROSION WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER STATES THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK

Incident date: Aug 3, 1998

RECALL 97V058000, REAR CRADLE BOLTS. THE RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED AND DEALER WAS CONTACTED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. DEALER STATES VARIOUS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED AND CAUSED BY THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS, INCLUDED RIGHT CV JOINT/ RIGHT FRONT END ALIGNMENT/ LOWER BALL JOINTS/WEAKSTRUTS/ RIGHT AND LEFT TIRES IN FRONT/REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE FROM MOUNT SUPPORT. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILED. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICA... Read more

Incident date: Jul 7, 1998

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH STEERING WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 30 MPH. STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. VEHICLE BEEN IN THE DEALER SHOP, AND CAUSE CANNOT FOUND AT THIS TIME, DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Incident date: Aug 12, 1998

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT,DID NOT FIND STEERING OR BRAKING POWER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 55 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. ALSO BOTH REAR SEATS IN VEHICLE BECAME DISCONNECTED IN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Crash 1 injured

2 IDENTICAL VEHICLE IN ONE WEEK WITH THE SAME PROBLE. BOTH ROLLED OVER IN HIGHWAY USE CAUSED BY SOME FORM OF STEERING PROBLEMS.

Incident date: May 28, 1998

VEHICLE CONTINOUSLY PULLS TO THE LEFT. TO STEER REQUIRES A CONSTANT TURN OF THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT.

Incident date: Aug 10, 1998

POWER STEERING FAILED WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A PUDDLE OF WATER - TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING.

DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND MAKING SHARP TURNS STEERING WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Jul 30, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE VAN ABOUT 60 MPH, ON INTERSTATE 64, DRIVER PASSED OUT, THE VAN WENT OFF THE ROAD,HITTING A GUARDRAIL(SHEARING OFF AT LEAST 4 GUARD RAIL POST), AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYEMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. THE VAN WAS TOTALLED. *AK

Crash 2 injured

Incident date: May 8, 1998

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING A COLLISION.(OHIO POLICE REPORT)

VEHICLE LOST CONTROL IN RAIN, CAUSING A COLLISION.

1 injured

POWER STEERING FAILURE.

Incident date: Oct 29, 1997

STEERING FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL.

WHEN DRIVING AT 60-70 MPH IN WINDY CONDITIONS VEHICLES' STEERING IS POOR.

STEERING RUBS AND MAKES NOISE AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT.

WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 60 MPH VEHICLE HIT WATER PUDDLE WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO FLIP AND ROLL ON ITS SIDE. *AK

Crash

Incident date: Aug 1, 1998

VEHICLE'S ELECTRONIC 4-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCHED FROM 2-WHEEL TO 4-WHEEL DRIVE BY ITSELF.

Incident date: Aug 1, 1998

AFTER VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES AND WAS SHUT OFF, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE-, HITTING A CARPORT. *AK

Crash

VIBRATION CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. VIBRATION APPEARS TO BE FROM SUSPENSION/STEERING GEAR, NOT STEERING WHEEL ITSELF.

VEHICLE'S MODIFIED UNDERCARRIAGE BOTTOMS OUT ON ANY ROAD DEPRESSION. THIS COUPLED WITH RESISTENT STEERING AND HIGH SPEEDS, CAUSES LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

FRONT AND REAR BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH CALIPERS. ALSO STEERING IS DEFECTIVE WHICH CAUSES STEERING TO GO OUT WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A BRAKE. RECALL NO NHTSA NUMBER WAS FOUND. MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NUMBER IS 90C50. PROBLEM WAS FIXED, BUT BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. *AK

GENERAL RECALL WAS ORDERED THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL, BUT PROBLEM EXISTS. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. *AK

Incident date: Oct 11, 1995

LEAK IN EITHER THE RUBBER FUEL LINES OR HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSES ROUTED ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE V-6 MOTOR.

Incident date: Jan 8, 1998

BRAKES, STEERING, BODY, AND ENGINE MALFUNCTIONS.

Incident date: Jul 11, 1998

VEHICLE HAD FAULTY RIGHT SIDE RACK SEAL AND INNER TIE ROD CAUSING STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS.

Incident date: Jul 23, 1998

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL #97V058 IN JUN 97. VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE , THE FRONT END BECAME DISENGAGED, THE CRADLE BECAME LOOSE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE DRIVING BELT SLIPS APPARENTLY AND THE STEERING CEASES, THE SERVO FOR THE STEERING FAILS.

Incident date: Mar 1, 1998

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED THE STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWAY INTO OTHER LANES. DEALER REPLACED STEERING SENSORS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Apr 15, 1998

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH OR MORE THE STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: May 31, 1998

WHILE TRAVELING THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TURN OVER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Crash

IN HOT WEATHER MOTOR HOME LOSES ALL POWER CAPABILTIES, SUCH AS STEERING/BRAKES ,ETC. CAUSE UNKOWN. *AK

VEHICLE STEERING SUDDENLY AND ABRUPTLY FAILS WHILE IN MOTION. ON ONE OCCURRANCE WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH STEERING FAILED AND VEHICLE MOVED TO THE LEFT HALF A LANE WIDTH; DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL.