Consumer Safety Complaints

SIX DAYS AFTER FUEL GAUGE REPAIR THE STRAP HOLDING THE TANK BROKE ALLOWING TANK TO DANGLE. BRAKE FAILURE AND STEERING MALFUNCTION.

POWER STEERING FAILURE.

Incident date: Jul 27, 1997

STEERING LOCKED AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A CURB.

Incident date: Aug 24, 1996

WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 40 MPH, DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND STRUCK TWO SMALL TREES ACROSS THE LANE. DRIVER WAS KILLED INSTANTLY SINCE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN HER. *AK

Crash 1 deaths

VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY HAS TROUBLE WITH THE FRONT END SLIPPING WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SOMETIMES GO INTO THE OTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC.

Incident date: Nov 25, 1996

STEERING PROBLEMS.

Incident date: Aug 20, 1997

STEERING PULLS TO THE LEFT.

POWER STEERING 0-RING LEAKS.

Incident date: Dec 13, 1997

STEERING FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH/INJURIES.

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jul 1, 1996

STEERING, HEAD GASKET, BRAKES, TRANSMISSION FAILED

Incident date: Jul 11, 1997

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AT ABOUT 60MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WONDER ALL OVER THE ROAD, IT ALSO DOES THIS IN WINDY CONDITIONS. ON TWO OCCASIONS LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE WENT INTO OTHER LANE. *AK

Incident date: Sep 17, 1997

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED LEAKING COOLANT/ SHAKES AND IS VERY HARD TO TURN. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL/VINYL COVERING BUBBLED AND CAME LOOSE ON BACKSEAT UP TO ROOF.

Incident date: Sep 17, 1997

HEAD GASKET FAILED, LEAKS OIL. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND IS VERY HARD TO TURN WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD/MAKES NOISE. IN ADDITION, VINYL COVERING BUBBLED, AND CAME LOOSE ON BACKSEAT ARMREST UP TO ROOF.

Incident date: Apr 1, 1996

WHEN DRIVING AT APPROX 40 MPH, GOES THROUGH 50 MPH,STEERING WHEEL WILL BEGIN TO VIBRATE. DEALER CHECKED THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES. SAID IT WAS COMMON PROBLEM, CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

Incident date: Jun 26, 1997

STEERING ASSEMBLY FAILED. UPON STEERING VEHICLE INTO RIGHT LANE, VEHICLE STEERED BACK INTO LEFT LANE. LOST CONTROL AND HIT GUARDRAIL, BOUNCED OFF AND HIT LEFT MEDIAN DIVIDER. *AK

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jul 3, 1997

WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES, ALSO THE STEERING PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND IT HAS BEEN ALIGNED 4 TIMES. *AK

Incident date: Nov 24, 1997

WHILE WORKING ON VEHICLE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME AND STEERING BRACKET CRACKED. *AK

Incident date: Sep 2, 1996

STEERING FAILED 3 TIMES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

Incident date: Nov 1, 1997

TOO MUCH MOTION IN STEERING,TO MUCH POWER IN STEERING. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. SAID HAS TO WITH THE DESIGN OF THE VEHCILE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55 MPH OR ABOVE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. DEALERS CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON ANY HIGHWAY AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN A CORNER OR TURN IN ROAD, THE STEERING JUST GOES AWAY; IT FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE LINKAGE FOR A SPLIT SECOND, BUT THEN IT RETURNS AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER SAID THAT THERE WA SNOTHING WRONG WITH STEERING. *AK

Incident date: Aug 6, 1997

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING UNDER WET CONDITIONS. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)

STEERING WHEEL PULLS OUT OF HAND WHEN CROSSING BUMPS, INADEQUATE STEERING CONTROL.

Incident date: May 21, 1991

DRIVING AT APPROX 20 MPH STOPPED AT A SIGN, WENT TO CHECK GAS PEDAL WHICH WAS STUCK. 2 BLOCKS DOWN VAN BEGAN PULL TO RIGHT, RAN INTO TREE, COULD NOT STEER AWAY. SEAT BELTS WERE LOOSE, DID NOT TRACK IN OR LOCK, DID NOT HOLD DRIVER OR PASSENGER. THIS CAUSED PASSENGER SERIOUS INJURIES, AND DRIVER DIED AS RESULT OF THE DEFECT. *AK CONSUMER STATES SEATBELTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY IN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER ... Read more

Crash 1 injured 1 deaths

Incident date: Sep 18, 1996

WHEN MAKING A TURN IN THE TRUCK AT A SLOW SPEED IT MAKES A NOISE LIKE IT'S RUBBING AGAINST SOMETHING AND THEN IT BEGINS TO VIBRATE. *SLC

Incident date: Jun 17, 1997

THE STEERING COLUMN IS MAKING A RUBBING NOISE AND IS MORE PROMINENT WHEN TURNING, BUT THE OWNER AND THE MECHANIC FELT IT COULD TURN INTO A MUCH BIGGER STEERING PROBLEM. LIGHT CAME ON INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN FOR NO REASON. *AK

Incident date: Oct 17, 1997

FRONT CRADLE BOLT PARAMETERS THAT SUPPORT THE ENGINE DISINTERGRATED, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

Incident date: Apr 11, 1997

VEHICLE HAS GRINDING NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING, REPLACEMENT OF NEW SHAFT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

Incident date: Nov 10, 1996

WHEN IT IS RAINING OR SNOWING AND HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP THE BRAKES WILL LOCK UP, AND THE TRUCK WILL GET GOING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE STEERING LOCKS UP, AND THERE IS NO CONTROL IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS WET OUT SIDE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM SINCE 96. *AK

LOOSE BOLTS IN STEERING CAUSED STEERING PROBLEMS. ALSO WORN OUT INNER TIE RODS.

Incident date: Oct 13, 1997

STEERING: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15MPH AND WENT OVER SPEED BUMP, STEERING LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT STEER CAR LEFT OR RIGHT, STRUGGLED TO TURN LEFT TO GET BACK ON HIGHWAY, HIT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. HIT 3 TON BOULDER , AND CAR WAS TOTALED. *AK

Crash

Incident date: Oct 21, 1997

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS TENSION ON THE WHEEL . WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO TO TURN, THE TENSION LOOSENS AND JERKS TO THE LEFT. THE DEALER HAS ORDERED THE PARTS TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

Incident date: Aug 1, 1997

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON HITTING A PUDDLE OF WATER THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKS UP, RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER, KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING IS STIFF MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING.

Incident date: Sep 27, 1997

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH STEERING LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AFTER VEHICLE STRUCK A LARGE CLUMP OF POMPUS GRASS. BOTH DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

Crash 2 injured

Incident date: Mar 25, 1997

VEHICLE LOST STEERING AND WAS PULLED TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING COLLISION.

Incident date: Sep 5, 1997

DRIVING 60MPH W/CRUISE CONTROL ON; BRAKES MAKING NOISES ON & OFF; SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. GOT OUT VEHICLE & NOTICED BRAKES & HUB CAP ON DRIVER'S SIDE HOT; STEERING VIBRATES ALL THE TIME; CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK

Incident date: Apr 30, 1997

STEERING IMPAIRED WHEN VEHICLE HIT BUMP, DOES NOT TRACT PROPERLY, CAUSES VEHICLE TO PHYSICALLY MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE,DEALER BALANCED WHEELS THREE SEPARATE TIMES , FORD FACTURY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. VARIOUS SPEEDS.*AK

Incident date: Jun 15, 1997

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 55 MPH STEERING LOST POWER FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS TO 10 SECONDS. DURING THIS TIME CONSUMER CANNOT CONTROL VEHICLE, IT BEGINS TO WANDER FROM SIDE TO SIDE, IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL, NEEDS TO APPLY BRAKES. EVENTUALLY POWER COMES BACK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 2ND TIME, DEALER CHANGED STEERING SENSOR. 1ST TIME, DEALER CLAIMED COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Jun 1, 1997

POWER STEERING IS PRODUCING VERY LITTLRE HYDRAULIC POWER TO STEERING UNIT, RESULTING IN SOME WEA ROF THE STEERING GEAR BOX. *AK

Incident date: Jul 27, 1997

STEERING: SITTING STILL ,TURNED VEHICLE ON , PUSHED ON BRAKE, STEERING WHEEL TURNED PART WAY THEN IT WOULD LOCK. WHEN RELEASING THE BRAKE, IT WILL STEER FINE. SPOKE WITH DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A GENERAL DEFECT WITH THE ALL WHEEL DRIVES. *AK

STEERING VALVE FAILED.

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE SLIGHTEST BUMP HAS A TENDANCY TO SEND THE CAR OFF IN ANY DIRECTION WITH LOSS OF CONTROL.

Incident date: Aug 31, 1997

WHILE ENTERING GARAGE STEERING FROZE, DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE TURN, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, HIT ANOTHER CADILLAC AND GARAGE DOOR, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. ALSO BATTERY FAILED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING. *AK

Crash

Incident date: Jul 1, 1997

STEERING DAMPER FAILURE. *AK

Incident date: Apr 8, 1997

CONSUMER 'S BROTHER WAS DRIVING TRUCK WHEN APPROACHING A ROAD BLOCK WITH NO WARNING, HE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK, RAN INTO BACK OF A DUMP TRUCK. CONSUMER'S TRUCK EXPLODED AND DRIVER BURNED TO DEATH. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION (EA-96-018). CONSUMER SAYS STATE IS PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE DUE TO FACT THAT THE ROAD BLOCK SET UP DID NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS AS IT WAS. CONSUMER WAS VERY UPSET AT THIS TIME, ... Read more

Crash Fire 1 deaths

Incident date: Nov 10, 1996

STEERING FAILURE.

STEERING DOES NOT RETURN PROPERLY.

Incident date: Sep 16, 1997

WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING SHE HIT A POTHOLE IN A CONVENIENCE STORE PARKING LOT AND PART OF THE STEERING MECHANISM CAME APART. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLEBUT MANAGED TO COME TO A STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

Incident date: May 9, 1996

WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK FEELS A VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL IS HITTING AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL. HAS HAD REPAIRED TWICE. *AK