Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: May 1, 1995

STEERING LOOSE. *DSH

Incident date: Feb 2, 1996

STEERING TUBE ASSEMBLY COLLAPSED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SD

Crash

Incident date: Mar 19, 1996

TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL CAUSED ACCIDENT/INJURY. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT) *DSH

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Mar 19, 1993

STEERING NOISY/BINDS INTERMITTENTLY. *DSH

Incident date: Mar 4, 1996

STEERING WANDERS DURING SHIFTS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *DSH

Incident date: Jun 24, 1995

STEERING FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO TELEPHONE POLE. *DSH

Crash 5 injured

Incident date: Mar 8, 1996

THE MECHANISM IN THE VEHICLE THAT CONTROLS STEERING FELL APART. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Crash 1 injured

WHILE DRIVING FRONT WHEELS VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY WHICH AFFECTS STEERING PROFICENCY. PLEASE DECRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Incident date: Mar 21, 1996

WHILE DRIVING & MAKING A TURN, OWNER NOTICED VEHICLE VEERING. STEERING WHEEL HAD SEPERATED FROM COLUMN, TURNING FREELY. HAD 80 MILES ON ODOMETER, BRAND NEW. *AK

Incident date: Oct 1, 1993

FRONT END SHIMMIES WHEN DRIVING OVER A DEPRESSION IN THE ROAD WHILE MAKING A TURN, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. *DSH

Incident date: Sep 11, 1995

EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING. *DSH

Incident date: Dec 7, 1995

STEERING FROZE, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. *DSH

Crash

Incident date: May 1, 1994

LOSS OF CONTROL OF STEERING. *DSH

Incident date: Dec 27, 1995

VEHICLE SWERVED OFF PAVEMENT WENT OVER EMBANKMENT HIT TREE AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 1, 1996

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING MAKES A LOUD POPPING NOISE, ALSO GEARS ARE STUCK IN FOR DRIVE. TT

Incident date: Jan 24, 1996

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND STEERING LOCKED UP . TT

Incident date: Jan 30, 1996

DRIVER EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, UNKNOWN CAUSE OF PROBLEM. TT

Incident date: Jan 27, 1996

COMING AROUND A CURB GOING 25-30 MPH CAR STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT. LOST CONTROL OF CAR AND HIT A MOUND OF DIRT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAIL

Crash

WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT THERE IS A POPPING NOISE DEALER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM . TT

Incident date: Jan 1, 1996

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY ON HWY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE. TT

Incident date: Jan 1, 1996

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY ON HWY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE. TT

WHEN THE DRIVER STEPS ON THE BRAKES THE STEERING WILL LOCK AND THE TRUCK GOES OUT OF CONTROL. DEALER SAID NOTHING WRONG. TT

Incident date: Jan 21, 1996

DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND STEERING WENT OUT OF CONTROL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

STEERING GETS REAL TIGHT WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY AND FIRST STARTING VEHICLE CANNOT TURN STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Jan 1, 1996

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HAVE PROBLEM IN CONTROLING VEHICLE, WILL NOT GO IN DIRECTION IN WHICH ITS DRIVEN. TT

Incident date: Mar 15, 1995

ABS: BRAKE SYSTEM HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT; PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; STEERING WENT OUT OF CONTROL; HEARD LOUD GRINDING KNOCKING NOISE. TT

PURCHASE TRUCK NEW WHEN TRYING TO TURN STEERING WHEEL WITH BRAKE THE STEERING LOCKED UP . TT

PURCHASE CAR USED WITH WARRANTY THE STEERING SHAKES AND THE BRAKES DON'T STOP CAR IT SLOWS IT DOWN . TT

Incident date: Nov 2, 1995

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. THE BRAKES AND STEERING LOCK UP. PLUS THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Dec 30, 1995

BOLT SECURING BELT TENSIONER BROKE RESULTING COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING AND ANY OTHER COMPONENTS THAT FUNCTIONED OFF THE BELT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Jan 4, 1996

DRIVING VEHICLE AT SPEED OF 35MPH, LOST CONTROL IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

Crash

WHILE DRIVING, BELT TENSIONER FAILED INTERRUPTING OTHER COMPONENTS AS WELL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Jan 1, 1995

VEHCILE HAS STEERING FAILURE, WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL OVER CORRECTS, BRAKE FAILURE LOCKS UP AND PULLS VERY HARD TO THE LEFT. TT

Incident date: Dec 25, 1995

ENGINE WILL STALL, TEMPORARY LOSS OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING . TT

Incident date: Dec 26, 1995

THE STEERING WENT OUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Dec 25, 1995

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 35 MPH, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A POLE. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Sep 1, 1994

BELT TENSIONER BROKE WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOST STEERING, REPLACED TWICE. TT

Incident date: Oct 20, 1995

WHILE DRIVING LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, STEERING PULLED VERY HARD TO THE LEFT, IMPACT 11:00 POSITION SPEED 65 MPH. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Nov 17, 1993

SOMETHING WRONG WITH STEERING THAT CAUSES VEHICLE TO WANDER OVER ROAD; COULD BE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON TIRES. TT

WHILE DRIVING ESTIMATED SPEEDS BETWEEN 30-45 MILES VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN W/BRAKES AND STEERING BECOMING DIFFICULT. HUTCHINS CHEV.,VA REPLACING ANOTHER PART. TT

Incident date: Dec 12, 1995

THE STEERING SYSTEM IS FAILING.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Incident date: Jun 11, 1995

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARP. ALSO PULSATION IN STEERING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. TT

STEERING IS LOOSE, VEHICLE WANDERS. TT

Incident date: Sep 11, 1995

CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT, REPLACE STEERING GEAR/ROD KIT/CORE RETURN, TO NO AVAIL. TT

Incident date: Dec 11, 1995

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING. TT

Crash 3 injured

Incident date: Jan 15, 1994

ABS: BRAKES GRAB; WEARS UNEVENLY; ERRATIC STEERING; NO WARNING. TT

Incident date: Dec 5, 1995

WHILE DRIVING, LOST ENGINE POWER; DIFFICULT STEERING/BRAKING; LOW SPEED; WIRE THAT SUPPLIES POWER TO EEC/FUEL PUMP BROKE. TT

Incident date: Nov 25, 1995

TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEED 55 MPH, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ONCE LOSING CONTROL RUNNING INTO DITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Nov 24, 1995

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STEER AND IT WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT