Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Oct 1, 1995

WHILE TURNING A CORNER, STEERING LOCKED UP. TT

Incident date: Nov 18, 1995

LOSS OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING, IN FOR REPAIR 6 TIMES, IMPACT 11:00 POSITION SPEED 5 MPH. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Nov 2, 1995

THE TRUCK JUST LOST CONTROL AND THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT NOV. 2. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Nov 26, 1995

STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE, STEERING LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. TT VEHICLE WEN TO THE RIGHT SIDE CAUSING TIRE BLOW OUT AND UNDERCARRIDGE DAMAGE.*JB

Incident date: Nov 28, 1995

DRIVE BELT POPPED OFF, CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND LOST STEERING CONTROL. TT CONSUMER STATES TENSIONER PULLEY LET GO. *SLC

Incident date: Nov 14, 1995

IN WET WEATHER THE BRAKE AND STEERING GOES OUT AND FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS STALLING . TT CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS WHERE ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. *SLC

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Oct 13, 1995

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE GOING 60/65MPH, RESULTING IN STEERING AND BRAKING DIFFICULTY. TT

TRUCK SHUTS DOWN W/NO WARNING MAKING STEERING DIFFICULT AND REDUCED BRAKING. NUMEROUS REPAIRS NOT CHANGE CONDITION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Nov 20, 1995

VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT. TT CONSUMER STATES A DETAILED REPORT HAD ALREADY BEEN FILED AND DID NOT GIVE ANYMORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. *SLC

Crash

STEERING PROBLEMS. TT CONSUMER STATES HE SMELLED AND ONE TIME SAW SMOKE RISING FROM STEERING COLUMN COVER BEHIND STEERING WHEEL. *SLC

STEERING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Crash

STEERING LOCKS UP TEMPORARILY WHEN TURNING, HAD FIXED SEVEN TIMES. TT

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 20MPH, SUDDEN LOSS STEERING CAPABILITY, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND, INSTEAD HIT A POLE. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Nov 16, 1995

THE CAR IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT SIDE THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSED HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TT CONSUMER STATES IT WAS MORNING FROST ON THE PAVEMENT THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.*JB

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jun 22, 1995

STEERING IS LOOSE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

FAN BELT GETS THROWN OFF AND MESSES UP THE STEERING AND ELECTRIC. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Incident date: Nov 11, 1995

STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE WHEN HITTING A BUMP VEHICLE COULD GO OUT OF CONTROL. TT DEALER HAS REPLACED STEERING BOX, IDLER ARM, STEERING COLUMN, AND PERFORMED ALIGNMENTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *SLC

Incident date: Oct 30, 1995

TENSIONER BELT MALFUNCTION WHEN RIDING THROUGH PUDDLES, RESULTING IN HARD STEERING, REPLACE TENSIONER BELT DRIVE. TT

Incident date: Mar 4, 1994

VEHICLE STALLS OUT DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT ANY SPEED, RESULTING IN HARD BRAKING AND STEERING. TT *JB

Incident date: Nov 1, 1995

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER #PE95-012. TT CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, DEALER SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED IT, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK IN AND THIS TIME DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES, CONSUMER CHANGED THE TIRES AND THIS TOO DID NOT HELP, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM, POSSIBLY STEER... Read more

Incident date: Aug 1, 1995

IF UNDERCARRAIGE GETS WET DURING WET WEATHER, THE BATTERY LIGHT GOES ON AND POWER IS LOST LOSING STEERING, DUE TO BELT GETTING WET, WAITING FOR REPLACEMENT. TT

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 65-135MPH, POLICE PACKAGE EXHIBITS MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING AROUND CORNERS, WHICH CAUSES EXTREME VEERING TO LEFT OR RIGHT. TT

Incident date: Oct 1, 1995

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO CONTROL STEERING , DURING RAINING WEATHER . TT CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE PULLEY-CRANKSHAFT. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING JUST WENT-CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. TT

Incident date: Oct 5, 1995

CONSUMER WENT TO START JEEP THE BATTERY BLEW UP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIMES GO TO THE FLOOR . TT CONSUMER STATES THE LOUD NOISE DEAFENED HIM AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, DAMAGES WERE DONE TO THE ABS WHICH CAUSE BRAKE FAILURES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. STEERING DAMPNER WAS LEAKING, DEALE REPLACED. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED, RESURFACED ROTORS. HATCH HARD TO CLOSE. *SLC

2 injured

STABILITY FOR STEERING IS DIFFICULTY TO HOLD STEADY. IF ROAD IS SLANTED OR HIGH WINDS STEERING GOES IN DIRECTION EASILY. TT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED ABOUT EIGHT TIMES FOR FRONT END PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN HIGH WINDS. *YH

Incident date: Oct 26, 1995

EXITING PARKING LOT BELT TENSIONER FAILED W/LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Nov 15, 1994

ABS: APPLY BRAKES; NO PUMPING; PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; REAR BRAKES LOCK UP; MAKE GRINDING NOISE; LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING; NO WARNING; NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT. TT

Incident date: Sep 30, 1995

THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE TURNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR STALLS AND LOCKS THE STEERING THIS HAPPENED TWO TIMES . TT

THE BRAKE PADS ARE MELTING, WHEN STOPPING THE STEERING SHAKES AND PULLS TO THE SIDE . TT

Incident date: Aug 14, 1994

RAN OFF THE ROAD KILLING THE PASSENGER AND CRITICALLY INJURING THE DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Crash 2 injured 1 deaths

Incident date: Sep 27, 1995

PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT OF ENGINE, THEN STEERING WENT OUT AND WHEELS WOBBLED. VEHICLE TURNED OVER. TT

Crash 4 injured

Incident date: Oct 14, 1995

WHILE DRIVING LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, HIT AN ENBANKMENT VEHICLE ROLLED, MIDDLE BENCH SEAT DETACHED FROM THE FLOOR WITH CHILD IN THE SEAT, LATCH LOOSE. TT *SLC

Crash

PURCHASE CAR NEW WHEN TURNING THE STEERING THERE IS A NOISE,WHEN DRIVING CAR STALLS CAR DON'T PICK UP SPEED AT 30 MPH OR MORE CAR JERKS . TT

Incident date: Dec 4, 1994

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, IGNITION SWITCH FAILED ON TWO OCASSIONS. TTCONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAS LIGHTS BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT START, STARTE WAS REPLACED ALSO TAPE DECK BUTTON POPS OFF, CUST STATES WHEN MAKING TURNS THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE, STABILIZER LINKS WERE REPLACED.*JB

PURCHASE CAR USED THE RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED . TT CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING IS COLD IN THE AM AND PM EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WARMS UP THE WHEEL IS HARD TO STEER UNTIL IT LOOSENS UP, AND THEN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT IT LOCKS MOMENTARILY.*JB

PURCHASE JEEP USED WHEN TURNING THE JEEP, THE STEERING BINDS. TT *SLC

Incident date: Jan 18, 1995

AS THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN I STARTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, LOST CONTROL AND THAN PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. TT

Incident date: Jun 1, 1995

AT HIGH SPEED GOING AROUND CURVE, EXPERIENCE MOMENTARY STEERING LOSS. (POLICE CAR). TT

Incident date: Sep 28, 1995

VEHICLE IS HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS. TT

Incident date: Feb 20, 1995

ABS: WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE VEERED TO LEFT; REPAIRED BY DEALER; NOW VEERS TO RIGHT; COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT; SO FAR, NO BRAKING PROBLEMS. TT

Incident date: Aug 31, 1995

216-329-5525(MR ROKASY): VEHICLE VIBRATES/SHIMMIES AT 50 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR, COULD BE CAUSED BY DRIVE SHAFT/REAR DIFFERENTIAL; ALSO, VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT.

Incident date: Sep 16, 1995

WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. TT

Crash

Incident date: May 1, 1995

STEERING WHEEL DOES TURN BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION AFTER MAKING A TURN.

Incident date: Jul 25, 1995

ECM FUSE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING; LOST ALL VEHICLE POWER/CONTROL; HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED; NO WARNING; COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. TT

Incident date: Sep 12, 1995

THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL BY PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

LOST STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING AUTO-AND HAD TO RUN OFF ROAD. TT

Incident date: Sep 1, 1995

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE LEFT LANE INTO A ROAD DIVIDER, POSSIBLE DUE TO DEFECT IN STEERING MECHANISM. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 1, 1992

VEHICLE STALLED OUT, RESULTING IN STEERING AND BRAKING PROBLEM, DUE TO MALFUNCTION IN THE COMPUTER. TT