Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Aug 1, 1997

SUSPENSION RODS FAILED.

SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS POOR ON THE MOTOR HOME RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

HANGERS THAT HOLD THE TWO AXLES ON THE TRAILER CAME UNWELDED CAUSING TIRES TO RUB/CHAFE.

Incident date: Sep 16, 1994

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTREME VIBRATION, REPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS FROM THE TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION AND TIRE/ALIGNMENT, HOWEVER SUSPENSION CONTINUES TO VIBRATE, DAMAGING TIE RODS.

VEHICLE LOST CONTROL WHILE TRYING TO AVOID OTHER VEHICLE.

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 65 MPH AND OVER.

ASC SYSTEM FAILED.

Incident date: Jun 25, 1998

SUSPENSION SYSTEM (CAMBER SHIMS) FAILED CAUSING VIBRATION RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TIRES.

VEHICLE SUSPENSION EXPERIENCES INSTABILITY.

VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT CONTINUALLY EVEN AFTER ALIGNMENT WORK COMPLETED.

Incident date: Mar 20, 1996

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY PULLS CAUSING DAMAGE TO TIRES.

VEHICLE SUSPENSION VERY POOR, FEELS AS IF IT WILL ROLL OVER.

VEHICLE RECALL NOTICE SENT, VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED RATTLE AND CREAKING SINCE NEW.

DESIGN FLAW OF THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION (HEAVIEST ITEMS LOCATED BEHIND REAR AXLE).

SUSPENSION PROBLEMS.

OWNERS RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FEELS UNSTABLE, CHANGED THE PRESSURE IN THE TIRES BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST.

Incident date: Jun 5, 1998

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE JERKS, THROWS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS AROUND THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Incident date: Sep 28, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE RIGHT THEN TO THE LEFT, GOING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ALSO, WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TWO TO THREE TIMES TO GET THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS SEVEN TIMES, AND THE DEALER STILL CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK POWER STEE... Read more

CARRIAGE FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER BROUGHMAN 35, SUSPENSION DESIGNED VERY POORLY CAUSING NUMEROUS FAILURES OF COMPONENTS FROM EXCESSIVE CHAFFING AND WEARING.

POOR SUSPENSION SYSTEM CAUSING VIBRATION,BOUNCING AND UNCOMFORTABLE RIDE RESULTUNG IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

VEHICLE JUMPS CAUSING CONSUMER TO EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS WHEN VEHICLE IS GOING 40MPH OR HIGHER.

POOR SUSPENSION.

POOR SUSPENSION CAUSING VIBRATION.

TRAILER SUSPENSION DESIGN IS CAUSING THE WHEEL TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY WHEN A BUMP IS ENCOUNTERED.

Incident date: Sep 1, 1998

VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A NOTICEABLE CLOAKING SOUND WHENEVER CONSUMER MAKES A TURN IN AN ANGLE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. ALSO VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 50 MPH OR MORE. *AK *ML

Incident date: Aug 13, 1998

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO VIBRATE. ALSO, GOES FROM SIDE TO SIDE, CAUSING ALOT OF MOVEMENT. THE DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Oct 1, 1997

SUSPENSION VIBRATES WHEN HITTING BUMPS OR RUTS ON THE FREEWAY CAUSING THE STEERING TO "SHIMMY" FORCING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT UNCONTROLABLY.

Incident date: Sep 7, 1993

MECHANIC STATED THAT THE MOUNTING OFTHE STRUTS WAS DEFECTIVE IN THE EARLY 1992 MODELS AND THE CAUSE OF FAILURE IS BUMPS IN THE ROAD. ALSO STATED THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN AND IT DID. MAZDA WOULD ONLY PAY FOR PARTS THIS TIME SINCE THE WARRANTY (TIME NOT MILEAGE) HAD EXPIRED.

Incident date: Sep 1, 1998

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN IT REACHES 60 MPH OR MORE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WOULD BE MADE ONLY IF CHARGES ARE PICKED UP BY CONSUMER.

Incident date: Aug 20, 1998

WHEN DRIVING AT 40MPH IT VIBRATES. WHEN BRAKES APPLIED THE TRUCK WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT,.ON ANY PAVEMENT, DEALER CONTACTED THREE TIMES AND IN SHOP FOR OTHER REASONS, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Incident date: Oct 14, 1997

STEERING WHEELS MOVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE AT CERTAIN SPEEDS.

Incident date: Jul 7, 1998

THE BUSHINGS AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ARE VERY LOOSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WANDER ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED THE FIRST TIME BY THE DEALER. AT THAT TIME, THE BUSHINGS WERE TIGHTENED, WHICH DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE BUSHINGS HAVE BEEN LOOSE AGAIN. THE STEERING SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHEN ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE SLOWS TO A SPEED BELOW WHICH THE CRUISE CONTROL SHOULD COMPENSATE; AFTER CLEARING THE INCLINE, THE CRUISE CONTROL SLOWLY BRINGS THE VEHICLE TO ITS SET SPEED ( APPROX. 70 MPH ), AT WHICH TIME THE FRONT END BEGINS TO HUM LOUDLY AND VIBRATE; AS THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE PITCH OF THE HUM DECREASES WITH SPEED, AND THE VIBRATION WORSENS; AT APPROX. 55MH, THE VIBRATION S... Read more

Incident date: Sep 29, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AT ANY SPEED THE TRUCK PULLS TO RIGHT AND MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. OWNER HAS BEEN HEARING THE NOISE FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK. DEALER CHECKED TRUCK FOR PROBLEM, AND STATED THAT THE RIGHT RADIUS ARM BUSHING IS BURNED UP. THE RADIUS ARMS BUSHING WILL BE REPLACED AT COST TO OWNER.

THIS CAR HAS HAD A SHIMMY IN THE TEERING WHEEL THAT IS FELT BETWEEN 50-55 MPH. THE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED, TIRES INSPECTED AND BALANCED, ROTORS TURNED. ALL HAVE FAILED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SELLING DEALER HAD ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE PROBLEM HAS AN INTERMITTENT ELEMENT TO IT. SOMETIMES THE CAR DRIVES FINE FOR A SHORT WHI... Read more

AIR RID SUSPENTION FAILURE, RIDE CONTROL

Incident date: Jul 14, 1998

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND CONDITION CANNOT BE RESOLVED. MANUFACTURER ALSO NOTIFIED. *AK

UNSAFE BOUNCING ON CERTAIN PAVEMENT, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE.

POOR DRIVING PERFORMANCE: LEANS ON TURNS, TAKES BUMPS HARD, AND FEELS LIKE THE CHOKE BOTTOMS OUT. THESE PROBLEMS DID NOT EXIST AT TIME OF PURCHASE.

SUSPENSION MALFUNCTION.

Incident date: Aug 10, 1998

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE WANDERING WHILE DRIVING. STEERING WOULD SHIMMY AND VIBRATE WHEN CONSUMER TURNS STEERING WHEEL BACK WHEN VEHICLE STARTS TO WANDER. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND CONDITION CANNOT BE RESOLVED. *AK

Incident date: Sep 19, 1998

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY VIBRATION OCCURRED, A LOUD NOISE SOUNDED AND THE REAR LEFT WHEEL CAME OFF AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL, THE VEHICLE HIT MEDIUM AND FLIPPED OVER THREE TIMES. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. *AK

Crash 3 injured

Incident date: Aug 1, 1998

AIR BAG LIGHTS KEEP COMMING ON AND THEN GOING OFF. THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES SHAKES ON START AND WHILE DRIVING. WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY AT IDLE, THE SMELL OF GAS FILLS THE VEHICLE. ALSO, BRAKES PULSATE, SIGNALS RARELY WORK.

WHEN RELEASING THE STEERING WHEEL THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BEGINS PULLING TO THE RIGHT.

VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT/ WORN OUT 2 SETS OF TIRES.

20 MINUTES OF CONTINUOUS DRIVING, THERE IS A RUBBING NOISE AND JERKING MOTION WHEN A TURN IS ATTEMPTED.

Incident date: Sep 12, 1998

WHILE COMING DOWN A MAJOR HILL OCCUPANTS HEARD A POP COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THEN THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE RIGHT WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED WITH THE RIGHT SIDE SMOKING HEAVILY. THE RIGHT ROTOR SPLIT IN HALF AT THE CENTER. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

Incident date: Mar 15, 1997

THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE TRUCK TENDS TO SWERVE. ALSO IF TAKING HANDS OFF OF THE STEERING WHEEL FOR A SECOND THE TRUCK WILL SWERVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *AK

VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN DRIVING IN A CROSS WIND. QCAW