Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Oct 1, 1997

SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF PARTIAL ROLL OVER AND LOSS OF CONTROL. (QCAW)

Incident date: Apr 30, 1998

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED. DEALER CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND IS NOT AWARE OF ANY REMEDIES. *AK

Incident date: Apr 20, 1998

VEHICLE HAS AN UNKNOWN JIGGLE SOUND COMING FROM IT. HAS BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP MORE THEN SIX OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE RESOLVED. *AK

Incident date: Sep 10, 1998

VEHICLE WANDERED WHILE DRIVING. WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING ON WET ROAD 5 MPH, TRUCK BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE, IT RAN OFF A ROAD AND WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.

Incident date: May 1, 1998

FOUR STRUTS IN AND THE CAR COULD NOT BE ALIGNED BECAUSE AN ADJUSTMENT BAR WAS BENT AND HARDWARE WAS MISSING, BOTTOM OF CAR WAS SCRAPPING. SPECIALIST STATED THE CAR HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE, THIS WAS A PROGRAM CAR, TIRES PUT ON THE CAR AND THE WHEELS DO NOT LINE UP PROPERLY. DEALER CONTACTED, NO WARRANTY. *AK

Incident date: Aug 19, 1998

VEHICLE SUSPENSION DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE STABILITY. WHILE DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS, THE DRIVER LOSS CONTROL AT 45MPH AND STRUCK A GUARDRAIL.

1 injured

SQUEAKING NOISE IN LOW-SPEED CONDITIONS.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1997

VEHICLE SHIMMIES BETWEEN SPEEDS 0F 15 TO 30 MPH.

VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT.

Incident date: Aug 1, 1997

VEHICLE VIBRATES ALL THE TIME WHEN IN GEAR AT A COMPLETE STOP. ALSO SHUDDERS UPON ACCELERATION.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES ONGOING VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1998

FRONT CV JOINTS AND BOOT FAILED.

WHEN VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS A MINOR BUMP INTHE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY, USUALLY OCCURS BETWEEN 30-65 MPH.

Incident date: Jan 31, 1998

VEHICLE DRIFTS FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT. VEHICLE PERFORMS A LANE CHANGE FROM RIGHT TO THE LEFT ON ALL TYPES OF ROADS AT ALL SPEEDS. THE FASTER THE SPEED THE SOONER THE LANE CHANGE. *AK

Incident date: Jun 1, 1998

SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT OF THE VEHICLE, EVERYTHING FEELS LOOSE, OR LOSS OF CONTROL. INDICATOR LIGHT ON. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND SHIMMIES WHEN DRIVING AT 60 TO 70MPH. DEALER SYAS THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM AND ARE WORKING TO FIX IT. *AK

Incident date: Feb 16, 1995

VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN DRIVING AND SITTING STILL,REARVIEW MIRROR AND SUNVISOR SHAKE SEVERELY. BBB CONTACTED, NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Jun 2, 1998

STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. DEALER INSPECTING DEFECT, STATES THAT THE DESIGN IS MADE TO HANDLE A HARDER RIDE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGH SPEEDS.

VEHICLE ROLL OVER OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE, POOR STABILITY.

Incident date: Jun 1, 1992

DOOR HANDLES MALFUNCTIONED. GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT MOVE. REAR STRUTS WE WORN IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR AFTER PURCHASE. DEALER REFUSED TO STAND BY WARRANTY.

VEHICLE WANDERS BACK AND FOURTH WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS 30 TO 40 MPH. DEALER NOTED PROBLEM AS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK

Incident date: Jul 1, 1998

VEHICLE VIBRATES. PROBLEM CANNOT BE FOUND.

Incident date: Oct 22, 1995

ROCKER AND LIFTER REPLACE TWICE, TRANSMISSION REPLACED, FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CYLINDER HEAD PROBLEMS WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE ENGINE BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL.

Incident date: Jul 11, 1995

CHRYSLER CORPORTION IS UNABLE TO CORRECT VEHICLE'S SEVERE VIBRATION PROBLEM.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1998

TIRES PULLING. MICHELIN 23570R15

Incident date: Jul 7, 1997

THE DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING THE CONTROL ARM TO FALL AND THE AXLE TO BREAK, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. 3,000 MILES LATER, THE OTHER SIDE BROKE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

Incident date: Aug 11, 1998

THE ORIGINAL WELDS THAT GO AROUND THE STRUT TOWER ARE NOT HOLDING, WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE MANUFACTURER/DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NOT WILLING TO CORRECT FREE OF CHARGE. *AK

Incident date: Aug 1, 1998

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS FAILED. ALSO, REPLACED RADIUS ARM AND BUSHINGS.

Incident date: Jan 20, 1995

SUSPENSION DEFECT FOUND DURING STATE INSPECTION.

FRONT END MAKES A RATTLING AND CLUNKING NOISE DURING TURNS OR ON ROUGH ROADS.

Incident date: Jul 7, 1998

VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY STARTING AT 55 MPH.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1998

VEHICLE VIBRATES FROM BENEATH.

Incident date: Jun 30, 1998

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-65 MPH CONSUMER CAN FEEL A VIBRATION ALL THROUGH THE VEHICLE. ALSO WHEN HITTING A BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL ALMOST LEAVES DRIVER'S HANDS. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OWNER HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Jun 2, 1998

VIBRATION FELT THROUGHOUT VEHICLE, BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL. DEALER STATED THAT THE WHEELS WERE UNBALANCED, BUT BALANCING THE WHEELS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

Incident date: Aug 22, 1997

VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHILE TURNING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE BODY MOUNTS.

VIBRATION FROM SUSPENSIONS.

Incident date: Oct 31, 1996

CENTER SHOCK OF MOTORCYLCE BROKE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/DEATH.

1 deaths

Incident date: Nov 2, 1996

SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILURE, CAUSING INSTABILITY.

Incident date: Aug 3, 1994

SUSPENSION DOES NOT CONTAIN A LOCK OUT VALVE/SWITCH TO PREVENT INTERACTION BETWEEN THE LEVELING JACKS TAGAXLES AND AIR SUSPENSION.

SUSPENSION SYSTEM PROBLEMS, CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR.

Incident date: Aug 1, 1993

SUPENSION VIBRATION.

Incident date: Oct 9, 1996

WHEEL AXLES FAILED TWICE.

THE FLANGE WAS WELDED ON THE REAR AXLE HOUSING INCORRECTLY, INDEXED IN THE WRONG POSITION. INSTALLATION OF THE U-BOLTS ARE TOO SHORT.

MISSING FORWARD PIVOT BOLT MOUNT, NOT ASSEMBLED BY MANUFACTURER.

Incident date: Apr 5, 1998

VEHICLE ROLLED OVER DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.

3 injured

VEHICLE VIBRATES CONTINUOUSLY.

EXTREME STRUCTURAL RUST OF THE STRUT TOWERS/FRAME RAILS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ALMOST GO OUT OF CONTROL DURING A SUDDEN STOP DUE TO FLEXING AND BREAKING OF BOTH FRONT STRUT TOWERS. RUSTING CAUSED THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT ANCHOR TO FAILED, ALLOWING CHILD TO BE THROWN WHEN THE SEAT BELT SUDDENLY RELEASE DURING A SUDDEN STOP.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE AT A LOW SPEED ,CAUSING VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

Crash 1 deaths

Incident date: Jul 20, 1998

CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE HOME, AND PUT VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK

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