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Showing 48,099 complaints — component: SUSPENSION

VEHICLE DOES NOT HANDLE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING, UNSTABLE AND POOR DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

SUSPENSION SYSTEM SQUEAKS.

Incident date: May 6, 1997

VEHICLE SUFFERS FROM NOTICEABLE VIBRATION WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF A DESIGN FLAW. DEALER ALSO REPLACED FRONT/REAR ABS BRAKES/TIRES/DRIVESHAFT AND REAR AXLE. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES SEVERLY WITH LOUD SHAKING AND A RATTLING NOISE.

VEHICLE VIBRATES AND PULLS AND PROBLEM CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1997

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRAILER HAS A CONSTANT SWAYING MOTION. WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PASSES TRAILER ON HIGHWAY SWAYING MOTION IS WORSE, CAUSING SEVERE WHIPPING ACTION. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, NOT ABLE TO CORRECT. *AK

Incident date: Jan 25, 1998

WHILE MOVING AT 40 MPH ON A PREVIUOSLY PLOWED ROAD, THE REAR END SUDDENLY LOST TRACTION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN CLOCKWISE AND CRASH INTO A SNOW BANK.

1 injured

Incident date: Mar 18, 1996

FRONT END STRUT MAKING A CREEKING NOISE WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS.

Incident date: Mar 18, 1996

FRONT WHEEL COULD BE MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE BY HAND. OWNER REPLACED THE IDLER ARM AND TIGHTEN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM.

Incident date: May 21, 1997

FRONT END MAKING A CREEKING NOISE WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS. POSSIBLE LEFT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM PROBLEM.

Incident date: Mar 18, 1996

FRONT WHEEL COULD BE MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE BY HAND. OWNER REPLACED THE IDLER ARM AND TIGHTEN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM.

Incident date: Mar 18, 1996

DRIVER COULD SEE THE BED MOVING AROUND WHEN GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. DEALER TIGHTEN THE BED RETAINING BOLTS.

Incident date: Sep 22, 1997

BRAKES MAKE NOISE. DRUMS WERE RESURFACED AND DEGLAZED.

Incident date: Aug 18, 1997

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY ALIGNED; IT SWAYS AND DRIFTS WITHOUT WARNING AND ALSO PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. ON SLIPPERY CONDITIONS THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK IMMEDIATELY WHEN APPLIED CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF STEERING.

WHEN BRAKES ARE LOCKED, VEHICLE HAS AN INORDINATE TENDENCY TO SKID ON ROADS THAT ARE BARELY WET EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS (20-30 MPH).

Incident date: Jan 1, 1996

TRANSMISSION NOISY IN THIRD GEAR, SUSPENSION POPS ON ROUGH ROADS, AND SPEEDOMETER MAKES CLICKING NOISE.

Incident date: Oct 5, 1997

FRONT END MAKES CRACKING NOISE.

Incident date: Sep 1, 1997

RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT AXLE SEALS FAILED, LEAKING GEAR OIL.

FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS.

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, DOWNHILL, VEHICLE WAS SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN, VEHICLE SLIPPED ON ROADWAY AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SLIP.

VEHICLE IS CONTINUOUSLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 12,000 MILES DUE TO ABNORMAL, EXCESSIVE AND EXTREME WEAR ON THE OUTER EDGES OF FRONT TIRES. AGAIN AT 17,500.

TIRES WEAR EXCESSIVELY BECAUSE VEHICLE CANNOT HOLD AN ALIGNMENT.

CONTINUOUS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, INABILITY TO HOLD ALIGNMENT.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1997

VEHICLE SITS TO LOW TO THE GROUND. VEHICLE BOTTOMS OUT ON SPEED BUMPS WITH 4 ADULTS RIDING.

WHILE DRIVING ON SMOOTH ROADS, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXCESSIVE VIBRATION BETWEEN CERTAIN SPEEDS. *AK

Incident date: Sep 26, 1997

RIGHT FRONT STRUT BROKE, CAUSING THE WHEEL/HUB TO BREAKAWAY FROM ITS STRUT.

Incident date: Sep 1, 1996

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE MAKES NOISE AND HAS EXPERIENCED UNEVEN WEAR IN THE TIRES.

Incident date: Dec 5, 1997

VEHICLE ROLLE DOVER WHILE OFF ROAD. VEHICLE WA SON LEVEL GROUND, MAKING ALEFT TURN IN WET GRASS WHEN IT TURNED OVER, RESULTING IN TWO INJURIES, AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Crash 2 injured

Incident date: Nov 10, 1997

WHEN MAKING TURNS AT LOW SPEEDS VEHICLE BEGAN TO SKID ON WET SLICK ROADS, WENT OUT OF CONTROL. ONCE CRASHED INTO CURB, CAUSING INJURY AND FRONT END DAMAGE. NARROWLY AVOIDED COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLES ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM.

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Dec 5, 1997

WHILE DRIVING , VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED, ON LEVEL GROUND AND WET GRASS. *AK

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Sep 2, 1997

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT SPEEDS UPOVE 45 MPH.

Incident date: Sep 2, 1997

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VIBRATES. *AK

VEHICLE BOTTOMS OUT WITH FOUR OR MORE PASSENGERS ABOARD. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONSTANT SHAKING WHEN GEAR IS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, BUT DOES NOT SHAKE WHEN IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. ALSO WHEN STOPPING AT TRAFFIC SIGN AND PLACED INTO DRIVE/REVERSE IT SHAKES. *AK

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

INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS FAILED.

Incident date: Aug 22, 1997

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE.

Incident date: Apr 25, 1996

STRUT FAILED.

Incident date: Jul 13, 1997

VEHICLE ROLLED OVER IN COLLISION.

2 injured

Incident date: Sep 27, 1997

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING.

Incident date: Nov 17, 1997

WHEN TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO CHANGE LANES, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HITTING A RAIL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES: WHEN CONTROL WAS LOST, SHE TRIED TO STEER INTO THE TIRE DIRECTION, WHEN VEHICLE HEADED STRAIGHT INTO THE GUARDRAIL, SHE MADE A HARD LEFT TURN TO TURN INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, HOWEVER VEHICLE T... Read more

Crash 1 injured

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGH SPEEDS.

Incident date: Aug 1, 1996

VEHICLE'S TIRES ARE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO A DEFECT IN SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT. THE CONSUMER HAD REAR ALIGNMENT KIT INSTALLED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER PROBLEMS WITH TIRES WEARING OUT IS STILL OCCURRING.

Incident date: Nov 22, 1996

FRONT AXLE BROKE.

STRUTS FALLING PART.

VEHICLE ROCKS AND ROLLS/WANDERS/SWAYS UNDER NORMAL ROAD/WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE WORSE THE CONDITIONS THE HARDER IT IS TO KEEP ON THE ROAD.

WHEN TURNING THE CORNER THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT STRUTS MAKE A NOISE. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN RUNNING ACROSS BUMPS IN THE ROADWAY, WONT'T STOP UNTIL ENGINE IS TURNED OFF.

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