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REQUESTS INFORMATION ON AIRBAGS AND FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS WHO WEAR GLASSES.
OFFICE REQUESTS INFORMATION CONCERNING CHILD SAFETY SEAT COMPATIBILITY.
OWNER REQESTS INFORMATION ON RECALL NUMBER 95V108, INTERIOR.
OWNER FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALLS ISSUED DURING 1981, 1984 AND 1985 AND WANTS TO KNOW IF THE MANUFACTURER HAS TO HONOR THE RECALLS.
Incident date: Oct 15, 1997
LIGHT IN DASH/ INDICATES THAT AIR IS LEAKING FROM SOMEWHERE. MECHANIC SHOWED TWO RUBBER PIECES, NO LEVERAGE IN THE REAR END AIR SUSPENSION. NO WARRANTY ON VEHICLE, THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Incident date: Nov 9, 1997
GAUGES ON THE PANEL FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.
MITSUBISHI
MONTERO
(1998) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 24, 1998
Incident date: Jun 5, 1998
FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR MALFUNCTION.
OWNER LOOKING FOR RECALL INFORMATION ON VEHICLE.
DODGE
GRAND CARAVAN
(1994) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 23, 1998
Incident date: Jun 22, 1998
DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE IN VEHICLE AFTER TURNING REAR WINDOW WIPER ON. LATER FOUND THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM REAR DOOR. WHEN OPENED, IT WAS VERY AND THE PLASTIC WAS BEGINNING TO MELT. DRIVER OPENED INTERIOR PANEL AND FOUND THE INSULATION AND WIRING ON FIRE. MONTHS LATER THE WIPER STOPPED WORKING AND THE AIR BAG CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY - FUSE HAD BURNED OUT.
FORD
EXPEDITION
(1998) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 22, 1998
Incident date: Jun 9, 1998
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH SUSPENSION LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT A REASON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DEALER HAD REPAIRED VEHICLE A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK
Incident date: Apr 3, 1998
INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED 500 MILES AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. ODOMETER, SPEEDOMETER, TRIPOMETER, FUEL GAUGE AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL THEN RESET ITSELF AND THEN WORK FOR A FEW MILES, THEN QUIT.
Incident date: Jun 15, 1998
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATLY 55 MPH FOR AT LEAST 1 MILE ,OIL LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER WENT TO OPEN HOOD WHEN HOT, ANTI-FREEZE CAME SPRAYING OUT ONTO CONSUMER, CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BODY. DELAER HAS CHANGED WATER PUMP THREE TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. **AK
OWNER NOTIFIED OF RECALL BUT TOYOTA REFUSES TO REPAIR WITHOUT PERFORMING NEARLY $100 WORTH OF DIAGNOSTICS FIRST.
Incident date: May 30, 1989
MAX,. CAP OF AXELS ONLY 3000 LBS AND NOT THE 3500 LBS AS STATED ON SPECIFICATION
Incident date: May 12, 1998
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLS OUT, AND THE OIL LIGHT COMES ON. THE CAR COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND HAD A CO-PILOT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE ENGINE. SINCE THE PROBLEM IS UNPREDICTABLE AND DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Incident date: Jun 4, 1998
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AND EVERYTHING LOCK UPS - STEERING INCLUDED.
DODGE
GRAND CARAVAN
(1992) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 12, 1998
ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASE THIS VAN THE PAINT BEGAN TO CHIP. THE WARRANTY INFO SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. THE CHRYSTLER PEOPLE SAY IT IS NOT THERE PROBLEM. THE PAINT OBVIOUSLY IS DEFECTIVE. IT JUST CONTIUES TO PEEL OFF IN CHUNKS. SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VAN THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE STARTED REPLACED, THE ENGINE REPLACED, THE RADIO REPLACED, AND SPEAKER STOPPED WORKING. NOT ... Read more
RECALL 97S84, DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE PART IN STOCK.
Incident date: Feb 23, 1998
LOCATION OF THE CUP HOLDER CAUSED LIQUID TO SPILL INTO THE CAB MODULE CAUSING VARIOUS FAILURES OF COMPONENTS.
OLDSMOBILE
CIERA
(1988) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 10, 1998
ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF CONSISTENTLY.
Incident date: May 29, 1998
CONSUMER WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR WHEN SHE DROPPED REMOTE CONTROL KEY. THINKING IT DROPPED WITHIN THE VEHICLE CLOSED THE DOOR, NOT KNOWING IT FELL BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR FRAME. CLOSED THE DOOR, THINKING THE KEY WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. SOMEHOW THE REMOTE SECURITY SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED, LOCKING AND SHUTTING DOWN THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND LOCKING THE CONSUMER IN THE VEHICLE. CONSUME... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 1998
COFFEE CUP HOLDER PLACEMENT IS ABOVE THE RADIO, AND BY IT BEING DIRECTLY OVER THE RADIO, SPILLLS OR FLUIDS COMING DIRECTLY INTO THE RADIO, CAUSES THE RADIO TO BURN OUT. THE HOLDER SHOULD NOT BE OVER THE RADIO. IT CAUSES A PROBLEM WITH NO RADIO, HAVING TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCES, NOT FALLING ASLEEP. *AK
Incident date: Apr 3, 1998
WHILE TRAVELING ON A STRAIGHT PORTION OF HIGHWAY, DRIVER HEARD A CLICK SOUND FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE SWERVED TO RIGHT, DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.
2 injured
VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED, AFTER STOPPING TO PAY A POLL AND BEGAN ACCELERATING TO CONTINUE TRIP.
Fire
WHEN DRIVING AND TURNING THE FLOOR MAT GETS CAUGHT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE THERE IS NO BOOT SURROUNDING THE STEERING COLUMN, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. ALSO, THE STEERING LOCKS UP. DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS JUST THE WAY IT'S MADE. *AK
Incident date: May 15, 1998
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL STAY ON AT ALL TIMES . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Incident date: Jun 3, 1997
THE GLASS THAT COVERS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES IS VERY CLOUDY WHICH CAUSES THE DRIVER TO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME IN SEEING THE GAUGES WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE. *AK
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN TAKEN IN FOR THE SERVICE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE EGR VALVE WAS STUCK. THE VALVE WAS TAKEN OUT, CLEANED AND REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. A WEEK LATER THE LIGHT WAS ON BACK AGAIN. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO REPLACED THE EGR VALVE BECAUSE THE BLAZER IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY. *AK
VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISE, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS NEVER GONE OFF SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, AND THE CAR CUTS OFF. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Incident date: Nov 1, 1997
TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING AND DEALER WAS CONTACTED . DEALER STATED THAT THE OIL WAS NOT PROPER. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TRANSMISSION KEEPS ON JUMPING INTO GEAR, AND TAKES 15-20 MINUTES TO GO INTO REVERSE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THIS POINT. *AK
Incident date: Dec 2, 1997
ABS LIGHT COMES ON AFTER CAR IS STARTED AND STAYS ON.