Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Dec 30, 1994

ENGINE FIRE.

Fire

Incident date: Dec 30, 1994

HOOD RELEASE FAILED. *SKD

Incident date: Dec 1, 1994

ALTERNATOR REPLACED 4 TIMES. *SKD

Incident date: Oct 2, 1994

HEATER VALVE STEM LEAKS. *SKD

Incident date: Oct 1, 1994

CRANKSHAFT BOLT/PULLEY BOLT FELL OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK

Incident date: Mar 1, 1993

DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE SHOULDER STRAP POPPED AND HIT ANOTHER PASSENGER. TT

Crash

Incident date: Mar 1, 1995

WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, ENGINE DECREASES IN SPEED; ENGINE WILL CUT OFF WHEN AIR-CONDITIONING IS RUNNING. TT

Incident date: Mar 1, 1995

EMISSION CONTROL FAILURE. *AK

Incident date: Feb 13, 1995

ENGINE ELECTRICAL FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT; WHILE DRIVING, STALLED, BURST INTO FLAMES; VEHICLE TOTALLED. TT

Fire

Incident date: Feb 28, 1991

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR TWICE EVERY MONTH. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER COMPONENT WAS NOT BUILT FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. TT

Incident date: Nov 5, 1993

HEATER CONTROL VALVE STEM ASSEMBLY LEAKED COOLANT DUE TO BEING MANUFACTURED WITH INCORRECT GRADE OF MATERIAL PRIOR TO RECALL (94V-103. *AK

Incident date: Jan 16, 1995

REED VALVE ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO CRACK, RESULTING IN AN EXHAUST LEAK, PRIOR TO RECALL (91V-225). *AK

Incident date: Dec 23, 1994

HEATER VALVE STEM ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK PRIOR TO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK

Incident date: Jan 7, 1995

HEATER CONTROL VALVE STEM ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING COOLANT LEAK PRIOR TO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK

Incident date: Feb 1, 1995

TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE DEVELOPED A LEAK AND SPRAYED FLUID ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, CAUSING A FIRE. TT

Fire

Incident date: Aug 12, 1994

5 RIMS DEFLATE YOUR TIRES AND THEY HAVE CRACKED AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. TT

Incident date: Feb 14, 1994

DURING INCLIMATE WEATHER THE DOOR WELLS FILLS UP WITH ICE AND SNOW. ONCE FROZENS IT ACTS AS A WEDGE AND PEELS BACK A PART OF THE DOOR WHEN OPENED. TT

Incident date: Sep 10, 1993

WHILE DRIVING, GEAR DOWN SHIFTS TO SPEED OF TWENTY. TT

Incident date: Oct 10, 1993

VEHICLE WILL NOT START UNLESS YOU LIFT HOOD AND SLAM IT SHUT. TT

Incident date: Mar 1, 1994

TIMING BELT FAILED TWICE, ONCE DUE TO EXPLOSION OF BALANCE SHAFT BELT. *AK

Incident date: Jan 15, 1995

THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER ONCE READY POPPED COMPLETELY OUT AND UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TT

Incident date: Sep 1, 1994

TORSION BAR, IN REAR, IS WELDED TOO HOT, CAUSING METAL DEFECT, WILL NOT HOLD THE BOLT. TT

Incident date: Feb 9, 1995

THE SEATBELTS LOCK ALL THE TIME AND CAN'T GET OUT OF VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. TT

Incident date: Jan 20, 1995

TRANSMISSION; CAR RUN 100 TO 200 MILES CAR BREAK DOWN CAR BEEN IN SHOP ABOUT 240 TIMES. TT

Incident date: Jun 24, 1991

STOPS DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND IT WILL NOT START UP AGAIN. TT

Incident date: Jan 7, 1992

REPLACED BATTERY. TT

Incident date: Jun 24, 1991

DOME LIGHT WON'T WORK. TT

Incident date: Jun 24, 1991

BRAKES MAKE SQUEAKING NOISE. TT

Incident date: Jun 24, 1991

HEATER CONTROL KNOB FELL OFF. TT

Incident date: Jun 24, 1991

A/C CONTROL KNOB WON'T STAY IN WHEN PUSHED. TT

VEHICLES FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. ALSO REAR HATCHBACK AND REAR PASSENGER WINDOW EXPLODED INTO PIECES FOR NO REASON. TT

Incident date: Nov 4, 1994

VEHICLE OVERHEATS EXCESSIVELY. TT

Incident date: Nov 4, 1994

VEHICLE LOSSES POWER. TT

Incident date: Jan 10, 1995

ENGINE VALVE FAILED, CAUSING OIL TO SPILL OUT ONTO CARBURATOR AND ENGINE, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *SKD

Fire

Incident date: Feb 1, 1995

MILDEW SMELL IN VEHICLE IS MAKING DRIVER SICK. TT

Incident date: Dec 15, 1994

COOLANT ON PASSENGER SIDE LEAKED FROM UNDERHOOD INTO INSIDE OF VEHICLE; COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY TO PASSENGER; FOGGED UP WINDOWS TO POINT COULD NOT BE DEFOGGED.

Incident date: Jan 28, 1995

THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE RUN DOWN ALL THE OTHER BRAKES ARE FINE. TT

Incident date: Jan 29, 1995

CAR CUTS OFF. TT

Incident date: Jan 24, 1995

WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT NIGHT AND BACK PASSENGER RIGHT WHEEL CAME OFF IT WAS RAINING HARD AND DEALER DON'T WANT TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. TT

Incident date: Oct 26, 1994

FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE/STALL AFTER WARMING UP. *AK

Incident date: Jan 22, 1995

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, CALIPERS ARE DEFECTIVE. TT

Incident date: Nov 18, 1994

RECEIVE LETTER OF RECALL OF HEATER WATER DEFROST CAR WASN'T HAVING PROBLEM BEFORE RECALL AFTER DEALER REPLACED THE STEM VALVE CAR IS NOW HAVING THAT PROBLEM.

Incident date: Jan 12, 1995

WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED, ENGINE STALLS; EVERYTHING GOES COMPLETELY OUT WITHOUT WARNING. TT

Incident date: Mar 9, 1992

DEFECTIVE HEATER CONTROL VALVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

1 injured

Incident date: Jan 10, 1995

NO INTERLOCK SYSTEM, GRANDSON SEAR IN FRONT PASSENGERS SEAT REACHED OVER AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, VEHICLE ROLLEDOUT INTO STREET INTO A NEIGHBORS YARD. *AK

VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE SAFETY BELT SYSTEM GETS STUCK IN MIDDLE POSITION OF MECHANISM. TT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTING TO FAIL AT 40,000 MILES. TT

HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSS POWER. PULLED OVER HOOD LATCH MELTED THEN FLAME ENGULFED VEHICLE. TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Fire

THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX A PROBLEM ON THE CAR THAT WAS RECALLED. PLEASE DESCRIBE RECALL FURTHER. TT