1996 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT HAD TO EXERT FORCE UPON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWAR...

Mileage: 106,998

AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN. CAR CONTINUED, RAN OVER A MAIL BOX AND CAME TO REST IN A FLOWER BED. WHEN TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND PICKED CAR UP, TOW TRUCK DRIVER NOTICED THAT ENGINE CRADLE HAD FALLEN DOWN AND DISABLED THE STEERING. MECHANIC AND INSURANCE...

Mileage: 39,153

AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN. CAR CONTINUED, RAN OVER A MAIL BOX AND CAME TO REST IN A FLOWER BED. WHEN TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND PICKED CAR UP, TOW TRUCK DRIVER NOTICED THAT ENGINE CRADLE HAD FALLEN DOWN AND DISABLED THE STEERING. MECHANIC AND INSURANCE...

Mileage: 39,153

AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN. CAR CONTINUED, RAN OVER A MAIL BOX AND CAME TO REST IN A FLOWER BED. WHEN TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND PICKED CAR UP, TOW TRUCK DRIVER NOTICED THAT ENGINE CRADLE HAD FALLEN DOWN AND DISABLED THE STEERING. MECHANIC AND INSURANCE...

Mileage: 39,153

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE TWICE WHERE DROPS OF ENGINE OIL FELL ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE FIRES OCCURRED THREE DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST OF $2000. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF RECALL# 09V116000, ...

DT: AROUND SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 THE CONSUMER STARTED EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY TURNING TO THE RIGHT. IT WAS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. THE PROBLEM WAS ONGOING WHEN TRYING TO TURN RIGHT. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED, THE MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED RE...

Mileage: 138,000

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS (TWICE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ONCE ON SIDE STREET) MY GAS PEDAL PUSHED DOWN UNDER MY FOOT AND MY CAR ACCELERATED BY IT SELF. I HAD TO HAVE THE MECHANIC DISCONNECT THE CRUISE CONTROL. LUCKY NO ONE WAS HIT BUT IT WAS CLOSE. *JB

Mileage: 35,000

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS WORKING ON THE VEHICLE NOTICED THAT GAS WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE GAS TANK HAD A LEAK. *AK *MR

Mileage: 130,000

THE CONSUMEREXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR, HOWEVE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM

Mileage: 40,000

SATURDAY MARCH 8, 2003, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM SHOPPING WITH MY 4-YEAR-OLD SON WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG OF MY 1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM EXPLODED IN MY FACE. THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BAG FORCED MY ARM BACK INTO MY FACE SNAPPING MY HEAD BACK AND COMPLETELY DISORIENTING ME. ONCE I REGAINED MY BEARINGS I...

Mileage: 220

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE SEAT WAS GETTING EXTREMELY WARM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ELECTRIC SEAT MOTOR WAS BECOMING RED HOT, AND INTERIOR NEARLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN AT PRECISELY THE RIGHT TIME. BY THE TIME THE ME...

Mileage: 14,500

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE, TWO OF THREE IN BACK SEAT HAVE FAILED IN LAST 4 MONTHS NOW TODAY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FAILED. LUCKLY THESE WERE DISCOVERED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OR OTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEVER INJURY OR DEATH TO SOMEONE.

Mileage: 34,149

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A GAS LEAKED. *JB THE GAS TANK STARTED TO LEAK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REAR WELD SEAM AFTER BEING FILLED. GAS DRIPPED FROM THE TANK AT THE CORNER(S), NEXT TO THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE MECHANIC THAT REPLACED THE TANK/PUMP/SENDING UNIT, SAID THE ENTIRE WELD SEAM LEAKED. *SCC *...

Mileage: 56,750

THE POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER'S SIDE KEEPS COMING OFF OF THE TRACK, IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS, AND STILL IS NOT FIXED. ONCE REPAIRED IT WILL LAST FOR 3 TO 6 MONTHS THAN THE WINDOW WILL FALL DOWN INTO THE DOOR.*AK

FAILURE OF THE IGNITION WIRES & PLUGS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 3 YEARS. *JB

VEHICLE ON 4TH ALTERNATOR AT 63,000 MILES. ALTERNATOR FAILURE IN THIS VEHICLE CAN OCCUR SUDDENLY, WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING, AT ANY SPEED, LEAVING DRIVER WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO CONTROL VEHICLE. VOLUNTARY MANUFACTURER RECALL 8/99, SPARK PLUG WIRES REPLACED TO BETTER HANDLE ELECTRICAL LOADS. PROBL...

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE INNER TIE ROD ON PASSENGER'S TIRE BROKE OFF, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE INOPERATIVE. *AK *JB

Mileage: 11,100

CAR STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE ALMOST KILLED MYSELF AN OTHER DRIVERS BECAUSE OF THIS. IT IS ALSO HARD TO START. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THE HEATING SYSTEM HAS BECOME INOPERABLE. INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE LED TO THE DISCOVERY THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN NEED OF A NEW ENGINE. MECHANIC CAN NOT EXPLAIN WHY THIS OCCURED. *JG

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE AND THE CAR WAS GOING AS IF IT WAS ON NEUTRAL, AS I COULD NOT CONTROL THE GAS PEDAL ANYMORE, AND MISSED GOING IN TO THE WALL BY ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES. *AK

MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF WERE INVOLVED IN A HIGH IMPACT REAR END COLLISION. DUE TO THE SEAT BACK FAILURE MY SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAINT ME. I AM NOW A GRAND MAUL EPILEPTIC DUE TO MY HEAD INJURIES. I ALSO SUFFER FROM NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN.

MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF WERE INVOLVED IN A HIGH IMPACT REAR END COLLISION. DUE TO THE SEAT BACK FAILURE MY SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAINT ME. I AM NOW A GRAND MAUL EPILEPTIC DUE TO MY HEAD INJURIES. I ALSO SUFFER FROM NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES, AND PEDAL NEARLY GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO STOP AT SPEEDS OVER 35 MPH ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE VEHICLE WAS PUR...

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES, AND PEDAL NEARLY GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO STOP AT SPEEDS OVER 35 MPH ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE VEHICLE WAS PUR...

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES, AND PEDAL NEARLY GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO STOP AT SPEEDS OVER 35 MPH ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE VEHICLE WAS PUR...

ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED RADIATOR CAP BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE SPRING. THEN, WHEN TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, ENGINE STALLED SUDDENLY. TOOK ALL OF CONSUMER'S EFFORT TO BRING VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. ...

ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED RADIATOR CAP BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE SPRING. THEN, WHEN TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, ENGINE STALLED SUDDENLY. TOOK ALL OF CONSUMER'S EFFORT TO BRING VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. ...

WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IT WOULD START TO HESITATE AT 40MPH. PROBLEM WAS SPORADIC. WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR PROBLEM. MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE.*AK

I THINK THIS CAR WAS WRECKED BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT AND THE DEALER KNEW IT, AT THE TIME OF SALE. WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF IT AND HAVE JUST NOTICED IT. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT 40-45MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TATALLED. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH ON INTERSTATE AND WAS TURNING INTO HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FELL OFF. TWO OF THE BOLTS WERE WARPED AND BROKEN OFF, AND AND/ RIM WERE BENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AND DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE FALLEN OFF, ONE WAS ORIGINAL THE OTHER WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE SAME REASON. NLM

VECHICLE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERNAL LIGHTS DIMMED, ONCE VECHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IT WOULD NOT RESTART. BATTERY WAS REPLACED IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK. I WAS INFORMED THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT PUTTING OUT ENOUGH AMPS, SO THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND 1 WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM AGAIN...

VECHICLE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERNAL LIGHTS DIMMED, ONCE VECHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IT WOULD NOT RESTART. BATTERY WAS REPLACED IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK. I WAS INFORMED THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT PUTTING OUT ENOUGH AMPS, SO THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND 1 WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM AGAIN...

VECHICLE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERNAL LIGHTS DIMMED, ONCE VECHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IT WOULD NOT RESTART. BATTERY WAS REPLACED IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK. I WAS INFORMED THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT PUTTING OUT ENOUGH AMPS, SO THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND 1 WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM AGAIN...

I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR ON JULY 3RD AND JULY 15TH WE HAD RAIN AND NOW THE WHOLE INSIDE OF THE TRUNK IS FLOODED. *AK

10 SECONDS AFTER VEHICLE HIT CURB AT 12 MPH DRIVERSIDE AND PASSENGERSIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED OUT, CAUSING THEM TO FLAKE AWAY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, REPAIRED AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML

LOSS OF POWER AT 60 MPH. AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF OVERDRIVE. GRINDING. AFTER EVALUATION BY MECHANIC, METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. COST OF REPAIRS WILL EXCEED $1,500.

ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE. YH

MY FATHER, JIMMIE G. NALL, ORIGINALLY LEASED THIS VEHICLE; AT LEASE END, HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR ME. WHILE MY FATHER HAD IT, HE HAD IT SERVICED REGULARLY ON SCHEDULE, INCLUDING HAVING THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND I BECAME THE MAIN DRIVER IT HAD A LITTLE OVE...

BRAKES ARE NOT OPERABLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFT LINKAGES EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS, REQUIRED TIGHTENING. *MJS

BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LINKAGES EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. *MJS

VEHICLE HESITATES ON ACCELERATION DUE TO EGR VALVE FAILURE. YH

VEHICLE RUNNING POOR AND SMOKING DUE TO DEFECTIVE INJECTION. YH

FUEL PUMP FAILED. YH

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN IT COMES TO STOP DUE TO MAP AND OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE. YH

ANTENNA MALFUNCTIONS DUE TO BROKEN ANTENNA TAPE. YH

VEHICLE STALLED IN THE INTERSECTION. YH

VEHICLE HESITATES ON ACCELERATION DUE TO EGR VALVE FAILURE. YH

VEHICLE RUNNING POOR AND SMOKING DUE TO DEFECTIVE INJECTION. YH

FUEL PUMP FAILED. YH

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN IT COMES TO STOP DUE TO MAP AND OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE. YH

ANTENNA MALFUNCTIONS DUE TO BROKEN ANTENNA TAPE. YH

VEHICLE STALLED IN THE INTERSECTION. YH

WATER IS FILLING UP ON THE REAR TAIL LIGHT LENS WHICH IS CAUSING A ELECTRICAL SHORT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK THE LEFT REAR TAIL LENSE WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND WAS REPLACED. NEXT, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TAIL LENSES WERE REPLACED FO...

CONSUMER HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH POWER DOORS/LOCKS EVERY SINCE SHE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS LOCKED INSIDE FOR THIRTY MINUTES. ALSO, POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. SHE HELD THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOWN, JAMMING IT. *AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH POWER DOORS/LOCKS EVERY SINCE SHE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS LOCKED INSIDE FOR THIRTY MINUTES. ALSO, POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. SHE HELD THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOWN, JAMMING IT. *AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH POWER DOORS/LOCKS EVERY SINCE SHE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS LOCKED INSIDE FOR THIRTY MINUTES. ALSO, POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. SHE HELD THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOWN, JAMMING IT. *AK

WAS GOING 30MPH & HAD APPLIED BRAKES. VEHICLE KEPT GOING. LOW TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE HIT ONE CURB & THEN ANOTHER CURB BEFORE COMING TO STOP ON RAMP. SECOND TIME AT 20MPH OFF RAMP. HIT BRAKES, VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. PRESSED HARDER. ABS LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. HEARD A SNAP & ROTOR BROKE...

WAS GOING 30MPH & HAD APPLIED BRAKES. VEHICLE KEPT GOING. LOW TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE HIT ONE CURB & THEN ANOTHER CURB BEFORE COMING TO STOP ON RAMP. SECOND TIME AT 20MPH OFF RAMP. HIT BRAKES, VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. PRESSED HARDER. ABS LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. HEARD A SNAP & ROTOR BROKE...

STEERING RACK FAILURE (40K MILES). STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LEFT *AT ALL* AT A DEAD STOP; EXTREMELY STUBBORN AT SPEED. NO WARNING(S)/INDICATIONS OF IMPENDING FAILURE. NO BELT SQUEALS, PS FLUID LEVEL OK. L-R TURNING WAS FINE, THEN NOT. COINCIDENTALL

FRONT DRIVER SEAT IS NOT COMPLETELY STATIONARY IT MOVES SLIGHTLY FRONTWARD AND BACKWARD WHEN DRIVER CHANGES POSITION POSSIBLY DUE TO POOR DESIGN. NLM

HORN WORKS SOMETIMES.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRES CONSUMER NOTICED REAR BRAKES DID NOT OPERATE DUE TO RUSTED ROTORS AND INOPERATIVE CALIPERS/ PADS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER , AND DEALER REPLACED THE CALIPERS/ROTORS AND PADS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I BEGAN TO HAVE ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE AT 36,000 MILES. I DECIDED TO TRACE THE VIN # THROUGH CARFAX. WHEN I DID I FOUND THAT THE ODOMETER HAS BEEN ROLLED BACK 71,000 MILES OR MORE. THE CAR DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO HANDLE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DEALER SAYS REAR ROTORS WERE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO RUSTING. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE CAR IS GARAGE KEPT, STILL HAS THE "NEW-CAR LOOK" AND ONLY HAS 17000 MILES ON IT. DEALER CLAIMS "LACK OF USE" AS REASON FOR DETERIORATION OF BRAKE ROTORS. IN MY OPINION, EITHER FAULTY MATERIALS, POOR DESIGN OR A COMB...

PROBLEM IS WITH FACTORY PASSENGER'S KEY II SECURITY SYSTEM. VEHICLE WILL MOST OF THE TIME, BUT WILL NOT START AT TIMES. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATES THAT IF THIS OCCURS WAIT THREE MINUTES THEN IT WILL START EXACTLY THREE MINUTES LATER. I HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME TYPE OF V...

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD, CAUSING A COLLISION. *AK

MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED 3 TIMES!

NOSUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK.

AT 26,000 MILES REAR ROTORS WERE WARPED AND RUSTY. HAD THEM REPLACED. AT 34,000 ROTORS ARE WEARING OUT ALSO. *AK

THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS FLASH, GET DIM AND SOMETIMES GO OUT COMPLETELY CAUSING DRIVER NOT TO KNOW HOW FAST THEY ARE TRAVELING. RECALL NOTICE NOT RECIEVED DUE TO VIN.

ALTERNATOR FAILED.

VEHICLE INSTALLED WITH WRONG SPARK PLUGS WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PLENIUM PACK.

THE BRAKE CALIPER UPPER RETAINING BOLT WOULD FALL OUT ALLOWING THE BRAKE CALIPER TO LODGE AGAINST AND LOCKUP THE WHEEL.

WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5MPH AND TURNING A CORNER, THE LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE AND THE WHEEL FELL OFF. ALSO, THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON.

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON.

VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING FAILURE.

HORN REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO ACTIVATE.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH , VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE RESTRAINTS DID NOT RETRACT UPON IMPACT. PASSENGER WAS INJURED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NO FAILURE IDENTIFIED.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DISENGAGES FROM THE TRACKS AND FALLS INTO THE DOOR PANEL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS WHO PROVIDED ONLY A TEMPORARY REMEDY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ABS BRAKES ARE SUBJECT TO INTERMITTENT FAILURE, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES. *AK *SLC

BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUALLY FAILING CAUSING NOISE.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 65 MPH CAR KICKED INTO NEUTRAL THE ENGINE WAS REVVING. THE TACHOMETER MAXED OUT AND CAR STOPPED. DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 65 MPH CAR KICKED INTO NEUTRAL THE ENGINE WAS REVVING. THE TACHOMETER MAXED OUT AND CAR STOPPED. DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

CAR ENGINE CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH INTO THE BUCKLE. MANUFACTURER NOT CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHEN BRAKEARE APPLIED THER IS DELAY IN BRAKING, A POPPING NOISE IS HEARD AND THEN THE BRAKE WILL INGAGE. OWNER HAS HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED THROUGH A DEALER . THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM

ENGINE USES UP TO ONE TO TWO QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. NO OUTWARD SIGNS OF LEAK.

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND ABS LIGHT COME ON YELLOW, LOW TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE PEDAL IS LOW. IN FOR TO REPLACE ABS SENSORS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR RATTLES.

UNDERCARRIAGE NOISE.

VEHICLE MISALIGNED, CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR.

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

INTERMITTENT STALLING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS WHILE TURNING/ WHEN SLOWLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. *AK

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBACKS, WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP THE SEAT WILL MOVE, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR STRICKER IS MISSING.*AK

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBACKS, WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP THE SEAT WILL MOVE, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR STRICKER IS MISSING.*AK

VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE, FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 40 - 20 MPH.

OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED.

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.

COOLING FAN RELAY SWITCH REPLACED.

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

FOG LAMP SHORTED OUT FROM MOISTURE.

CRANKSHAFT GASKET LEAK.

BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO LOOSE BRAKE LINE.

DASHBOARD LIGHTS INOPERATIVE.

CAR WAS PARKED AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH CAME FROM THE TRUCK , PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER, WHEN DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER DOES NOT GO DOWN, WIPER STAY IN THE CENTER OF WINDSHIELD. *AK

THE DEFROSTER ONLY DEFROSTS HALF OF THE WINDOW. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. *AK

TURN SIGNAL CHIME IS DISTRACTING. *SD