Bulletins
Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
COMMUNICATIONS - HORN ASSEMBLY | |||||
000854001 | 01/01/2000 | 609701 | A condition may exist of a high amount of effort required to sound the horn. *tt | 04/06/2000 |
Consumer Complaints
Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
---|---|---|---|
COMMUNICATIONS - HORN ASSEMBLY | |||
1 | 05/28/1997 | ||
Due to design and location of horn assembly, which is connected to air bags, and upon attemtping to sound off horn in an emergency situation when making a left or right hand turn, buttons are hard to locate. consumer has contacted dealer. *ak the whole air bag and horn assembly was replaced . the horn blowing is slightly improved but still impossible to blow when trying to turn. *yh | |||
1 | 06/01/1997 | ||
Design of the horn/air bag and steering wheel creates difficulty in engaging horn. | |||
1 | 03/01/1997 | ||
Horn takes excessive amount of effort to sound, due to design. | |||
11/24/1998 | 1 | 09/10/1997 | |
It's very difficult for consumer to honk the horn because the bottom horn is so small and so hard that he couldn't operate it. causing consumer to have an accident. *akthe service manager told to the consumer that the only way to correct this problem was to replace the entire car and that the horn area could not be done. *et | |||
1 | 09/10/1997 | ||
Horn button requires excessive physical effort to activate, this resulted in a collision due to the driver not being able to depress horn button to warn other driver. | |||
1 | 06/01/1997 | ||
Excessive pressure needed to depress horn button. | |||
Horn hard to blow, due to location. | |||
07/08/1997 | |||
Horn is extremely hard to activate in an emergency situation. | |||
07/08/1997 | |||
It is extremely hard to activate horn in an emergency. | |||
The location of the horn symbols makes it impossible to sound the horn in an emergency situation. manufacturer and dealer are aware of the problem. *ak | |||
20 | 09/10/1997 | ||
Horn failed, causing accident. | |||
1 | 09/10/1997 | ||
Horn button is difficult to depress, excessive physical effort required, also button is too small to engage without removing eyes from the road. |