Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - FAN | |||
| 02/15/2002 | 4 | 04/01/2001 | |
| Overheating of dome/instrument light dimmer switch and plug in front of it caught fire. burned parts replaced. happened twice more (without fire). overheating in this area persists when headlights are on. one headlight gets extremely hot. burned out front fan motor and a month later fuel pump burned out. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 09/08/2000 | 450000 | 2 | 08/01/2000 |
| Fissure in the radiator | |||
| Horseshoe bracket which holds all front components of engine, once broken brakes, steering and other components fails. please describe details. tt | |||
| 04/04/1995 | |||
| Driving and piston rod punctured oil pan and motor slipped. tt | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 07/29/2002 | |||
| While driving at 35mph on flat surface and with no warning vehicle will shut off, but will be easy to start it back up. dealer notified. *ak | |||
| 04/24/1999 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle fire due to possible engine failure. (ohio traffic crash report). mjs | |||
| 04/16/1998 | 1 | ||
| Engine fire.(ohio police report). | |||
| 01/16/1997 | 1 | ||
| The plate that attaches to the front of the engine cracked, causing the power steering pump to become loose. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE - BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | |||
| 2 | 12/01/1999 | ||
| The one piece acessory mounting bracket cracks and fails which causes the power steering pumb to bend forward and the single serpentine belt to be thrown. the vehicle was previously owned by the county of san luis obispo and you could tell that one the bracket cracked, it put a strain on the loer 2 mounting bolts and snapped the heads off the bolts. i previously owned another chevy with the 305 engine and that bracket also failed. i have also sen many of these brackets on used engins at salvage yards with cracks in the same place. when the bracket brakes, you lose all power assist which could put the vehicle and passengers at risk. i am an engineer by education and have also owned an auto repair garage. i have determined that the part needs an additional gusset welded so that it cannot flex and ultimately fail. | |||
| 1 | 03/29/1993 | ||
| Serpentine belt continually comes off particularly when raining, causing loss of power steering ability. | |||
| 1 | 03/29/1993 | ||
| Serpentine belt comes off approximately every 6 weeks, causing loss of power steering and overheating. | |||
| 07/07/1995 | 2 | ||
| The bolts taht held the metal brackets that supprted the rollers guiding the serpentine fan belt sheared. *ak | |||
| 03/30/1995 | |||
| Serpentine belt came off and steering was lost. tt | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM | |||
| The small of exhaust fumes are coming into vehicle. *ak | |||