Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||||
| 050604058 | 09/01/2005 | 10017568 | Intermittent chuggle or fishbite on light acceleration or a highway speeds with no diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs). *tt | 11/10/2005 | |
| 970801676305 | 08/01/1997 | 54418 | Some vehicles experience difficulties to depress accelerator pedal and/or an accelerator cable separation. *yc | 04/07/1998 | |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | |||||
| 676305 | 03/01/1997 | 52580 | Difficult to depress accelerator pedal and/or accelerator cable separation (install accelerator cable and clip). *tw | 08/21/1997 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 07/12/2004 | 76000 | 3 | |
| When applying the brakess vehicle surged forward. *ak this problem occurs when pulling into parkingp laces, when yielding to pedestrians and when pulling into the garage*nm | |||
| 09/03/2002 | 1 | 10/01/1999 | |
| After backing out of parking space with shift lever in drive position, the engine opened up at full throttle without foot applied on accelerator pedal. vehicle was thrown off roadway, crashing into a school building. all 5 occupants were hospitalized with serious injuries. inspection revealed that the throttle valve was in full open position. *tt *nlm | |||
| 1 | |||
| When consumer puts vehicle in drive it will accelerate without applying pressure to the pedal. dealership is aware of problem.*ak. *jb | |||
| 05/31/2000 | 10/01/1996 | ||
| Vehicle surges when approaching the speed of 25 to 45mph. motor was replaced 27,000, and there was no prior warning. transmission replaced at 10,000. dealer has worked on the vehicle, but problem still exists. owner planning to file for lemon law protection. *ak *ml | |||
| 1 | 08/26/1996 | ||
| Vehicle lunges forward when first started. | |||
| Vehicle's cruise control cuts off by itself in any speed or road condition. after it cuts off, the brake pedal has to be applied in order to reset the cruise control. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 12/10/1998 | 1 | 04/01/1997 | |
| While driving, turning onto traffic the pedal cable broke. dealer notified and repaired vehicle. consumer informing nhtsa of defect problem. *ak | |||
| 1 | 05/19/1997 | ||
| Accelerator pedal is too close to the brake pedal resulting in accidential activation of accelerator pedal during braking. | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 11/25/2001 | |||
| Vehicle bounced and ran roughly. also ,had low idle. all the lights came on ,and vehicle stalled. seemed like fuel was not getting into vehicle. consumer had to replace fuel injector on december 6, 2001. contacted dealer, and dealer stated it might be fuel injector.please add vin. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 09/09/1999 | 0 | 03/16/1999 | |
| While automobile is in motion it accelerates on its own to as much as 50 mph. the automobile does this at randon. *ak | |||