Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 08/28/1999 | |||
| When the steering wheel is tilted up or down the various lights on the instrument panel, such as, brake light/power steering light and air bag light light up. also, the windshield wipers/turn signal lights and brake warning light quit workng. dealer was notified about these problems. the problems have not been corrected. *ak | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | |||
| On two ocassions the steering gear box come apart. please describe .*ak | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX - SHAFT SECTOR | |||
| 09/08/1998 | 11/25/1995 | ||
| This truck was bought new. steering sector was loose, and tightened. transmission burned out. now front brakes are shot. cruise control does not engage or disengage (intermittently) when steering wheel is in full down tilt position. smell of burning rubber since new when used for extended periods at highway speeds. now it has severe grooving on inside of both front brake rotors. brake inspection at 31,044 miles, all okay. at 44,388 problem was discovered. back drum brakes are 25% used. documented with service records. | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | |||
| 07/03/1996 | 1 | 07/02/1996 | |
| Power steering reservoir hose failed. | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 12/28/1995 | |||
| At idling, steering was stiff until accelerator was pressed due to a totalled failure of the steering pump. *ak | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 01/11/1999 | 1 | 05/01/1996 | |
| 1. the power steering high- pressure hose has an o-ring inside of the fitting that connects to the gearbox. the o-ring completely failed while driving causing difficult steering, which was very unexpected. refilling the resevoir resulted in a high pressure spray of hydraulic fluid covering the entire engine compartment and lasting less than two miles with no turns. 2. the clutch does not disengage when the clutch pedal is pressed to the floor, there is plenty of fluid in the resevoir, and there is resistance when pressing the pedal. to down shift, i had to stop the engine, put the transmission in 1st gear push in the clutch, then start the engine. there is just enough clutch to keep the vehicle from moving if the brake is on. there were no previous warnings or indications that this failure was pending. | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 09/25/1996 | |||
| A bolt in the steering column was missing, causing a lot of play in the steering wheel. please describe.*ak | |||