Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||||
| 2300800B | 11/24/2000 | 230800A | 615688 | Subject regarding child seat tether anchors. *tt | 01/28/2001 |
| 233599 | 09/03/1999 | 607963 | Information on child seat tether anchors. *tt | 10/21/1999 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||
| Restraints in all four seating positions are inoperable and will not lock. please provide further information.*ak | |||
| 08/18/1999 | 2 | 03/10/1999 | |
| While applying brakes at any speed and without warning vehicle will pull to left until release of brake pedal. *ak consumer states vehicle will pull to the left when braking and will drift to the right on freeway and brakes are squeaky when braking on stop, dealer replaced calipers, turned rotors and changed brakes, dealer found steering wheel off center, dealer has replaced upper and lower control arms, dealer has adjusted the front end and replaced the rims and tires, vehicle experiences lack of power and engine light has illuminated, vehicle idles high and is experiencing poor fuel economy, when driving on freeway it gets max of 14.5 mpg, smoke also comes out of the exhaust, left side electric mirror glass had fogged, left seat bottom loose, one missing bolt found, left seat trim bezel keeps miming loose won?t stay in seat for seat belt on seat back. dealer stated that the 2002 models do not have vibration problems due to the suspension being changed to independent. *yd | |||
| 09/03/2001 | |||
| Consumer for second time is having a hard time locking seat in place on passenger's side. consumer has to slam seatback to lock, otherwise it slides back and forth. seat will lock, but seat will not retract. vehicle is under warranty.*ak | |||
| 06/12/2000 | 19 | ||
| Catalytic converter went out. consumer was traveling on the highway and the vehicle just stopped. also, transmission fluid and oil was leaking from underneath the vehicle. *ak the dealer could not solve the transmission problem, but the vehicle was taken to the dealer 19 times for repair. water pump was leaking and was replaced. the engine was over heating due to thermostat and gasket failures. the a/c blows warm air due to low pressure switch failure. the driver seat was coming apart. rear lights blinkers and brakes were not working due to blown fuse. the rear right brake locksup on hand stop. the left door speakers malfunctions. *yh | |||