Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||||
| 985153 | 11/01/1998 | 613288 | Some vehicles may exhibit a steering pull to the right or left. *tt | 06/20/2000 | |
| 12187 | 11/01/1998 | 613240 | Some vehicles may exhibit a hard to diagnose squeak/rattle noise concern. *mjs | 06/19/2000 | |
| 00510 | 03/06/2000 | 612965 | Customers may be concerned that vehicle looks like it dogtracks, due to a unique feature of the vehicle that combine to create an optical illusion of dogtracking, a condition which the rear axle is not square to the chassis. *mjs | 06/14/2000 | |
| 6417 | 06/01/1999 | 606839 | Addressing tire balance hints. *tt | 09/03/1999 | |
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||||
| 985102 | 11/01/1998 | 613252 | Some vehicles that are loaded to the upper end of gvw, with the majority of the load between the axles, may exhibit inner edge tire wear due to incorrect alignment. *tt | 06/20/2000 | |
| 12123 | 11/01/1998 | 613145 | Vehicles may exhibit a steering pull to the right or left, due to incorrect front end alignment settings. *mjs | 06/19/2000 | |
| 12070 | 11/01/1998 | 613041 | Vehicles that are loaded to the upper end of fvw, with the majority of the load between the axles, may exhibit inner edge tire wear due to incorrect alignment. *mjs | 06/16/2000 | |
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM | |||||
| 99141 | 07/12/1999 | 608417 | Subject regarding a high number of ball joints being replaced as the result of routine inspections or of complaints of tire wear and loose feelings in the steering system. *tt | 11/24/1999 | |
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING | |||||
| 13398 | 10/01/1999 | 6092187 | Some vehicles without front brake dust shields may exhibit premature wear of the front wheel bearings due to damaged inner wheel bearing seals. *tt | 11/27/2000 | |
| 13763 | 01/01/2000 | 612791 | Vehicles without front dust shields may exhibit premature wear of the front wheel bearings due to damaged inner wheel bearing seals. *mjs | 06/12/2000 | |
| 7895 | 01/01/2000 | 7895 | 612290 | Without front brake dust shields may exhibit premature wear of the front wheel bearings due to damaged inner wheel bearing seals. | 06/07/2000 |
| 7310 | 10/01/1999 | 6090887 | Some vehicles without front brake dust shields may exhibit premature wear of the front wheel bearings due to damaged inner wheel bearing seals. *tt | 03/31/2000 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| Constant misalignment causes vehicle to veer to the right while driving. steering wheel is still extremely loose when making a right or left turn. dealer states there is nothing that can be done. *ak | |||
| When driving at highway speed consumer noticed vibration coming from front end. also, excessive wear of front tires. consumer has contacted dealer. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| 03/01/1999 | 03/01/1999 | ||
| Plastic thumb tacks on driver's side seat that hold the seat control buttons broke off. dealer said they didn't have enough people to take my van out to the conversion com. to get it fixed. wanted me to drive it 55 miles away myself and get it fixed. this was already broken when i bought the van from the dealer. although i found that my kids liked to use it as a step-ladder to get into driver seat. they would move the seat around to easily with the seat buttons sticking out on the right side of the drivers seat. i found this dangerous. (this was before it broke off.) i haven't fixed this myself, i found it hard to swallow that the dealer couldn't get it fixed. the radio/cd player hooked up in the back cannot be listened to by more then one person due to surges from the headphones plugged into their own stations. the dealer said i would have to take that to the conver. com. too, to get fixed. | |||
| 01/01/1998 | 2 | 12/01/1997 | |
| Vehicle experience alignment failure at 10,000 miles, repairs were done, problem still exist. *yc | |||