Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNICATIONS - HORN ASSEMBLY | |||
| 1 | |||
| The horn nor the cruise control buttons worked in the steering wheel hub. *ph consumer felt that there's no need to fix the problem at once even though it was such an inconvenience on his behalf. after ten months of ownership of vehicle purchased from e-bay, vehicle was taken to repair facility to have steering controls fixed. mechanic called consumer and was informed that air bag had been removed from steering wheel hub and replaced with foam to simulate the shape of the air bag. consumer was able to have air bag installed into steering wheel hub along with the repairs on horn and cruise control. consumer now asking if it's against florida or federal law to sell a car with the air bag either unionization or inoperative and not inform the buyer. *la | |||
| 06/01/2002 | |||
| While traveling on highway consumer noticed that cruise control/ horn and airbag were not operable. dealership was aware of problem.*ak | |||
| 09/01/1998 | 1 | ||
| Ignition is inoperative. key gets stuck in the ignition & doesn't line up correctly. this makes it very easy to stealthe vehicle. vehicle's air bag & horn are not working relating to this. dealer has never tried to find a remedy for the problem.*ak cruise control failed as well. steering system malfunctions. *yh | |||
| Horn does not work when applied. dealer has been cotacted. *ak | |||
| 06/09/1997 | 4 | ||
| Horn location on steering wheel is not easily accessible. eyes would have to leave road to locate horn in order to blow it. dealer said manufacturer's design. *ak | |||
| Horn will not blow at times when it is used. dealers are unable to locate problem. owner is very concerned for safety. *ak | |||
| 02/01/1996 | |||
| Went to turn engine off and it would not stop, key rotated backward/forward. removed coil from distributor to cut engine off; also, horn buttons are poorly designed, cannot be activated in emergency situations. *ak | |||
| 02/01/1996 | 12 | 09/05/1996 | |
| Horn assembly failure due to design, when trying blow the horn, the horn buttons are too small to locate, hard to find. *ak *jb | |||
| 09/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Horn buttons too small/hard to locate quickly. *dsh | |||
| 11/04/1994 | 2 | ||
| Horn is located in a complicated position where as in an emergency it would be difficult to warn other drivers of your intentions. tt | |||
| 03/21/1995 | 1 | ||
| Horn button location and size of button creates havoc when trying to find horn in panic situations. *skd | |||