Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 05/30/2001 | 1 | 02/23/2001 | |
| There is a nosie from rear of vehicle at all speeds, dealer informed consumer that right rear tire cupped badly on inside tread, dealer recommended replaced both tires. no tire infor given.*jb | |||
| 11/23/2001 | 2 | 06/01/2000 | |
| Traveling on us 278 in bluffton, sc at 8pm on 11/23/2001. us 278 is a divided 4 lane highway with left exits. i am in the left lane traveling west at 55mph. the car directly in front of me takes the left exit lane, then changes his/her mind and pulls back into the left lane towards my vehicle. i brake and swerve into the right lane. i feel a shudder in the rear, the vehicle tends to roll to the left, the vehicle then fishtails and spins ending facing east (180 deg.) on the grass shoulder. the left front and rear tires had separated from their rims. the front tire was partially inflated, but chunks of grass was between the tire bead and rim. the police officer on the scene remarked that he had never seen anything like it! s l e ind y in front. *ak (tiresize: p225/60r16) | |||
| 11/12/2001 | 1 | 12/01/1999 | |
| No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak | |||
| 05/30/2001 | 1 | 02/23/2001 | |
| There is a nosie from rear of vehicle at all speeds, dealer informed consumer that right rear tire cupped badly on inside tread, dealer recommended replaced both tires. no tire infor given.*jb | |||
| 04/27/2001 | 5 | 02/23/2001 | |
| While driving at night a malfunction occurred within headlight assemebly which caused headlights to completely turn off, cause unknown. *ak dealer replaced alternator twice due to a service bulletin, dealer also found on one occasion that the bolt for the battery ground cable had bottomed out in the block not allowing cable to ground consistently, dealer also found that when the air pump engages the lights dim, consumer was told by the dealer that the lights flickering is normal, however consumer states the lights come on and off as they please. noise heard from the rear, dealer found right rear tire cupped badly, consumer did not give any specific tire inforamtion. *slc | |||
| 5 | 02/23/2001 | ||
| When driving at night with headlights on, without any warning headlights will completely shut down ,causing poor visibiity for driver. dealer has not been able to determine cause. *ak intermittently, the head lamps flicker and shut off. alternator failed. *yh alternator was replaced twice, once because it was charging 14.2 volts. left rear tire cupped badly, causing noise, no specific tire information given. *slc | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| While driving 45 mph an unusual noise occurred. after inspection of vehicle it was determined that tie rod broke and caused tread to separate on right front tire. please give any further details.*ak | |||