Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||||
| 536401 | 03/01/1995 | 4050700 | Unknown | 11/01/1995 | |
| 536401 | 03/01/1995 | 39814 | Dim headlamps, slow windshield wipers, etc resulting from low/no generator output. *tw | 11/01/1995 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||||
| 108150 | 01/01/1995 | 92-8-15 | 39079 | Heads up display and instrument cluster speed differences. *tw | 03/06/1995 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/18/2011 | 152800 | ||
| While working in the drivers side floor area of the vehicle my shirt/belt activated the drivers side power seat control. the seat advanced forward to the end of the seats travel and pinning me under the drivers side under dashboard area of the car. my left upper arm and left wrist were entrapped in around the brake pedal, my right arm was entrapped by in the gas pedal area, the throttle punctured my right wrist. i was unable to summons help, and after about 2 hours was near exhaustion, and to free myself i was forced to self cause injures to my left elbow, left upper arm, and right arm to free myself from under the drivers side under dash area of the car. i sustain several cuts on my arms, chest, and back. emergency room examinations and tests showed possible rib fractures, deep bruising of the chest, back, and left upper arm and left elbow, intercostal chest wall muscles. i feel the cause of this event was the location of the power seat switch in the front of the seat towards the outer side of the drivers seat. any service activities on the drivers side floor area is at high risk of entrapping the individual of entrapment by the power drivers seat. | |||
| 07/18/2006 | 200000 | 6 | 03/01/2000 |
| Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle stalled suddenly without warning while driving at any speed. the dealership and an independent mechanic replaced the electronic coil and electronic control module six times. each time the parts fail within six months of being installed. *ak | |||
| 08/12/2003 | 153000 | 3 | 06/12/2003 |
| Car electrical system goes on and off whenever a/c is on.very dim lights inside and out when headlights are on.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 06/01/1995 | 8 | 05/01/1992 | |
| Voltage falls and motor quits in heat. battery is dead. replacing alt & batt does not help. voltage gets lower as heat builds until battery dies. engine falters and quits. has happened 8 times since the warranty expired (didn't happen before). ssei does not have a voltmeter and we have not seen the battery light come on in any of the events (thought it is weak and hard to see so we can't be sure). dealer knows nothing. we have not found a service bulletin on the problem. i installed the 130 ampere option alternator (for cars with electrically heated windshields) the last time and have been monitoring the voltage. the voltage drops steadily as heat builds, but seems to stop at about 13 volts (i didn't add voltmeter before going to the larger alternator so i don't know how low voltage went in earlier events .. though i did experiement with semi-dead bettery and the alternator disconneted and the engine quits at about 10 volts). i see other complaints on this problem on your web site and i've talked to several other ssei owners with the same problem. all have replaced alternator and/or battery to no avail. | |||
| 08/01/1995 | 4 | 06/17/1993 | |
| Alternator failed several times. | |||
| 2 | 07/29/1992 | ||
| Two alternators and one battery failed. | |||
| 07/27/1997 | 4 | ||
| Engine stalls/completely shuts down without warning, any speed, nearly caused crash. dealer replaced alternator/battery three times. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 2 | 07/29/1992 | ||
| Two alternators and one battery failed. | |||
| 07/27/1997 | 4 | ||
| Engine stalls/completely shuts down without warning, any speed, nearly caused crash. dealer replaced alternator/battery three times. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY - CABLES | |||
| 02/09/1995 | 9 | ||
| Opening at battery cable prevented vehicle from starting. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 10/28/1998 | |||
| Consumer put some items into the trunk, and another consumer noticed smoke coming from the trunk. consumer states that she did'nt put anything into the trunk which was flammable. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 05/09/1995 | 1 | ||
| Traveling 70 mph vehicle stalled on interstate. tt | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 02/18/1995 | 1 | ||
| Intermittent stalling due to ecm failure. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 07/27/1997 | 4 | ||
| Engine stalls/completely shuts down without warning, any speed, nearly caused crash. dealer replaced alternator/battery three times. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 10/01/2002 | 1 | ||
| While traveling on the highway without prior warning there was smoke and flames coming from the dashboard. the dealership is aware of the problem. nlm | |||
| 3 | 09/16/1992 | ||
| Dash cluster module failed three times. | |||
| The wiring harness under the center console burned out, cause unknown. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| An electrical short, caused vehicle to catch an fire under the dash. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Dash cluster causes vehicle to stall. *dsh | |||