Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 08/15/1995 | 3 | 15 | 08/15/1995 |
| All interior lights, dash, overhead, trouble lights, etc, have intermittently worked and then not worked. for example, if the air conditioner lights stop working, i can hit the dash and they come on. if the interior light goes out, i can shake several components and it comes on. the brake light comes on periodically, then goes out. the d on the gear lights (indicates car transmission is in drive) goes out, i again hit dashboard, and it comes back on. *nlm | |||
| 09/10/1996 | 2 | 06/17/1995 | |
| Vehicle completely shut down on freeway, due to failure of the relay assembly circuit.the relay assembly has been replaced twice. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 11/18/2000 | 5 | ||
| Pulled into driveway and turned vehicle off and key would not come out of ignition. battery was disconnected 4-5 times. while disconnected, key was released. there were no signs or symptoms prior to incident. *ak | |||
| 5 | |||
| Pulled into driveway and turned vehicle off, and key would come out of ignition. battery was disconnected 4-5 times. while disconnected, key was released. there were no signs or symptoms prior to incident. *ak | |||
| 08/07/2000 | 2 | ||
| On two occasions batter exploded while traveling. dealer notifed, and replaced battery at consumer's cost. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| 03/07/1999 | |||
| While starting vehicle up in the morning the key was placed in the ignition and when the key was turned, the battery blew up, causing the engine the fuse box next to the battery to blow up also. dealer has been contacted. *ak | |||
| 06/11/1998 | 1 | ||
| Battery exploded causing damage to bumper of vehicle from acid. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 08/01/1999 | 10/01/1995 | ||
| Rear light failure warning light always illuminated. manual says defective bulbs should be replaces asap. went to dealer, no bulbs burned out. dealer baffled, says could be a board/chip problem, cannot offer answer on how to fix. with light constantly o | |||
| 03/07/1999 | |||
| While starting vehicle up in the morning the key was placed in the ignition and when the key was turned, the battery blew up, causing the engine the fuse box next to the battery to blow up also. dealer has been contacted. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| The key could be taken out of the ignition while the vehicle was in drive or neutral. *nlm | |||
| 07/25/2001 | 1 | ||
| Ignition cylinder locked up causing the key to not turn in the cylinder, the consumer requested reimbursement but was denied. nlm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 06/15/2001 | 1 | 08/01/1995 | |
| Consumer thinks it is dangerous because she is able to remove her key from ignition while it is still in drive.*ak timing belt failed and was replaced. *yh | |||
| 5 | |||
| Pulled into driveway and turned vehicle off, and key would come out of ignition. battery was disconnected 4-5 times. while disconnected, key was released. there were no signs or symptoms prior to incident. *ak | |||
| 11/18/2000 | 5 | ||
| Pulled into driveway and turned vehicle off and key would not come out of ignition. battery was disconnected 4-5 times. while disconnected, key was released. there were no signs or symptoms prior to incident. *ak | |||
| Consumer went to park vehicle, took key out of ignition while it was still in drive, causing vehicle to roll. vehicle rolled out of parking lot, across street and into a fence. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY | |||
| 01/12/1999 | |||
| While warming up the vehicle the starter caught on fire. consumer opened the door's to let out the smoke, and cut the vehicle off. started to put out the fire, and then the fire went out by itself. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 1 | |||
| Consumer states while driving vehicle smoked, and that the electrical wiring had to be redone. however, the problem still exits. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 12/19/2000 | |||
| Vehicle was hit in front end, it started a fire, and vehicle was totalled. *ak | |||
| 09/30/1995 | |||
| Engine compartment fire, while involved in side impact collision (3:00) at 45 mph . tt | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK | |||
| 09/21/2000 | 45000 | 05/16/1995 | |
| Normal opening and closing of the trunk lid has caused the backup warning light wiring harness to be warn and severed, resulting in failure of backup lights. *nlm | |||