Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 12/15/1997 | 1 | 02/01/1997 | |
| During the rain the steering wheel locks up. | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - POWER STEERING FLUID | |||
| 39000 | 2 | ||
| Windshield wipers quit working while in use. the arm fell off. windshield wiper motor was replaced. also, the power steering rack needed to be replaced because steering fluid was leaking. *ak | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 01/01/1997 | 1 | ||
| Both vehicles are the same models and years, but one vehicle is a sedan, and the other is wagon, # yv1lw572xv2341959, while driving over large puddles water entered power steering belt, causing a loss of steering which could have resulted in a crash. it usually lasted up to 30 seconds before power steering was back to normal. dealer could not determine the cause. *ak driving in rain or large puddles cause the belt to slip on the pulleys resulting in loss of power steering and warning lights on the dashboard coming on. *yh | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 05/14/1999 | |||
| While driving in hard rain consumer saw dash lights light up and the steering control failed and car cut off.after about thrity seconds the car restarted. *ak | |||
| 01/05/1998 | 4 | 02/27/1997 | |
| When driving through puddles all of the dashboard lights come on and power steering deactivates,steering is possible but difficult. dealer installed some type of splash guard to correct problem, but this has not resolved situation. volve insists nothing is wron gwith vehicle. | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION - RACK | |||
| 1 | |||
| Power steering rack failed. yh | |||