Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 01/01/2011 | |||
| Excessive tire noise and wear | |||
| 05/01/2001 | 1 | 01/01/2001 | |
| I purchased the car jan.26 2001. two days later i had it in for repeated oil leaks. dealer stated they were unable to locate any leaks. also the headlight was out, the foglight was out, the car had mismatched tires, the fuel cap was not attached properly and was tied on with a wire. a month later the o2 sensor went out in the car and was also making a winding noise. dealer came out and told me that the hub was bad and needed to be replaced. the car continued to have oil leaks. dealer stated they could not find anythihg. approx. 1 month later the rear passenger window switch went out. the air guide was also replaced on the car. oil continued to leak. i took it to an outside source an dthey were able to find three oil leaks in a matter of two hours. they reccomended the turbo unit be replaced that it was bad. on vacation this summer the check engine light once more cam on and dealer stated a fuel gasket needed replacing. august this year the fan began to make a noise. i took it to the dealer and was told they could not get it to duplicate the noise so they could not tell me what was wrong. sept. 24 2001, i went to get into the car and it woul dnot turn over. the ignition system had gone out. meanwhile the leather has detached from the intereior of the door as well. | |||
| 02/01/2001 | 1 | 08/01/1998 | |
| While driving one of the front tires blewout (no tire info was given). nlm | |||
| 08/01/1997 | |||
| The passenger front tire blew out twice, and the right rear tire blew out once unexpectedly which may cause a crash. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| 10/30/1998 | |||
| Tire blew. michelinsize 195/6/1215. | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 1 | |||
| Tread separated on the left rear tire while driving about 50 mph. vehicle went across three lanes of traffic and stopped in the middle of the road. *ak | |||
| 07/22/2002 | 1 | 02/01/2098 | |
| Tire started showing slow leak. after finding flat after sitting for 3 days, re-inflated at home then drove to service station to fully inflate. two days later tire was at zero psi. re-inflated again and took to service station for flat fix. discovered that over 50% of the seam between the tread and the carcass had separated. steel ply easily visible. one strand of the steel ply has moved out from the ply and has poked through the rubber. tire was mounted 9/2000. it has 9 to 10,000 miles of mostly city driving on it. other tires mounted at same time are holding pressure. i have not yet had them checked for any problems. i am having the installing company look at the tire and i am working with www.tirerack.com for replacement of this tire.*ak | |||
| 12/23/1999 | 1 | 07/01/1998 | |
| Continental tires experienced dry rot, cracking, and tread separation. *slc | |||