Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 08/14/1998 | 1 | ||
| While driving smelled smoke. pulled up hood and vehicle was burning. *ak consumer states that the electrical fire/smoke came out at the steering column in the hazardous warning light area. *slc | |||
| 03/26/1996 | |||
| Electrical system; while parked, vehicle caught fire due to an electrical short or shock. please describe. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 10/19/1994 | 9 | ||
| Replaced battery. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY - CABLES | |||
| 09/01/1996 | |||
| When vehicle sits for about 2 hours when the temperature is between 45-50, the battery will die out due to an electrical malfunction. consumer has contacted the dealer. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| The left turn signal switch had a short and smoke started coming out of the steering column. dealer replaced left turn signal switch. *ak | |||
| 03/01/1994 | |||
| Electrical system malfunction causes the fuse controlling the blower for the hvac to fail if: blower is set on high when vehicle is started or other demands are placed on vehicle. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| Steering column will smoke intermittently w/cause unknown. owner aware of faulty turn signal failures. please describe details. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY | |||
| 09/20/1994 | 0 | ||
| Replaced starter. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 05/21/1998 | 06/13/1995 | ||
| While driving smoke came from under the steering column switch, there was no fire present just smoke. also the wires melted, the dealer was contacted, and stated that a service bulletin was out on this incident. but the dealer could not duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| An electrical short in the wiring that connects to the brake lights and abs systems, caused wiring to smoke. *ak | |||
| 08/14/1998 | |||
| Smoke was coming from the steering column due to a fire. no warranty was driving at 10-15mph. dealer cannot duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 07/13/2004 | 140000 | 1 | 06/08/2004 |
| Car starting stalling and smoking. then accelerator went to the floor of the car. black smoke starting coming out, then flames. car destroyed. firemen and police said it was electrical. *ak | |||
| 06/18/1996 | |||
| While parking, was told by passerby vehicle was on fire, failed all attempts to distinguish fire with water, caused electrical short; put out by fire dept. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 05/19/1998 | |||
| The defective wiring to the headlights switch caught on fire, resulting in injuries. please provide further details. *ak | |||
| 1 | 07/01/1994 | ||
| Steering column fire. | |||
| 03/11/1995 | 3 | ||
| When driving sometime smoke come out of steering column. tt | |||
| 03/01/1994 | 2 | ||
| Vehicles steering column smokes has had connector replaced. tt | |||