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Electrical System
04/23/2001
HAD STARTED VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING IT WHEN AN ODOR HAD ENTERED INSIDE VEHICLE. DROVE TO MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE ANY PROBLEM. TWO MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED OVER , AND LIFTED HOOD. NOTICED FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF ELECTRICAL WIRING. WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES.*AK CONSUMER STATES STARTER CAUSED FIRE.*JB
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Power Train
WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR/STALLS OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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Service Brakes, Hydraulic, vehicle Speed Control
11/18/2000
WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH, THE CAR LURCHED AND THE ENGINE RPM WHEN ALL THE WAY UP, OUT OF CONTROL. APPLYING THE BRAKES FULL FORCE COULD NOT STOP THE CAR. CAR EVENTUALLY CRASHED INTO A FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP WITH THE ENGINE STILL TURNING AT VERY FAST RPM. DRIVE WHEELS DUG A HOLE INTO SOFT EARTH FROM SPINNING WHEELS UNTIL ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. *AK
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Suspension
09/10/1999
FRONT BALL JOINTS MAKING NOISES. RECALL WAS FROM CARS BUILT PRIOR TO AUG, 1995 BUT THIS CAR WAS BUILT IN SEPTEMBER OF 1995. THE DEALER REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE OR TO HONOR RECALL AND NOW THE BALL JOINTS ARE NOISY AND THE CAR UNSTABLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. CA. *AK
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Tires
09/17/2000
PE00 020 ; WAS TRAVELING 35MPH ON STREET AND HEARD A NOISE REAR LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM CENTER. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED.*AK
