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Engine And Engine Cooling, electrical System
09/12/2000
CAR AT FIRST WAS DIFFICULT TO START... ULTIMATELY AFTER SOME FOUR TO FIVE INCIDEENTS IT FAILED TO START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SITE.. EMISSION SYSTEM AND STARTING HAVE BEECOME CONSTANT PROBLEMS. *AK
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Power Train
07/03/2000
POSSIBLE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE LEADING TO ENGINE OVERREVVING, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO HOLD A CRUISING SPEED. REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF $3,600 FOR REMANUFACTURED PART. FAILURE AT ONLY 76K MILES SEEMS PREMATURE. *AK
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Vehicle Speed Control
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ABOVE 50 MPH. CONSUMER RAN THROUGH A CAR WASH PARKING LOT BEFORE BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO AN HOLT, THE VEHICEL WAS STOPPED WITH THE BRAKES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
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Air Bags
11/13/1999
I HAD A ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE AND ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A UTILITY POLE AT NO TIME DID MY AIRBAGS DEPLOY. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR A MONTH AND I CANNOT BELIEVE WITH THAT MUCH FRONT END DAMAGE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY VEHICLE IS AT BROWN BROTHERS COLLISION CENTER AND WILL BE THERE FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS. *AK
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Electrical System
06/01/1999
WHEN COMING TO A RED LIGHT CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. FIRE WAS CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL WIRES OVERHEATING. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK