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Power Train, vehicle Speed Control
03/01/1999
VEHICLE WOULD REMAIN IN LOWER GEARS WHILE IN NORMAL OPERATION, RUNNING RPMS UP HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO REPLACED TRANSMISSION FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2000, WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULD REV UP TO EXCESSIVE RPMS AT SPEED BEING TRAVELED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
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Service Brakes, Hydraulic, tires
BRAKES OVERHEATED/CRACKED AND HAD WARPED WHEN APPLIED WHILE DRIVING. FOUND OUT THAT BRAKES WERE UNDERRATED ALONG WITH TIRES BY GOODYEAR. DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL LATER. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE USES AUSTRALIAN GOODYEAR TIRES, GTA 205/65R15 H1530, TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH AMERICAN EQUIVALENT GOODYEAR TIRES AND WHILE DRIVING ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS, TIRES WOBBLE AND BECOME UNSTABLE AFTER 15-20 MINUTES, 3 OTHER TYPES OF GOODYEAR TIRES WERE TRIED, HOWEVER ALL TYPES EXPERIENCED SAME SCENARIO, GOODYEAR HEADQUARTERS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE LOAD RATING OF THESE TIRES WERE ONLY 1400 POUNDS WHICH MAY BE INADEQUATE FOR THE 5000 POUND VEHICLE, THE HEAT FROM THE UNDERRATED TIRES STRESSES BRAKE ROTORS, VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 SETS OF ROTORS DUE TO OVERHEATING. *SLC
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Air Bags
01/16/2001
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. *AK
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Service Brakes, Hydraulic, seat Belts, equipment
03/08/2000
ABS BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, SOMETIMES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. CAR ZIGZAGS IN THE BACK, AND EVENTUALLY STOPS. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT GETS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR, EVENTUALLY IT COMES OUT/ AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH WERE STUCK. MADE A LOUD NOISE.*AK
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Power Train
11/01/1996
NO SUMMARY.
