THE LOWER INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY, THAT SHOWS THE ODOMETER, FUEL MILEAGE ETC, DOES NOT ALWAYS COME ON. I HAVE HAD THE DISPLAY SHOW UP PRIOR TO STARTING, WHILE IN "RUN" BUT NOT STARTED AND THEN NOT COME ON AFTER STARTING. MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL COME ON THE NEXT TIME I START THE VEHICLE AFTER LETTING IT SIT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO.. EVEN MORE RECENTLY THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT GO UP TO FULL AFTER ADDING FUEL, THE NEEDLE BOUNCED ON FULL AND THEN WHEN I PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE IT WENT BACK TO EMPTY, THEN THIRTY SECONDS LATER IT WENT BACK TO FULL. FORTUNATELY AT THAT POINT THE DISPLAY WAS WORKING AND THE RANGE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO ZERO, LEAVING ME WITH NO INFORMATION ON THE FUEL. THE FUEL GAUGE HAS ALSO DROPPED TO EMPTY UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEMS ARE IRRITATING AND INTERMITTENT AT THIS POINT, AND CHASING IT DOWN IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE DID ITS DANCE FROM E TO F TO E TO F THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. UNFORTUNATELY I AM NOT ABLE TO GET MY OBDII SCANNER TO WORK ON THE CAR YET, TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, THAT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH I HAVE OLDER SOFTWARE. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW OFF SO I MAY NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. *TR
2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER READING WAS TOO HIGH AS I WAS CHANGING LANES TO EXIT DURING EVENING RUSH HOUR. AFTER EXITING AND STOPPING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS SHOWING 55MPH. AS I CONTINUED ON THE SERVICE DRIVE I OBSERVED 75 AND 85MPH IN A 35MPH ZONE! VERY DISTRACTING WHEN DRIVING NEXT TO A 70MPH FREEWAY. I NOT GOING THAT FAST I'M CRAWLING. WHEN I TURNED ON TO MY STREET I WAS STILL OBSERVING THE SPEED AT 65MPH AND NEARLY RAN OVER MY NEIGHBOR WHO WAS PUTTING HIS TRASH OUT AT THE CURB. ALMOST PASSED MY DRIVEWAY AND DROVE OVER A BIT OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS GRASS. I COULD NOT BELIEVE A 4-YR OLD VEHICLE WITH 64000 MILES HAD A BAD SPEEDOMETER. SO I CHANGED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FUSE AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO WORK AGAIN AND SEEMED TO BE ACCURATE. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK IT AGAIN SHOT UP TO 120+MPH AND THAT IS WHERE IT STAYED. CHANGED THE FUSE AGAIN SEEMED TO WORK FOR A DAY AND SHOT UP AGAIN TO 120+ MPH. DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE TO REPAIRED AND THEY SAY IT IS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT IS BAD AND IT WILL COST $450.00. NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I CANNOT REPAIR AT THIS TIME. DEALERSHIP SERVICE SAYS THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING AT ALL. FOR MY MONEY THEY WILL ONLY WARRANTY IT FOR 1YR/12000 MILES. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED BUY AMERICAN BUT RIGHT NOW I AM TRULY DISAPPOINTED. *TR