I NOTICED WITHIN A WEEK WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE NOSE WOULD DIP AND THE CAR WOULD STEER TO THE LEFT, IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR, ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO TUFFY AND THEY SAID THAT THE CROSSMEMBER WAS RUSTED AND TOLD ME IT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE FRAME AND AXEL PLACE AND THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAW. THEY ORDERED THE PART AND REPLACED IT. I SPENT OVER $900 GETTING IT FIXED! THEY LET ME KEEP THE PART AND SAID THAT I SHOULD DEFIANTLY FOLLOW UP ON THIS WITH A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. I STILL HAVE THE PART AND A PICTURE OF IT THAT CAN BE FOUND ON CARSPACE.COM. I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH ANOTHER PERSON ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE BUT THEIRS ACTUALLY BROKE WHILE DRIVING, FORTUNATELY JUST GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY BEFORE IT HAPPENED! TUFFY TOLD ME THAT IF THIS HAD BROKEN DURING FREEWAY DRIVING IT WOULD HAVE THROWN ME INTO THE NEXT LANE. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *NM
2003
STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
MY 2003 CHEVY TRACKER HAS A RUST ISSUE WITH BRAKE LINES AND ALSO RUST ON FRONT CROSSMEMBER. CROSSMEMBER HAS HOLE IN THE METAL FROM THE RUST AND THE BRAKE LINE HAS A HOLE IN IT ALSO CAUSING BRAKE LIGHT TO LOOSE FLUID..I UNDERSTAND FROM READING BLOGS THERE WAS A RECALL BUT NOW IT HAS EXPIRED FOR THE CROSSMEMBER. *TR