Other Restraint System Info: Passive Belts (front)/ Active Belts (rear)
Plant City: Hermosillo
Plant Country: Mexico
Plant State: Hermosillo
Seat Belts All: Manual & Automatic
Trim: LX
Turbo: No
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON JULY 15TH AND STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT BEFORE CROSSING THE TRACKS AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ATTEMPTED TO GO FORWARD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. I FLAGGED THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME TO BACK UP AND I COULDN'T GO BACKWARDS. I PANICKED BECAUSE IT WAS EARLY MORNING RUSH HOUR AND MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS WITH ME BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE CAR SLOWLY WENT FORWARD. I CALLED SERVICE AND MADE THE APPOINTMENT TO TAKE THE CAR IN ON JULY 22 WHICH WAS THE EARLIEST THEY COULD GET ME IN. ON THE MORNING I WENT TO TAKE THE CAR IN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND I LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD AND REALIZED THAT THE INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ALL ON. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND HAD MY FIANCE' WITH ME. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND NEEDLESS TO SAY IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY SAID WOULD BE BRAND NEW AND ON THE RECEIPT IT SAYS REMAN TRANSMISSION AND THAT THERE WAS ALSO A LEAK AT THE EMV VALVE WHICH THE
1992
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
MULTIPLE ELETRICAL FAILURES IN INSTRUMENTATION AND PANEL CONTROLS. ABRUPT FAILURE OF DASH LIGHTS THAT ILLUMINATE SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER CRUCIAL INSTRUMENTATION. ALSO, MULTIPLE FAILURES OF ELECTRICALLY POWERED PASSIVE RESTRAINTS, CONFINING FRONT PASSENGERS IN SEATS WITH INABILITY TO DISABLE RESTRAINT (SHOULDER BELT). MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL FAILURES OF OTHER DASH INSTRUMENTATION/CONTROLS TO INCLUDE HEATING/COOLING/FAN/RADIO AND SIGNALS. IN REGARD TO SECOND COMPONENT, INABILITY TO PROPERLY INSTALL INDEPENDENT CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN RIGHT FRONT (PASSENGER) SEAT, EVEN WITH MANUFACTURER-SUPPLIED "LOCKING CLIP" AS BELTS CANNOT BE PROPERLY B SECURED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. *AK