Other Restraint System Info: Passive Belts (front)/ Active Belts (rear)
Plant City: Lorain
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual & Automatic
Trim: LS
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
BRAND NEW VEHICLE THAT IS 5 MONTHS OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 8,000 MILES WITH FULL GAS TANK AND NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER SUDDENLY THE CAR SHOOK, AND SPUTTERED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE DIED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN AT THE DEALER FOR 5 DAYS AND THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND REPLACED IT. FOUR DAYS AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK WHILE ALONE IN THE CAR ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK LATE IN THE EVENING, THE CAR AGAIN SUDDENLY STARTED TO SPUTTER, AND SHAKE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE CAR DIED AGAIN. WILL NOW HAVE TO BE TOWED INTO THE DEALER AGAIN. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND FRIGHTENING THAT WE HAVE A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WHICH WE ARE NOW WITHOUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND TO GO ANYWHERE AS THE DEALER IS CLOSED AND HAVE TO WORRY WHETHER OR NOT WILL SUDDENLY GET STRANDED LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FAILS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SITUATION.
1992
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHEN I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK IT SEEMED FINE. WHEN I GOT INTO THE CAR AFTER WORK I IDLED REALLY ROUGH I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MORE EXPENSIVE GAS I PUT INTO IT THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO I PROCEEDED TO THE GAS STATION TO LET THEM KNOW. THE CAR DROVE REALLY ROUGH ALL THE WAY THERE. A RED LIGHT CAME ON ON THE DASH JUST BEFORE I GOT TO THE GAS STATION SAYING CHECK GAUGES. THE GAUGE SHOWED THAT THE CAR OVERHEATED. AFTER HAVING MY CAR WORKED ON ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO FOR A OVERHEATING PROBLEM, IT HAD BEEN RUNNING REALLY COOL, SO DIDN'T THINK I WOULD HAVE A OVERHEATING PROBLEM. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, BUT THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE FAN WORKED I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE CAME A CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE THAT DISAPATED REALLY FAST AFTER TURNING OFF ENGINE. CHECKED OIL THERE WAS NO WATER IN IT, BUT IT WAS LOW . I ADDED A QUART IN ORDER TO GET IT HOME. IT STILL HAD WHITE SMOKE OR STEAM COMING OUT THE TAIL PIPE. ALSO THE SEATS DO NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. THE AIRCONDITIONER DOES NOT GET COLD. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT I SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT I NEED TO HAVE FIXED.