WHILE DRIVING IN A STOP AND GO/BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND LURCHED FORWARD AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED VEHICLE'S CONTROL UNIT. *AK TRANSMISSION FEELS AS IF SLIPPING GEARS. TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. SHIFTER BUSHINGS REPLACED. ENGINE IDLED BY ITSELF. ISC MOTOR REPLACED AND THROTTLE BODY CLEANED. LEFT AXLE BOOT WAS REBUILT. ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. ECU WAS REPLACED. FRONT END PULLS LEFT. FRONT AND REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED. FRONT ROTORS RESURFACED. *TT *NM
1995
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
ROTORS ARE WARPED ; PROBLEM STEMS FROM EITHER DEFECTIVE ROTOR OR DEFECTIVE CALIPER NOT RELEASING PISTON ; I AM STILL INVESTIGATING AND ATTEMPTING TO PINPOINT EXACT CAUSE. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 40K MILES. SEVERE SHIMMING OF STEERING WHEEL COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEED!!!!*AK