ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
VEHICLE WAS PARKED SITTING IN A DRIVEWAY,WENT TO START VEHICLE, PUT IT IN REVERSE, DID NOT REVERSE, INSTEAD IT ACCELERATED. ENGINE MOVED FORWARD. TRIED TO STOP OR GAIN CONTROL BY PUSHING BRAKE,TURNED OFF VEHICLE, PULLED KEY. THIS DEFECT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY. *AK
1994
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WITHOUT WARNING THE TOP HINGE OF THE HYDRAULIC LIFT OF THE TAILGATE SNAPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. HYDRAULIC "TUBE" WAS SENT INTO THE CEILING OF THE VAN, CAUSING THE INTERIOR AND CEILING TO HAVE SEVERE DAMAGE. HATCH CANNOT BE OPENED WITHOUT REMOVING HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY.*AK