THE CONSUMER STATED SHE SAW FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER HER VEHICLE IN HER DRIVEWAY. SHE SAYS SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, WHO SAID IT WAS HER RADIATOR. SHE THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET A SECOND OPINION, THAT MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE RADIATOR, AIR CONDITIONING, AND THE ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. SHE SAYS HER VEHICLE IS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE RUSTING AND MUST BE REPLACED. *JB *SC
2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY TRANSMISSION GAVE IN AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE (PURCHASED APRIL 2001). I BECAME STUCK IN TRAFFIC AS A RESULT. HOWEVER, SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOT BEEN RUNNING SMOOTHLY AT ALL. MY CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN IN FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF REPAIRS TIME AND TIME AGAIN (OUR DEALER, LASORSA IN THE BRONX, HAS ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE REPAIRS THEY'VE DONE). IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION GAVE IN COMPLETELY, AND NOW THAT MY WARRANTY IS UP, I HAVE TO PAY $2500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR, AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. OUR SAFETY IS AT STAKE.*AK