Other Restraint System Info: Full frontal supplemental inflatable restraint
Plant City: Kosai
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Shizuoka
Seat Belts All: Manual
Trim: SX
Trim2: LX
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND MAKING A TURN DRIVER TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. THE LEFT FRONT CV AXLE CAME OUT OF THE TRANS AXLE. THE CLIP CAME OUT OF THE CV JOINT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME IMMOBILE. OWNER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END VIBRATED AND PULLED TO THE LEFT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS MORE NOTICEABLE WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE CAUSED THE BALD SPOT OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT TIRE. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.