This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Contact stated he had a fuel leak. He also checked the vehicle and found that the throttle cable was breaking, 6 out of 7 strands were broken. There is no recall on this vehicle. The vehicle is parked at this time. Repairs have been made to the vehicle. Updated 11/7/2005. While searching for a new throttle cable the consumer discovered that the cable in his vehicle was of the type involved in a recall. The consumer's vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN.
Throttle cable on vehicle had frayed with one or two strands of wire holding throttle. Contacted dealer recall 01V037 was issued regarding this problem, however consumers vehicle is not included due to the plant where vehicle was manufactured, dealer replaced cable and lever at consumers cost.
Throttle cable, where it hooks onto fuel injection pump, is unraffling, according to recall 01 V 037 000. This can cause throttle not to return to idle. Consumer states he has replaced throttle cable and paid for the repairs he did not think it was safe to drive with throttle cable frayed.
Intermittently accelerator cable became frayed/ getting jammed into the cable housing, causing vehicle to accelerate suddenly and unexpectedly. Dealer has been notified and will inspect vehicle.
While driving throttle cable wore out through its covering, and wire became unravled, causing it to be stuck in open position. Dealer has been contacted.
Driving slowly attempted to stop at stop sign vehicle accelerated from 5mph to about 40mph.rear tires broke traction, left about 65ft of acceleration skid marks and ran into a wall.
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- Mobile , AL, USA