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.
There is a padded material laying against exhaust pipe which has already slightly burned. Vehicle is not included in recall 97V126000 although has same defect.
While driving on highway owner began smelling unknown odor. Pulled to gas station and found that the exhaust pipe had burned insulation within 3 to 4 inches of firewall. Rug inside compartment retained heat. Had wrong insulation on firewall. Supposed to be aluminum insulation. Instead, had soft black insulation. Vehicle caught on fire.
While driving 70 mph in hot tempatures, the vehicle without prior warning, had a fire on the walls of the exhaust manifold which caused damages to the vehicle.
- Brstow, OK, USA
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A fire started while pulling a trailer up hill, exhaust manifold heat melted the plastic tube that connects the clutch master cylinder to clutch slave cylinder. Consumer is very corcerned about this problem.
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- Marksville, LA, USA