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While applying brakes at any speed and without warning vehicle will pull to left until release of brake pedal. Consumer states vehicle will pull to the left when braking and will drift to the right on freeway and brakes are squeaky when braking on stop, dealer replaced calipers, turned rotors and changed brakes, dealer found steering wheel off center, dealer has replaced upper and lower control arms, dealer has adjusted the front end and replaced the rims and tires, vehicle experiences lack of power and engine light has illuminated, vehicle idles high and is experiencing poor fuel economy, when driving on freeway it gets max of 14.5 mpg, smoke also comes out of the exhaust, left side electric mirror glass had fogged, left seat bottom loose, one missing bolt found, left seat trim bezel keeps miming loose won?T stay in seat for seat belt on seat back. Dealer stated that the 2002 models do not have vibration problems due to the suspension being changed to independent.
Intermittently vehicle will accelerate suddenly and then stall out and die without warning. Dealer has not been able to duplicate or correct problem. Consumer stated the vehicle has been into dealer at least 5 times.
While driving 65 mph and without prior notice engine started knocking.then, vehicle stalled. Towed dealer who found there was hardly any oil in engine, and it had seized. Dealer stated there were 103 consumers on list for an engine of this type. Oil light had not come on, not did consumer notice a prior leak. Please add additional information.
- Methuen, MA, USA
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Consumer was driving at 40-45 mph when suddenly motor froze, and vehicle started to pull to left/ lost all steering capability/hit a concrete divider, and then vehicle rolled over. Consumer noticed that of one of screws that held power steering to frame fell off, and it got stuck between wheel and frame which contributed to crash, causing injuries.
Spark knock which they tell me is normal and there is nothing I can do about it, but it is so loud I can hear it over the radio at moderate level, contact factory and they state this normal, now my truck is out of warranty
When accelerating engine pings-particulary on hills at higher speeds/second time they suggested it was fuel quality and on last complaint they attempted to decarbonize engine.and suggest using fuel additive at every 3 thousand miles- also stated that this sparkplug knock would not harm engine- garden city dode mi. Was very nice and admitted that this problem has accured on other vehicles. My concern is that this is not how a new engine should perform and will bring problems down the line -especially when warrenty is gone- is this how a new erngine should perform and it seams quite evident that it will shorten the quality and life of the engine- also the knock continues and ive exhausted all available options for fuel. Regardless of the brand and still using recomended octain as scince day one (87)
1st oil change noticed extra oil on dip stick, took back to dealer for check, told truck was making oil! changed fuel pump "no help" next week changed fuel injectors "no help" keep changing oil every week, any sugestions"?????"
Engine was making a loud knocking and tapping noise. It was affecting the mileage/ fuel economy. Vehicle was taken to the dealer 4 times, and dealer claimed that they didn't know how to fix it.
While driving at 35 mph steering went out, causing consumer to run into a tree. Also, when applying the brakes, they were hard and didn't stop the vehicle. In addition, engine sopped/ no deployment of driver's air bag upon impact.
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- Conquer, CA, USA