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.
While driving, the consumer smelled a fuel odor inside of the vehicle. The consumer inspected the vehicle and saw fuel leaking from the fuel rail. The fuel lines were cracked. The original fuel rails were plastic and the replacement rails were metal with different connectors.
Catastrophic failure of prime-loc (www.ash-tec.com) fuel filter resulted in immediate engine shutdown, loss of steering and brake assist (8000lbs), cavitation of injector pump, and atomized diesel fuel covering windshields and obscuring vision of following vehicles. Significant fire hazard from atomized fuel filling engine compartment and underside of vehicle. Of the three other prime-loc owners I have contacted, each of us have experienced similar failures. Discussions with prime-loc engineer indicated possibility of numerous others similar failures....) manufacturer ignoring all complaints, continues to sell. I have retained all hardware and it remains available for metallurgical inspection (suspect hydrogen embrittlement during plating process).
Fuel heater developed short circuit which burned up the wires that control the fuel heater near the fuel lines, producing smoke and heat. Dealer has been contacted.
- Columbia City, IN, USA
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- Anderson, IN, USA