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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 9 of 233 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 135 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
Fuel System, Gasoline. Review the 19 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 16 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
36 crash reports11 fire reports19 injury reports
What owners actually said
233 reports
Mileage unknown · May 17, 2000
Service Brakes, HydraulicCrashInjury
CONSUMER WAS EXITING ONTO FREEWAY & APPLIED BRAKES, ABS KICKED IN & THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR STARTED MAKING NOISE. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS APPLYING & RELEASING. CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR & IT WOULDN'T STOP. THIS RESULTED IN A LOW SPEED REAREND COLLISION. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V193000 DEALING WITH THE SAME…
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CONSUMER WAS EXITING ONTO FREEWAY & APPLIED BRAKES, ABS KICKED IN & THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR STARTED MAKING NOISE. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS APPLYING & RELEASING. CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR & IT WOULDN'T STOP. THIS RESULTED IN A LOW SPEED REAREND COLLISION. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V193000 DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE. BUT WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED . ALSO, MANUFACTURER ASSUMED NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE OF AGE OF VEHICLE. THEY DID NOT ENCOURAGE CONSUMER TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL REPAIRS WERE DONE. *AK
NHTSA ODI #862037
Mileage unknown · Apr 20, 2000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL BECAME HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. . DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL INSPECT VEHICLE. *AK
NHTSA ODI #860649
Mileage unknown · Mar 21, 2000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THEN PRESSURE WAS RELEASED, AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. *AK
NHTSA ODI #858946
Mileage unknown · Feb 23, 2000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE SLIPPING. BRAKES ARE MAKING A GRINDING NOISE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. DEALER DID NOT HELP. *AK
ABS SYSTEM LOCKED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID AND OVER TURN ON SNOW COVERED ROAD. YH
NHTSA ODI #549650
Mileage unknown · Nov 12, 1999
Fuel System, Gasoline
THE PLASTIC STONE SHIELD ALLOWED WATER TO REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE FRONT LOWER EDGE OF THE FUEL TANK. THIS CAUSED THE TANK TO RUST THROUGH AND LEAK. THE PLASTIC SHIELD CONTAINED THE LEAK, CONCENTRATING THE LEAKED FUEL BEFORE SPILLING IT OUT ONTO THE GROUND. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL TANK, THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD, NOR …
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THE PLASTIC STONE SHIELD ALLOWED WATER TO REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE FRONT LOWER EDGE OF THE FUEL TANK. THIS CAUSED THE TANK TO RUST THROUGH AND LEAK. THE PLASTIC SHIELD CONTAINED THE LEAK, CONCENTRATING THE LEAKED FUEL BEFORE SPILLING IT OUT ONTO THE GROUND. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL TANK, THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD, NOR IN AN ACCIDNET. THE POOR DESIGN OF THE SHILED/TANK ASSEMBLY ALLOWED TRAPPED WATER TO CAUSE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION TO EXIST. *AK
NHTSA ODI #714702
Mileage unknown · Sep 30, 1999
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
NHTSA ODI #849613
Mileage unknown · Sep 14, 1999
Engine And Engine Cooling
AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS ON THE EGR VALVE WAS PERFORMED, THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE WORSENED. VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN 4-WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ABS (ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM) MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 1989 THROUGH AUGUST 1996. UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS THE SWITCH WHICH SIGNALS THE ABS SYSTEM WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN 2-WHEEL OR 4-WHEEL DRIVE CAN MALFUNCTION CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING ABS STOPS WHILE IN THE TWO-WHEEL DRIVE MODE.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: IF THIS OCCURRED AT A TIME WHEN MINIMUM STOPPING DISTANCE WAS REQUIRED, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE OR REPAIR THE 4-WHEEL/2-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH.
THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT LOOSENS AT THE STEERING SHAFT TO STEERING GEAR COUPLING. WITH THIS LOOSENESS, THE YOKE PINCH BOLT CAN WEAR ON THE SPLINES OF THE SHAFT UNTIL THERE IS NO LONGER AN INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE SPLINES AND THE BOLT.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE BODY TO CHASSIS MOVEMENT ALLOWING THE STEERING SHAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR WHICH CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL RETORQUE THE UPPER AND LOWER BOLTS TO CORRECT SPECIFICATIONS.
THE OUTBOARD REAR SAFETY BELT ASSEMBLY WILL NOT RELEASE THE WEBBING FROM THE RETRACTED POSITION. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES."
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: IF THE OUTBOARD REAR SAFETY BELT ASSEMBLY WILL NOTRELEASE THE WEBBING FROM THE RETRACTED POSITION, SAFETY BELT USE FOR THE SEATOCCUPANT IS IMPOSSIBLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT.
Remedy: REPLACE ANY BELT THAT DOES NOT FREELY EXTEND FROM THE RETRACTED POSITION.
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NHTSA investigations
5
EA99018 · Spare Tire Separation From Vehicle
Opened Jun 30, 1999 · Closed Oct 20, 2000
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Equipment
No summary supplied.
PE99004 · Separation Of Spare Tire From Vehicle
Opened Jan 15, 1999 · Closed Jun 30, 1999
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Equipment
ALLEGED THAT WIRE CABLE/WINCH ASSEMBLY WHICH HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY UDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE MAY FAIL, ALLOWING THE TIRE TO FALL FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION
EA94038 · Abs Braking System
Opened Oct 31, 1994 · Closed Feb 28, 2000
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
THIS INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN A SAFETY RECALL, 99V-193, AND A SERVICE CAMPAIGN, 99I-006.
Additional source detail variants (2)
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
THIS INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN A SAFETY RECALL, 99V-193, AND A SERVICE CAMPAIGN, 99I-006.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
THIS INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN A SAFETY RECALL, 99V-193, AND A SERVICE CAMPAIGN, 99I-006.
EA94029 · Engine Compartment Fires
Opened Jul 29, 1994 · Closed Jul 31, 1996
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Engine And Engine Cooling
AN ALLEGED MALFUNCTION IN THE ATLERNATOR RESULTING IN ENGINE COMPARTMET FIRES.
PE94046 · Abs Braking System Fails
Opened Jun 17, 1994 · Closed Oct 31, 1994
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
There is no summary currently available
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