EAGLE Complaints

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL (99V215) REPAIR, HOWEVER NOW THAT THE REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE THERE ARE CLUNKING AND POPPING NOISES IN THE FRONT END OF THE THE VEHICLE DURING TURNS OR STOPS. *SLC

LOWER CONTROL ARM NUT CAME OFF, CAUSING DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TO COME OFF, AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO DROP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 97V073000/ MANUFACTURER'S NUMBER 728. DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT HAS FAILED AND WAS INOPERABLE. RECALL REPAIRS HAVE FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

RECALL 98V-184 FOR THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, CONSUMER SENT RECIEPT AND REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE RECALL HAD NOT BEEN MET. NLM

ABS SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CAN'T FIX VEHICLE UNTIL MANUFACTURER GIVES APPROVAL. RECALL 94V199001 ON ABS WAS ISSUED BUT IT DIDN'T APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE . ALSO REPAIRED WATER PUMP. *AK

THE STREEING RACK BUSHING FAIL PREMATURELY LEADING TO EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE FRONT STEERING LINKAGES. THIS BUSHING WEAR IS SUSPECTED TO LEAD TO COMPOUNDED FAILURE OF THE INNER TIE ROD ENDS AND MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION MOUNTS. THE FIRST SIGN IS COLD WEATHER FRONT END SQUEEKING SOUNDS FROM THE RUBBER RACK BUSHINGS. WHEN THEY FAIL ENOUGH TO ALLOW ENOUGH FOWARD AND BACK PLAY, THE TIE ROD ENDS ARE SUBJECTED TO EXCESSIVE STRESS AND FAIL PREMATURELY. I QUESTION THAT THIS EXCESSIVE FOWARD/REARWARD PLAY ALLOWS EXCESSIVE STRESS TO THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS WITH SUBSQUENT FAILURE OF THESE PARTS. ADDITIONALLY, A COUPLE OF MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY SEE THESE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VECHICLE EVERY WEEK. THANKS TOM BROWN

FUEL TANK INLET HOSE LEAKED, WHEN FUEL TANK WAS FULL, GAS WOULD LEAK ON THE GARAGE FLOOR

TWO SEPARATE PROBLEMS OCCURRED WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY. FIRST, ON A YEARLY BASIS THE RUBBER ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS PEELS OFF THE WIPER BLADES WHILE IN USE. SECOND, JULY 2000 THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN A STORM. I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE OF MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE THE WIPER ARM ASSEMBLY CONTAINS A SMALL PLASTIC PART WHICH WORE OUT. THIS PLASTIC PART IS HIDDEN UNDER THE EXTERIOR WINDSHIELD TRIM OF THE CAR. THERE IS NO WAY TO VISUALLY INSPECT THE PART WITHOUT REMOVING THE TRIM AND BECAUSE THE PART STOPS WORKING DURING USE IN BAD WEATHER WITH NO WARNING TO THE DRIVER...THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURER'S DESIGN. WHEN THE WIPERS STOP WORKING DURING A STORM IT IS MOST LIKELY A DRIVER COULD HAVE A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN WHICH THE WINDSHIELD AREA WOULD BE SMASHED. THIS WOULD RESULT IN THE WIPER ASSEMBLY BEING DESTROYED AND NOT BEING IDENTIFIED AS THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. I THINK THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE AGE OF AUTOMOBILES AND THE POSSIBLE WEARING OUT OF THIS PART. ALSO, A CONCERN EXISITS BECAUSE OTHER CAR MODELS MAY HAVE THIS SAME DESIGN IN THEIR MANUFACTURED PARTS AND DUE TO DAMAGE IN HEAD-ON COLLISIONS IT IS NOT SHOWING UP AS THE CAUSE. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE AND SMOKE IS COMIMG FROM THE TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V168003. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TORQUE CONVERTER AND FRONT PUMP HAVE FAILED WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. DEALER HAD TO REBUILT TRANSMISSION.*AK