SPARTAN Complaints

THE PREVIOUS PAGE DID NOT ALLOW FOR COMPLETE ENTRY OF THE MODEL OR SIZE. THE PROBLEM WITH TWO BRIDGESTONE ROADHANDLER GT PERFORMANCE H TIRES APPEARS TO BE IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN NEWS RELEASES AND YOUR RECORDED MESSAGES ABOUT THE FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE TIRES FOR SUVS. THE TIRES WERE ON A 92 ACURA LEGEND. THEY WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES PURCHASED AT SEARS. THE TIRES WERE INSPECTED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE MY WIFE DEPARTED ON A TRIP OF SOME 700 MILES. THE TREAD COVERED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ROOSEVELTS HEAD ON A DIME (THE TRADITIONAL MEASIRE OF TREAD DEPTH FOR AMATEURS.) UPON HER RETURN, SEHE WAS DRIVING ON AN INTRACITY EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN A SIGNIFICANT "BUMPING" STARTED. THE DEGREE OF VIBRATION AND THE SUDDENNESS OF ONSET CAUSED US TO BELIEVE IT HAD THROWN A BALANCING WEIGHT. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TOI SEARS FIRST THING THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY FOUND A PROFOUND TREAD SEPARATION (FOR THE CARCUS) ON ONE FRONT TIRE. WHEN THEY INSPECTED THE OTHER FRONT TIRE, IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN EASILY IDENTIFIED SEPARATION. WE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. BECAUSE THE TIRES HAD A 50K GUARANTEE AND THE TIRE HAD 52K (DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT TREAD), SEARS AND FIRESTONE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE MATTER SHOULD BE PURSUED. (AS A PERSONAL NOTE: IF THE TREAD FAILURE HAD OCCURRED 30 MILES EARLY, MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT SPEED - 70 MPH - ON HEAVILY TRAVELED I -4 WERE A TREAD FAILURE WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTRUOUS TO HER AND OTHERS.. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/60R15 )

CAM CHAIN TENTIONER ARE FAILING ON THIS MODEL MOTORCYCLE. MINE WENT AT 700 MILES. THIS IS A POTENTAL FOR CAUSING THE MOTOR TO LOCKUP WHEN THE CHAIN SKIPS A TOOTH AND THE VALVES COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PISTONS. THE RESULT WOULD BE THE MOTOR LOCKS UP CAUSING THE RIDDER TO LOOSE CONTROL WITH INJURY OR DEATH RESULTING TO REIDR AND PASSENGER. SUZUKI HAS HAD A RECALL ON THE 1999 MODAL HAYABUSA. BUT THE 2000 AND THE RECALL PART ARE STILL FAILING. I WOULD APPRCIATE AN INVESTIGATION ON THE PROBLEM. *AK

CAMSHAFT TENSIONER HAS GONE BAD AT 700 MILES. THIS PART CAN FAIL AT ANY TIME WHEN DRIVING MOTORCYCLE CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE ENGINE'S TIMING CHAIN TO SKIP A TOOTH ON THE CAIM SPROKET CAUSING THE MOTOR TO LOCK UP AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE WILL ORCCUR WITH INJURY ORDEATH TO OPERATOR OF MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

I HAVE JUST READ AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN "MOTORCYCLE CONSUMER NEWS" ON-LINE THAT DESCRIBES A SUBFRAME FAILURE IN 3 SUZUKI HAYABUSA MOTORCYCLES IN THE UK. IN THESE FAILURES THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT GIVES AWAY AND FALLS ONTO THE REAR TIRE. I ONLY HAVE A LINK TO PROVIDE YOU WITH... HTTP://WWW.MEMBERS.HOME.NET/AAVIGDOR/TEMP/BUSA.JPG I OWN THIS MOTORCYCLE, AND A FRAME FAILURE HAS NOT OCCURRED ON MY BIKE. HOWEVER, I WAS HOPING YOU COULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENS HERE IN AMERICA. I WILL PERSUE THIS MATTER FURTHER WITH MY DEALER AS SOON AS THE SHOP OPENS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN. *AK

FRONT DRIVERS POWER SEAT BROKE OFF THE POWER DEVICE SO THE WHOLE SEAT SLIDES OFF THE RAILS COMPLETELY. IT IS CURRENTLY TIED ON WITH HOSE CLAMPS AND TIE WRAPS, BUT IS NOT SECURE. THE CHEV DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SEAT. GLAVAL CORP., THE INSTALLER OF THE SEATS ADMITS NO RESPONSIBILITY. NO BODY SHOPS ARE WILLING TO TRY WELDING IT BACK ON. WE ARE LESS THAN TWO YEARS INTO A FOUR YEAR LEASE, SO HAVE TO DRIVE IT AS IS.

RECALL RELATED, 96V201, THE ECO CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATOR, DEALERSHIP HAS FAILED REPLACE PARTS, CONTACTED MFR. 1-MAY-97, NO KNOWN DATE WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. *AK

RECALL #96V201000, WHEN CONTACTING DEALER, HE STATED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD BE THE 47TH PERSON ON WAITING LIST AND THAT OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE DECEMBER OF 96. *AK

THE MAN RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN NOVEMBER OF 1996 FOR A CRUISE CONTROL. THE MANUFACTURER STIL HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PARTS TO FIX THE MOTORHOME, AND NOW THE CRUISE CONTROL IS INOPERATIVE. *AK THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. MANUFACTURER REPLACED CRUISE CONTROL FOUR MONTHS AGO.*YH

THE MANUFACTURER HAS NO IDEA WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE MADE IN ENGLAND AND THE USA HAS NO PARTS AND CANNOT BUILD THE PARTS IN THE USA. *AK

HAS BEEN WAITING AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME(2 MONTHS) FOR A NEW CRUISE CONTROL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK