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1990 Automatic Kartote Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 26, 2011
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 10, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Automatic Kartote. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Electrical
Filed May 26, 2011

2007 FORD FUSION--MY KEYS ARE GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHICH TO ME CAUSE A RISK OF SOMEONE STEALING YOUR CAR. THE KEY WILL NOT RELEASE AND IF THE WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, FORD WILL NOT PAY TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE WITH THE FOCUS & FUSION SINCE 2003 AND FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR UNLOCKED AFTER LUNCH BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION. I WORK AT A PLACE WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS LARGE AND I WAS ON EDGE ALL AFTERNOON PRAYING THAT NO ONE WOULD STEAL MY CAR. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY WERE NO HELP AT ALL. IT WAS LIKE AN "OH WELL". MY ISSUE IS, IF FORD KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION, WHY HAVEN'T FORD RECALLED THESE CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM. I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED AS TO THE COMPLAINTS OF KEYS GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE FORD DEALERSHIPS STATES THAT THE SHIFTER KNOB ASSEMBLY IS WHY MINE WAS STUCK AND I ALSO SAW THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME TO HELP OTHER CONSUMERS AS MYSELF IN GETTING FORD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THANKS *TR

NHTSA ID
10402837
Incident
May 25, 2011
Mileage
104,000 mi
Heating & air conditioningDriver assistanceElectrical+1 more
Filed Feb 10, 2010

2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA ELECTRICAL ISSUES-AIR CONDITIONING COMES ON SPONTANEOUSLY WITHOUT INITIATION BY DRIVER, BACK WINDOW ALWAYS FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY, NOT OPENING OR CLOSING @ TIMES, NOW STUCK CLOSED, TRACKING DEVICE COMES ON FOR LONG PERIODS WITH USED & NEW TIRES, EVEN AFTER NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL ALIGNMENTS, AND PROPER DRIVING, ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON. ALL OF THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN BOUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF TOYOTA SERVICE DEPT , THE SUV HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY TOYOTA ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND PARTS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER, THESE ISSUES CONTINUE, THERE ARE ALSO NO DEVICES IN PLACE TO KEEP THE DRIVER'S MAT FROM CURLING OVER THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10308350
Incident
May 16, 2009
Mileage
98,384 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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