1990 PLYMOUTH HORIZON User Comment / Complaint

Many many problems with this vehicle  view

Many many problems with this vehicle  view

Many many problems with this vehicle  view

Called the dealer about the troubled head gasket. dealer commented that there is a recall, but the millage can't exceed 60k. i told the dealer that there was another recall on the passenger air bag "eye burning gases when deployed" the dealer commented the recall, but again the millege of the vehicle couldn't exceed 50,000. at no time did i receive a recall notice. also, i'm now have problems with the transmission "park selection". it won't release or dis-engage.  view

Called the dealer about the troubled head gasket. dealer commented that there is a recall, but the millage can't exceed 60k. i told the dealer that there was another recall on the passenger air bag "eye burning gases when deployed" the dealer commented the recall, but again the millege of the vehicle couldn't exceed 50,000. at no time did i receive a recall notice. also, i'm now have problems with the transmission "park selection". it won't release or dis-engage.  view

Called the dealer about the troubled head gasket. dealer commented that there is a recall, but the millage can't exceed 60k. i told the dealer that there was another recall on the passenger air bag "eye burning gases when deployed" the dealer commented the recall, but again the millege of the vehicle couldn't exceed 50,000. at no time did i receive a recall notice. also, i'm now have problems with the transmission "park selection". it won't release or dis-engage.  view

No summary  view

We own a 1993 chevrolet 1 ton dually pickup truck, and to this date we are still paying on a loan for this truck. while washing the truck 2 weeks ago, i discovered that the pickup box had broken loose from the frame of the truck. not knowing at this point exactly what had happened, i got the truck to a hoist and did further investigation, only to find that the frameword under the pickup box, which is pia to the pickup box, have broken loose. these are the crossmembers that attach the box to the frame, using a j clip in the crossmember, and a bolt from the frame to the crossmember. my complaint is what holds this box on? it does not relie on any nuts and bolts to hold the box on, but relies on spot welds.because the bed is not bolted on, the crossmember is. i use this truck as a hauler for my camper, and interesting enough, the rv industry sells the hold-downs that attach a pickup camper to the box. at this point, the only thing holding the camper on the truck is those same spot welds, because the nuts and bolts only hold the crossmember, not the actual box. we think this problem is quite out of the ordinary, and truly thought that general motors would think so to and fix our pickup truck. while talking chevrolet customer service, the service rep. agreed he had never heard of this problem before, as did the body shop manager at the dealership we took it to. the claim was denied from gm rep. due to mileage. we feel that this is not a warranty claim, for it should have no bearing on the mileage, but be considered a safety issue. we cannot bear the thought of what would had happened if this box had broke loose while we were traveling on the road. what a disaster it would have been. i work for a automotive prototype engineering firm , i am not an engineer but a mechanic, but i see new ideas and the automotive industry trying to cost cut vehicles all the time, and i feel that the constuction of the box is not safe.  view

The atts (traction control system) continually fails, causing a potentially dangerous situation in which it may come on at any time, causing the car to torque to switch immediately toward the inside of the turn. the fail light continues to come on as honda continues to reset it, having had to bring it back to dealership a total of 6 times.  view

Vehicle is sold as sutomatic four wheel drive, encouraging drivers to drive in hazardous conditions. when i realized that indeed i did not have automatice four wheel, (resulting from going off the road and getting stuck in snow bank) the dealer stated that the manufacturer knows that this problem exists with this vehicle. i was given manual hubs as a "fix". my problem is that 1) this is not what i bought. 2) the safety implications of the manufacturer not notifying owners of the problem. 3) safety issues with having to dismount vehicle in bad weather to change hubs.  view