2001 Chevrolet Tracker

DEFROSTER BECAME INOPERABLE DURING COLD WEATHER. THIS CONDITION RESULTED IN WATER CONDENSATE FORMING ON THE INNER WINDSHIELD, SIDE WINDOWS AND BACK WINDOW AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. POOR VISIBILITY COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, INJURY OR DEATH. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THE A/C ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS TO BE DEFECTIVE AND A FUSE BLOWN. THIS IS KNOW CONDITION FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND A TSB WAS FOUND ON THIS PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER THE REPAIR WAS REFUSED TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE RESONATOR CANISTER ON THE TAIL PIPE, CORRODED THROUGH FORMING A HOLE. THIS ALLOWED EXHAUST GASES TO EXIT UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE EXHAUST LEAK COULD HAVE RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND CAUSING ILLNESS, INJURY OR DEATH. THE CORROSION RESULTS FROM A DESIGN DEFECT THAT ALLOWS EXHAUST CONDENSATE TO POOL IN THE RESONATOR AND CORRODE THE METAL. THIS IS THE THIRD NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACED WITHIN 5 YEARS. THIS DEFECT WAS OBSERVED ON EVERY SINGLE CHEVY TRACKER. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

I TOOK MY 2001 CHEVROLET TRACKER TO A GMC DEALERSHIP AFTER FEELING THE WHEEL PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT EVERY TIME I HIT THE BRAKES. AFTER EXAMINING MY CAR, I WAS TOLD THAT THE CROSSMEMBER ON MY 6 YEAR OLD CAR HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT , AND WAS ABOUT TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE SUSPENSION. THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THAT THE SALT USED TO DE-ICE THE ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHEAST CAUSED THE PART TO RUST OUT OVER TIME. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND THAT I WAS LUCKY I BROUGHT IT IN WHEN I DID, AS I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED OR POSSIBLY KILLED IF THE PART HAD BROKEN LOOSE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY GMAC WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE REPAIRS OF THIS PART, AND AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE MECHANICS AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE THE FRONT STABILIZING ARMS, WHICH WERE IN PERFECT WORKING CONDITION, BUT WERE UNFORTUNATELY COMPLETELY RUSTED TO THE CROSSMEMBER THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT CHEVY HAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE CROSSMEMBER SHOULD BE RECALLED, AS IT IS A PART WHICH IS MANUFACTURED BY SUZUKI, AND IS KNOWN TO HAVE "INSUFFICIENT RUSTPROOFING". I FEEL THAT THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED, AS THE INVESTIGATION STATES THAT THIS PART HAS RUSTED OUT ON OVER 128,000 VEHICLES, AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE GREAT HARM TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS UPON FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING A LOUD BUMP WAS HEARD, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE SEVERED. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE AND SPEED WERE UNKNOWN BUT WILL BE ADDED TO THE HARDCOPY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 144,000.

PURCHASED 4 BIG O RADIAL MAX TIRES OCT 04, SEPT 05 RIGHT FRONT DEVELOPED BUBBLE AROUND SUPPOSED BELT SEAM LINE, TOOK TO BIG O TO HAVE CHECKED, WAS TOLD IN WRITING NO DEFECTS THE WAY THE TIRE WAS BUILT,HOWEVER, MANAGER DID NOT REMOVE TIRE FROM CAR, MADE THIS ASSESSMENT FROM SIGHT ONLY, FEB 06 GOING TO WORK IN A.M. RIGHT FRONT TIRE IMMEDIATELY WENT FLAT, TOOK TO TIRE DEALERSHIP IN TOWN (NO BIG O IN LARAMIE), WAS TOLD THAT MALFUNCTION OF TIRE WAS CAUSED BY BELTS IN TIRE ERUPTING, TOOK TO BIG O IN CHEYENNE NEXT DAY, AFTER MUCH DEBATE, ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. *JB