1993 Chevrolet Beretta

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/1996· STRUCTURE

  THE TEMPATURE WAS BELOW FREEZING AND THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE CRACKED AND ONE CAN NO LONGER ENTER THE VEHICLE FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

• 12/07/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY. DT

• 11/30/1995· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HI BEAM HEADLIGHTS CANNOT BE ACTIVATED OR DEACTIVATED UNLESS THE WHEELS ARE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. TT

• 11/28/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS.TT WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, LEFT REAR WHEEL LOCKS UP, HAS EVEN DONE IT ON CONVRETE AS WELL AS GRAVEL, WHEN PUSHING ON BRAKES REALLY FAST THEY JUMP, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON THREE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*JB

• 11/28/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, FRONT ROTORS WARPED, VIBRATION IN THE FRONT, PULSATION OF BRAKE PEDAL. TT

• 11/22/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS INDICATOR LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, REPLACED ROTORS, AND PADS. TT

• 11/17/1995· EXTERIOR LIGHTINGFire

  WHEN DRIVING AND TURN OFF CAR THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM THE HAZARD LIGHT . TT

• 10/23/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 25-30 MPH BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR, FINALLY VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER 5-10 SECONDS. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL BRAKES PADS AND SHOES, CHANGED ROTORS. BELIEVES IT IS A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

• 10/21/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CRACKED ENGINE HEAD, CAUSING LOSS ANTI-FREEZE. *AK

• 10/20/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT

• 10/17/1994· STEERINGCrash

  POWER STEERING FAILS IN RAINY WEATHER/WET ROADS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD

• 10/07/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGSCrash

  COMING TO AN INTERSECTION & STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES. HAD NO WARNING. HAD NO BRAKES. VEHICLE WENT THROUGH INTERSECTION AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK

• 09/29/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION EXPLODED.

• 09/22/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  SMOKE IS COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, AND IT'S SO THICK THAT DRIVER CAN'T SEE WHERE TO GO. WHEN THIS PROBLEM IS ABOUT TO OCCUR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GOES HAYWIRE. *AK

• 08/24/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONTINUOUS ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM REPAIRS/FAILURES. QCAW

• 08/15/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER BELIEVES THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM, CONSUMER STATES THAT IF THE BRAKES DRAG LONG ENOUGH THEY CAN GET HOT AND LOCK UP, HE BELIEVES THAT IF A SPRING IS INSTALLED INTO THE CALIPER THAT THIS WILL CEASE THE BRAKES FROM DRAGGING AND GETTING HOT WHICH THEN CAUSES THEM TO LOCK, CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS BRAKES DRAGGED, OVERHEATED AND THEN LOCKED UP, HE THEN INSTALLED A SPRING INTO THE CALIPERS WHICH PREVENTED THE BRAKES FROM DRAGGING AGAIN.*JB MANUFACTERER NOTIFIED BUT NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TT

• 08/14/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN GOING AT SLOW SPEED THE ABS WILL NOT STOP, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL STOP THEN LOCK UP AT ABOUT (20) OR (30) FEET. THIS HAPPEN ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS CONDITION HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

• 08/12/1997· AIR BAGS,SEATSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AT 45 MPH WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO UNBOLT FROM THE FLOOR ANCHOR, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE TO THE REAR. ALSO THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 08/04/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RELAY SWITCH. *AK

• 07/31/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS,TIRES,EQUIPMENTCrash

  SIDE IMPACT FAILURE, STEERING FAILURE, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE. SEVERE RIGHT SIDE IMPACT ON FEBRUARY 28, 2005 MODERATE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE CAR. WHICH CAUSED THE CAR HARD TO STEER. A 2003 HONDA PILOT WRECKED HEAD-ON INTO THE SIDE OF A 1993 GEO PRIZM. THE PRIZM'S ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE WITH PASSENGERS WERE SEVERELY CRUSH. ALL 4 PASSENGERS IN THE PRIZM WERE SEVERELY INJURED. THE 2 PASSENGERS SITTING IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PRIZM DIED. YOU CAN REFER TO POLICE REPORT NUMBER 200502-00082 WHITE OAK, PA 15131, 2280 LINCOLN WAY, WHITE OAK POLICE DEPARTMENT. PHONE NO. 412-672-9727 OR FAX NO. 412-672-0833. ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON JACKS RUN RD 3000 BLOCK 4:00 P.M. FEB. 28, 2005.*JB

• 07/17/2003· STEERING

  STEERING COLUMN SMOKES WHILE DRIVING CAUSING GAS FUMES TO SEEP THROUGH THE VENTS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 07/15/1997· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  HOOD CAME UNLATCHED STRIKING WINDSHIELD/SUN ROOF. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

• 06/26/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE TURNING SIGNAL WIRING HAS STARTED SMOKING AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 06/21/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  UPON HEAD ON COLLISION SPEED OF IMPACT OVER 15 MPH, AIR BAG FAILED TO DELPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

• 06/10/1995· SEAT BELTS

  PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BROKE DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING OCCUPANT TO BE EJECTED THROUGH WINDSHIELD/INJURIES. *SD

• 06/07/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE MOTOR MOUNDS WERE NOT CORRECTLY TIGHTENED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MOVE AROUND EXCESSIVLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE.

• 06/01/2005· STEERING

  DT: ON THE FIREWALL, WHERE THE STEERING LINKAGE HOOKS UP AND IT BOLTS TO THE FIREWALL, CRACKED AROUND ALL OF THE BOLTS. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IT MOVES AROUND. *AK

• 05/28/2003· TIRES

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 55MPH AND NO WARNING THE BACK LEFT TIRE TREAD STARTED TO SEPARATE WHICH CAUSE THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. DUNLOP MODEL SIZE# UNKNOWN. DOT# UNKNOWN. *TT

• 05/11/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

• 05/08/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP INSTANTLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

• 05/07/2000· STRUCTURE

  DEES CHREVOLET CLAIMED THEY FIXED THE LEAKS. THEY WERE RUDE WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THEM AGAIN. WHEN IT RAINS I PUT A TARP OVER THE CAR. A BODY SHOP INFORMED ME THAT THE PAINT JOB WAS NOT ORIGINAL AND THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED OR REPAINTED SINCE I BOUGHT IT ON APRIL 1993. WHY DOES A CAR LEAK WHEN IT NEVER HAS BEEN WRECKED. HOW DID IT GET ANOTHER PAINT JOB WHEN IT HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED OR ANY STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO IT. DEES CHEVROLET NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED UNDERCOVER AND SEE HOW THEY DO BUSINESS WITH THEIR WARRANTY DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL FIX IT AGAIN FOR YOU AT YOUR COST BUT THEY COULDN'T FIX IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

• 04/20/1999· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  TURN SIGNAL SWITCH HAS SMOKE COMING FROM IT, CAUSING THE BLINKERS TO WORK SPORATICALLY. DEALER SAYS THE SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 04/17/2003· STRUCTURE

  STEERING UNIT PULLED AWAY FROM FIREWALL CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE FIREWALL HAD RUSTED OUT AND ASKED ME IF THE CAR HAD BEEN IN A FLOOD, WHICH IT HAD NOT. HOWEVER, SHORTLY AFTER I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 1993 I HAD A PROBLEM WITH WATER LEAKING INTO THE CAR THROUGH THE DASH AND ONTO TO THE FRONT FLOORS EVERY TIME IT RAINED. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND ASKED FOR A NEW CAR. HOWEVER, THEY SAID IT COULD BE REPAIRED. THEY DID SOMETHING WITH THE FIREWALL AT THAT TIME AND ASSURED ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS CORRECTED. THE LEAKING DID STOP. HOWEVER, AFTER BRINGING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER'S BODY SHOP AFTER THIS INCIDENT, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS UNREPAIRABLE, SINCE THE ENTIRE FIREWALL IS NOW ROTTED OUT AND THE CAUSE OF THIS WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM, WHICH WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. AFTER ALMOST A MONTH OF WAITING AND GM ORIGINALLY AGREEING TO GIVE ME $1000 TOWARDS A NEW CAR EVEN THOUGH THE STREET VALUE OF THIS CAR, WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHERWISE, IS $3000, THEY NOW HAVE PULLED THE OFFER. I SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO MY GUNS BACK IN '93 FOR A NEW CAR! *JB

• 03/26/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIR BAGS; THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

• 03/14/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT ENGINE STALLING LOW TO HIGH SPEEDS, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, DEALER CAN'T CORRECT AFTER SEVEN ATTEMPTS. TT

• 03/13/2002· SEAT BELTS

  WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BROKE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

• 03/02/2005· STEERING

  VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH CONSUMER BEING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WHILE MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH FOR ADJUSTMENT CONSUMER NOTICED PLAY IN THE STEERING. THE STEERING RACK MOUNTING BRACKET PULLED FROM THE FIREWALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR AN APPOINTMENT. *AK THE STEERING BECAME SLOPPY. *TC

• 02/18/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ,HIT A DEER HEAD-ON, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK

• 02/05/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PROBLEMS.

• 02/05/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP.

• 01/22/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT BRAKES AND ROTOR FAILURES.

• 01/10/2000· STRUCTURE

  IT LEAKS INTO THE DRIVER SIDE FLOORBOARD. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND HAS PROBABLY BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR THREE MONTHS AGO. *AK