NHTSA Complaint #748818 — 1998 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

ENGINE DIES AFTER CLIMBING A HILL IN VERY HOT WEATHER (95+) & MOSTLY HIGHER ELEVATION (4000' +), IT IS VERY HARD TO STOP VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER STEERING & BRAKES WHEN ENGINE DIES !! ENGINE ALWAYS STARTS AFTER 10 TO 30 MINUTE WAIT, BUT BY THE TIME (50 + MILES) YOU CAN GET IT TO A DEALER THEY CAN NOT FIND ANY CAUSE OF PROBLEM !! THIS YEAR WE ALMOST HAD SERIOUS ACCIDENT AFTER CLIMING THE 16 MILE HILL OUTSIDE OF BAKER, CA. , A 18 WHEELER HAD TO APPLY ALL BRAKES TO MISS US IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC & IN LAS VEGAS WE HAD TO SLOW TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE IN 3 PM TRAFFIC , THE ENGINE DIED - WE SAT FOR 10 MINUTES WITH FLASHERS ON BEFORE IT WOULD START !! IT HAPPENED (4) TIMES IN 1998, (2) 1999, (7) 2000,(5) 2001 !!*AK