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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000001144 | Incident Date: Oct, 22 2000 |
| Consumer's City: DEERFIELD | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SUNFIRE | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, other |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 03 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 05 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: When i bought the car used in october of 2000 it had to keep going back to the dealer for about 3 months because the engine in the car kept cutting out while driving around 55-60 mph. dealer could not duplicate the problem. finally after the 3rd month they found the main computer was bad. that was replaced. it ran fine until the next winter. the check engine light came on & car kept stalling when at stop signs/lights. took to dealer had diagnostic ran which read faulty gas cap, tps sensor.... i replaced them myself. check engine light went out till the next day. took car back in for diagnostic which read faulty gas cap, tps sensor,egr ,coil packs,gas tank sensor.....had dealer work on it.... they could not see why all this stuff was popping up ....had it all replaced. replacing it did not work. check engine light came on again about 2 days later!!! i checked car over & found if you wiggled the main wiring harness connections the car ran fine & engine light went out! took to dealer to have wiring fixed. they took all the wiring apart & cleaned everything. they found no problem in the wiring. check engine light came on next day.took to dealer again finally they said i needed a new battery..... weather was nice again & had no problems with car.... now that winter is here again the check engine light is on again , diagnostic stated tps sensor was bad... i again replaced it & check engine light went out for a couple hours & is back on again & car stalls when stopping & trying to go ....car is at dealer right now again. the whole time the check engine light is on i also have problems with the car stalling.................... have had numerous problems from 2000 to now & still having problems. *ak |
