Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / S10 / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000052671 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: FESTUS Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: S10 Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNDT13W5T2 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 21 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: This battery has failed twice in 2 yrs. the battery terminals pull out leaking acid on cables and surrounding components and has also caused the alternator to fail. i saw a news brief in an auto publication that you had began looking into the problem on suburbans and tahoes. i have talked to other people who have had the same problem on other gm cars. i personally seen this happen on many gm cars with ac-delco batteries, i was an employee in a gm dealer for 21 years. i have contacted gm but have not received any assistance and this had happened over 2 months ago