Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / CUTLASS SUPREME / 1989

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 000025913 Incident Date: Jun, 14 2000
Consumer's City: YAKIMA Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CUTLASS SUPREME Model Year: 1989
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3WS14WXKD Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 23 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 14 1995
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt:consumer was climbing a hill at 5% grade five miles long on freeway when transmission shifted down from overdrive to second gear and locked in second. transmission would not come out of second gear. consumer believes this a safety feature of the transmission. when vehicle is stopped after this happens it will not go to first gear, so trying to pull out in second gear causes the transmission to slip. consumer says transmission went out like this three times. first two times on an upward grade, the third time was on a flat. the first two times transmission failed, consumer took vehicle to local shop and had a used transmission installed. vehicle has not been repaired from the third transmission failure. consumer says that other gm owners have told him that the transmission overheats, and some plate in the valve body melts, which cases transmission fluid to be pumped out of the transmission onto the road.*ak