Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 1997

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000268897 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: AGAWAM Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Steering:hydraulic power assist system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 25 2004 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Consumer's grandmother was severely injured in a crash when she experienced the same defect as stated in the loss of power steering assist recall. *ph as stated on the recall that there's an intermittent loss of power steering when making left turns at low speed. consumer tried to find out the cause of the accident. however, since consumer's grandmother (the driver) suffered severe brain hemorrhage and permanent short term memory loss due to accident, the only incident the consumer found out is that the driver was trying to make a left turn at low speed. *la