| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000032519 | Incident Date: Jan, 29 2000 |
| Consumer's City: BURNSVILLE | Consumer's State: MN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SL | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure:body:bumpers |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZK5272VZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 26 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 1997 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2 occurrences of front bumper catching on ground objects and cracking grill and wheel wells. i own a 1996 sl2 and a 1997 sl2. both my wife and i have suffered this same occurance. (we are both near 50 years old and have no previous instances of such occurances. this has now happened twice; once to her, once to me. the air dam is hinged and flexes but doesn't break. the bumper however, is low set, has a bottom edge that is abrupt, and catches easily on low-lying or low-setting ground objects. it catches on things instead of being able to 'roll over' or 'flex over'. the resulting 'pull' pulls the bumper away (in a forward direction) from the car, breaking the lower grill and inner wheel wells. the first time the damage wasn't noticed until a day later; and many miles had been driven. i believe the condition of the front bumper assembly being loose, hanging, and drooping as it did, provided a definite safety problem (the components could have impaired steering and/or braking. the second occurence has not been repaired yet. the cost to repair was significant. *ak |
