| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000046051 | Incident Date: Feb, 14 2000 |
| Consumer's City: EDWARDSVILLE | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: ALLANTE | Model Year: 1993 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:horn |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G6VS3399PU | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 18 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: About 2 am while my car was in my locked garage the horn went off. i investigated and when i pushed on the horn pad it stopped. went back to bed. an hour or so later it went off again. this time when i opened the car door it stopped. sometime later i went to a dealer and had the horn disconnected since it was going to cost over $800 to install a new horn pad. i was told that this happens because the horn pad area is too congested and anything, such as temperature change or affect of humidity can set off the horn. this i consider a manufacture defect , a safety concern, and a nuisance, since the horn can go off at anytime or anyplace. a horn is not often used and i don't recall if i ever used this horn, but it is a major piece of safety equipment and in an emergency can mean the difference between life and death. because the horn is used so seldem, unless you drive a taxi in chicago, most operators, including myself, have decided not to spend over $800 to fix something that they most likely will never need. the cost of this repair because of a manufacture defect which should have been forseeable and which has previously been the subject of a tsb should be borne by the manufacturer. |
