Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / ELECTRA / 1986

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000056717 Incident Date: Oct, 10 2000
Consumer's City: GREAT FALLS Consumer's State: MT
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ELECTRA Model Year: 1986
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4CX69BXG1 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 18 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The crank sensor-which controls engine timing-the bracket its housed in can work loose during normal driving causing the sensor to move away from the magnet causing the engine to stall w/no warning. it happened first laste year in july-99 had it replaced by dealer using oe part. worked loose this year oct-00, causing vehicle to stall on busy street and barely made it to the side. contact dealer-would not replace part-made us buy another....