Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / REATTA / 1988

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000059387 Incident Date: Nov, 16 2000
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: REATTA Model Year: 1988
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4EC11C1JB Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 18 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: May, 31 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Total brake failure, while traveling on a 4 lane divided highway, a truck towing a ditch witch on a trailer pulled out in front of me, and when i went to apply the brakes the pedal was hard as a rock, no stoppping power at all, i frantically tried to set the parking brake, but it was too late to keep me from hitting the truck that had pulled out in front of me. 1988 - 1990 reattas's need to be recalled. it is only a matter of time before this type of sudden catastrophic brake failure will lead to a fatality. please investigate!*ak