Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / SL / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000135999 Incident Date: Dec, 14 2000
Consumer's City: BARTOW Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SL Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZJ52721Z Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 01 2001 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 21 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While in 5th gear at 65 mph vehicle automatically shifted into neutral, there was a truck right behind consumer when this happened. *ak there was a second occasion when at an intersection in heavy traffic, vehicle was in third gear and as consumer accelerated, transmission slammed into neutral, causing rapid deceleration, after first incident, dealer adjusted a bushing and stated problem should not reoccur, however it did and dealer stated there was nothing that could be done and it was due to the way the transmission was engineered. *slc