Consumer Complaint Detail

EMC / DS-2000 / 9999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000288914 Incident Date: Oct, 31 2000
Consumer's City: FORT WAYNE Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: ELECTRONIC MOBILITY CONTROLS
Model Name: DS-2000 Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Steering
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2B4GP44G1XR Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 28 2003 Complaint Type: VOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: May, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Electrical fire under the steering column, wiring harness replaced, and problems with the steering wheel.*mr the vehicle is equipped with emc ds2000 adaptive steering and emc egb. while driving the vehicle's failure alarms constantly sounded. on one occasion the system malfunction and caused an accident. on another occasion the vehicle caught on fire under the steering column. on both occasions the dealer replaced the wiring harness. the driver continued to have problems with the steering wheel. the dealer determined that the gear train of the encoders were damaged. both encoder gears as well as the encoder assembly were replaced. *nm