| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001076576 | Incident Date: Jul, 01 2001 |
| Consumer's City: BROOKFIELD | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: ASTRO | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:torsion bar |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNEL19W4SB | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 30 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1995 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Torsion bar failed, causing front suspension to collapse. this is a serious failure which can result in loss of steering control. it is obvious that this is a design defect, confirmed by the redesign of the torsion bar assembly. chevrolet refuses to acknowledge that this is a design defect and has any safety implications (re: chevrolet customer assistance center 800-222-1020, file # c 04856310). looking through the nhtsa compliants data base, numerous other torsion bar failures can be found and it is apparent that gm was aware of this problem for at least 2 years - however there has been no tsi or safety warning issued. how many injuries and deaths have to be attributed to torsion bar failure before gm issues a safety bulletin and admits a design defect that threatens the public safety ???????????????? i guess after gm takes your money they don't want anything to do with you until you're ready to buy another of their over-priced, poorly designed pieces of junk.*ak |
