| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001084497 | Incident Date: Nov, 23 2001 |
| Consumer's City: COLUMBUS | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: STORM | Model Year: 1991 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Steering:linkages:tie rod assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: J81RF236XM7 | Date added to File: May, 16 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 28 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The date & mileage are only for the most recent occurence. it started late april 2001 at about 70,000 miles; i'd bought the car used the previous september & it had driven ok throughout the winter. the problem has been happening off & on ever since. the car will be going 55 mph or more; about 5 or more minutes after startup (it varies), the rpm gauge/idle suddenly drops to 0, the car might buck slightly,the engine light comes on, & the car stalls. pressing the gas pedal has no effect; all i can do is coast to a stop. so far, i've been lucky; i've been able to coast to the shoulder w/no incident. usually after a couple minutes, i can start the car again,but this past saturday, i was stranded for over an hour before the car would start. the problem happens irregularly, usually when it's warm outside. the idle also revs on its own; whenever i take my foot off the gas & the speed drops below 30 mph, it revs & jumps forward unless i immediately hit the brakes -- very dangerous when i'm heading towards a stoplight! the car has had both its ignition coil & fuel injectors replaced, and all belts are new; all maintenance is kept up, & there are no other problems with the car that would cause either of these issues. after driving our mechanic & us nuts for several months, we finally found out that the problems were due to shorts caused by bad insulative spray on the ecu/computer circuit board (the original factory installed unit), & we also found out that we weren't alone in having these problems -- that other storm & isuzu owners were having the same trouble. the faulty ecu is what gm/isuzu refuse to recognize. isuzu claims the problems are "normal" -- i've yet to drive any car where stalling & dying at high speed on the highway is considered "normal". *ak |
