Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CORVETTE / 2001

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 001085435 Incident Date: Dec, 17 2001
Consumer's City: CLEARWATER Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CORVETTE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:catalytic convertor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1YY22G215 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 18 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The vehicle is equipped with 4 catalytic converters which cause excessive heat build up--to the point that the rear under deck storage compartments are useless for storage of any heat sensitive equip. or material-can't store a laptop in compartment when traveling-or discs or floppys, etc.--the back bumper gets hot enough to distort around both mufflers. chevrolet maintains that this is normal......the 4 cat system is no longer put on these vehicles, yet chevrolet refuses upgrade. cure for warped rear bumper, per chevrolet is to use a heat gun to heat and straighten warped area????