Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / FIREBIRD / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 002088785 Incident Date: Feb, 12 2002
Consumer's City: HENDERSONVILLE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: FIREBIRD Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2G2FV22G3X2 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 20 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Cars engine would suddenly go to full throttle on its own. rpms would race for a moment then return to normal. dealer said it was carbon build up. we had hunter chevrolet in hendersonville, nc perform the 30,000 mile service maintenance 10/30/01 which included cleaning out the throttle body. on 11/3/01 while my husband was making a left-hand turn, the throttle again went to full throttle causing him to lose control of car and crashing. did $7,500.00 worth of damage. got the car back in january 2002 and on 2/13/02 the car again went to full throttle on its own causing me to lose control of the car and wrecking it again.*ak