Consumer Complaint Detail

DAEWOO / NUBIRA / 1999

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002193382 Incident Date: Dec, 18 2002
Consumer's City: BAKERSFIELD Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: GM DAEWOO AUTO & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Model Name: NUBIRA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KLAJA52Z3XK Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 25 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 27 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car quit in midst of driving. i thought it stalled. towed to shop to find out the timing belt broke. this car had 44813 miles on it when this happened, mechanic said this is unheard of and dug to find the reason. water pump was leaking internally, caused the timing gear to rust and freeze which caused the belt to break. this caused engine problems and had to have the head resurfaced. this problem caused major problems and expense ($2245.17). owner of the shop said that a timing belt doesn't even have maintenance (look at it) until a vehicle has 60,000 miles on it. there was no way to know that the water pump had a problem.