| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002196505 | Incident Date: Nov, 07 2002 |
| Consumer's City: HORTONVILLE | Consumer's State: WI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: ASTRO | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cables |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNEL19W4XB | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 20 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 30 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Family and i were on hwy 441 traveling at 60 mph. i braked and went down to 50 mph as i began to make an exit off of this hwy. i let off brake and car sped up to 60 mph and the cruise control was never on. i was on exit ramp going 60. i was forced to put transmission into neutral. i coasted to a place off the roadwhile engine was "reving at high rpm's". i snapped the gas pedal and engine went faster. i reached down to pull on gas pedal and throttle cable broke. vehicle was towed to a gm dealer the next morning. their diagnosis was a dirty throttle body and stuck throttle cable. never heard of an excessively dirty throttle body causing this type of problem, especially to a 3 yr. old vehicle with 50,000 miles. |
