Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / PRIZM / 2000

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003004417 Incident Date: Aug, 28 2003
Consumer's City: DEARBORN Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: PRIZM Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:hood:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1Y1SK528XYZ Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 01 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 27 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving of a highway and my speed was about 60 mph all of a sudden the hood opened and hit my windshield. this could have resulted in a huge accident with other cars as i could not see anything. luckly i did not loose control of my car and i pulled it onto the right shoulder. latch was working fine. i had to replace the hood and windshield. now have lot of dents on the front of the roof. had to tow the car to the mechanic. the cost of repair was about $1500.00. *ak