Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / SILHOUETTE / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003195983 Incident Date: Jan, 08 2003
Consumer's City: VIENNA Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILHOUETTE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GHDX03E3WD Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 16 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Our 1998 oldsmobile silhouette has 45000 miles and needs a new $5000 engine. it has been maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions and the engine has been destroyed by a intake manifold gasket leak which allows corrosive dexcool coolant to leach into the engine. there are many other victims of this flaw, and details of the problem are available at: http://www.cartrackers.com/forums/live/yourlemon/231.html http://www.petitiononline.com/gmcnsmrs/petition.html http://www.geocities.com/gm_intake/ http://www.gm-v6lemons.com/