Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / VIBE / 2003

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003202619 Incident Date: Feb, 28 2003
Consumer's City: YORKTOWN HEIGHTS Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: VIBE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5Y2SM62823Z Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 01 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 27 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car was purchased day before. while driving on mar 1st and coming to stop light with brakes applied, car attempted to accelerate. only hard braking prevented crash. two hours later with wife in car while braking for stopped car, engine roared violently, all dashboard lights flashed, smoke poured out of back of car from exhaust and rear tires spinning only hard braking, putting car in park and turning off engine prevented a collision. car was trying to accelerate rapidly with brakes on.*jb