Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / INTRIGUE / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003216414 Incident Date: May, 26 2003
Consumer's City: EAGAN Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: INTRIGUE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3WH52H9YF Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 01 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 09 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Run-away idle speed. prior to incident vehicle was driven 15 highway miles before stopping at a store - fully warm. upon restart 5 minutes later, vehicle had abnormally high idle, 1500 to 2500 rpm. idle did not drop during 6-mile. *ak drive home. had to put transmission in "3" or "2" versus "d", just to try and keep vehicle speed under the 35 mph limit on residential streets. once home in driveway, put vehicle in park - idle climbed to 2600 rpm. scary ! ambient weather was about 70 f, with clear skies. opened hood next morning. the accelerator / foot-feed seems to work smoothly, and i and saw no obvious problem with throttle linkage. the oil change "counter" had been re-set 2 days earlier, via the foot-feed. sticky cable?? vehicle: 2000 old intrigue gx vin: [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr