Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / SL / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003231296 Incident Date: Aug, 08 2003
Consumer's City: RIALTO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SL Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZH528XXZ Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 21 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 17 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The automatic transmission failure in 5000 miles [no slipping or shuddering fluid not burnt and level has never changed] just quit like that with no warning!! my delemia help!! =i have purchased this vehicle used from the ontario saturn the car appeared to be as new- even the complete engine compartment not 1 trace of dust and it had 40,202- miles on it = i ask how it could be so clean and new looking =reply- that the cars are maintained by there! service dept. car has 45,724 miles on it now and it has no reverse they want 550.00 for labor and 3400.00 for the automatic trans axle i paid $ 8798.00 5 months a go and have no idea that a economical car could be so ---- = ---- expensive!! plus there charging 18 % on my loan so ive only paid 186.00 off the balance of the loan cant afford to fix it . dont know how it happened but my payments are still due ! but i have no trans to make it to work!! please !! help!! *ak