Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / ACHIEVA / 1998

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003236580 Incident Date: Sep, 19 2003
Consumer's City: MARIETTA Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ACHIEVA Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:column
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3NL52M2WM Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 24 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 09 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Steering wheel is very loose and when key was put in starter, it would not start. and i could not get key out of ignition. when i had my car towed to the car dealer they told me that one of the two pins that hold the steering wheel on was missing, and the other one was half way out. if i hadn't had it fixed, the mechanic told me that the steering wheel would have fallen off while driving!! when i had driven it the night before, it was fine. i called gmac yesterday, and they checked into it and decided that since it was a 1998 vehicle and had 120,000 miles on it that they would not cover the charges of $372.96 that it cost to have it repaired. i feel that i should not have to pay for a mechanical defect, that could have caused an accident or killed someone if i was on the freeway and the steering wheel fell off!