Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / SILHOUETTE / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003251121 Incident Date: Dec, 19 2003
Consumer's City: MCKINNEY Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILHOUETTE Model Year: 2000
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#: 1GHDX03E7YD Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 19 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 18 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2000 silhouette van - [xxx] - leaked dexcool from a faulty lower intake gasket and shorted out plugs. repair cost approximately 700 usd. upon research and advice from our auto mechanic, this is a very common issue with these vehicles however gm refuses to issue a recall. the gaskets are plastic and will fail from 30,000 - 70,000 miles. our vehicle had 53088 miles at the time. it is difficult to consider buying "american" when the product and support from the american company is so poor. *la information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr