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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004094761 Incident Date: Nov, 18 2004
Consumer's City: RANCHOS DE TAOS Consumer's State: NM
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: 14048271 Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5GZCZ33D63S Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 08 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 26 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On 11/19/2004 29,021 miles. noise in engine area. saturn replaced transmission fluid. was told if it happened again would have to replace transmission. 9/12/2005 61,695 miles. car wouldn't go when put into gear. all gears were tried. contacted saturn was told to get it towed in and they would inspect it. brought to attention that the letter i received about the vti transmission having problems and again was told it was my responsibility to have car towed in. also had to rent my own car. was reimbursed but only for a small portion on the rental car cost and nothing for the tow. finally got my car back on 9/21/2005. 5/31/2006 89,412 miles. again car would not go into gear. took it to a transmission specialist as i will not go back to saturn. another transmission was put in another vti as no other transmission can be put in this car. this one at my expense. 9/26/2006 105,000. car lost power on a canyon road had to pull over and be towed. was told transmission overheated and was now running fine. 2/8/2007 117,000 miles. here we go again the transmission needs to be replaced again. when will a recall be issued. how many people need to complain about this unsafe and shoddy transmission. please help. i cannot afford another transmission. *nm