Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / ACHIEVA / 1997

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004261421 Incident Date: Jan, 21 2004
Consumer's City: CLEVELAND Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ACHIEVA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3NL12T6VM Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 26 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 24 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car would not start so we took the car in on 1/22/2004 and had to have an ignition module replaced. cost $492.45 on 2/6/2004 once again car would not start , so we took the car in to a different shop and had to have the ecm module replaced . cost $629.28 the trunk of this car fills with water, has power surges through the electrical system--noticeable when the heat, defrost or fan has to be used. on occasion the car accelerates on its own. this car has less than 20,000 miles on it and i found out that we are the fourth owners of this vehicle. could you please let me know if there is anything i can do, as i feel as though i have been sold a"lemon"? the vin of this car is [xxx] thank you for any information you can give me. [xxx]. *ak updated 07/27/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)