Consumer Complaint Detail
OLDSMOBILE / ALERO / 1999
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004280185 | Incident Date: May, 14 2004 |
| Consumer's City: THREE MILE BAY | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: ALERO | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:coil springs |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3NL52T1XC | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 15 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 20 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I was not given any warning to the events that lead up to the problem with my car. upon returning home at 11 p.m. may15, 2004 from my parents home, i turned into my driveway, the car immediately started filling with smoke and i smelled rubber burning. i immediately stopped the car and turned off the engine. i checked the car over inside and out and found nothing amiss, only the smell. i retreated to the confines of my home and after a period of 10 minutes, i heard what appeared to be a gun shot noise then a hissing sound. i stepped outside and noticed the hissing sound was coming from my cars right front tire, which had gone flat. deciding i would check the situation the next morning then returned to the house. the next morning, i looked to find in fact the right front tire was flat. my fiance tried to place a scissor jack under the front of the car to jack it up and replace the tire, but was unable to do so. we placed the jack under the rear tire and jacked that up until there was sufficient room to place another jack under the front tire. when the car was jacked high enough to look at the tire, we noticed the coil spring had scheared in half causing the jagged edge of the spring to gough into the front tire causing it to go flat. there is an indication that the manufactures weld on the spring was poorly done as apparent by a rust spot at the breaking point. i also believe the strut inside the coil spring is damaged also. *ak |