Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / L300 / 2004

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004280778 Incident Date: Apr, 28 2004
Consumer's City: WILKES-BARRE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: L300 Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Interior lighting
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 24 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 08 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: We just recently purchashed our new car. we were driving on the highway at night. the lights (head lights and dash lights) kept getting dim almost as if they were going to go out. we thought maybe we had a wire that had not been tightened or that had come lose. other cars think we are blinking our lights at them. what happens if a big truck thinks we are giving him the "all clear to come over in front of me"? the car was taken in to the service dept and we were told that it was "intermittent dimming (flickering) of headlamps and/or instrument panel lighting-normal characteristic. this may occur because of transient current loads on the electrical system during normal vehicle operation" per the tsb (technical service bulletin). why werent we told about this before we purchased the car?? the lights dont "flicker" they get dim to the point they are almost going out! so how can this problem be considered "normal"? so much for a new car!