Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / Z71 / 2002

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004281594 Incident Date: May, 16 2004
Consumer's City: KATY Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: Z71 Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Parking brake
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2GCEK19T711 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 13 2004 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The parking brake clip failed and it cost a lot of money to replace it every time that it broke. three dealerships indicated it was a manufacturer's design defect. *ak the clip which allowed the parking brake shoes to fall inside the drum rotor giving no warning. they wore metal to metal with still no sign of failure, until the consumer attempted to use the parking brake and it did not hold. three dealerships informed the consumer that they were experiencing the same problem. gm failed to acknowledge the problem. *sc jb