Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / ASTRO / 1996

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004292437 Incident Date: Aug, 03 2004
Consumer's City: ODESSA Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ASTRO Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:torsion bar
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNEL19WXTB Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 05 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Part#15990701 failed,broke.causing left corner of vechicleto droop almost to interfering with left front wheel.this part is comminly known as a torsion bar and should not be failing/.there was no accident.this vech.is in excellent condition and has never been abused.reparing this is going to be costly;over 1000.00 dollars.because their are no original parts.the parts have been updated and all new parts for both sides of the vech. must be used.this tells me their was bad engineering in the original design. now that they've fixed the problem they want the customer to pay the bill. thank you. respectfully richard wagner. *ak