Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / GRAND AM / 1998

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004304962 Incident Date: Oct, 23 2004
Consumer's City: RALEIGH Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: GRAND AM Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 25 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Severe acceleration when auto is moving at slow or idle speed when moving from a cold start or nearly cold start. most noticeable when auto is making a turn after a cold start or nearly cold start. the problem occur 100% of the time when descending from a parking deck and reaching the lower level or lowest level of the parking deck. my action is to put the car in neutral until it drop back to a normal idling speed, which normally take( as a guest), about 45 to 60 seconds. *ak