Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005019826 Incident Date: Mar, 02 2005
Consumer's City: TRENTON Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ND52M4WY Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 11 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 12 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: In march of '05 took car in for sevice engine was ticking while idle at one point once car was warmed up the ticking stoped but now the ticking is still heard while driving and at acceleartion. took car in the bob mcguire chevrolet in bordentown, nj was told that i had a head gasket leak that had already mixed with the engine oil. had everything fixed and they even put in heavy duty lifter cleaner to clean the lifters according to mecanic that was were the tick was coming from but when i picked up the car the engine was still ticking when idle and the noise had gotten worse. when i asked what it would take to fix the ticking i was told that the whole job that was just performed on the car had to be performed again in order to fix the lifters that is causing the ticking.