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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005027613 | Incident Date: May, 26 2005 |
| Consumer's City: REDMOND | Consumer's State: OR |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SL | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZJ5278TZ | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 06 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 02 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: There was a clicking sound in the engine; when i tried to press the gas it just revved the engine but had a hard time getting up to speed; i was driving home with my two daughters; going about 30 mph and i heard a loud noise and then stuff falling under my car....the car died. i pushed the car about a block and half to my house. my children and i then went to pick up the pieces of the engine...one of the pistons had blown out of the block. there was a huge whole on the lower right of the engine. i had several mechanics come look at it and they said it was a "freak" accident. there was still oil in the engine so i had not ran it out of oil. the noise just started and immediately the engine was bad. i bought it with 113000 miles on it and had it only a 6-8 weeks when this happened. i had 117000 mile on it when it broke down. |
