Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / ALERO / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005031070 Incident Date: Jul, 16 2005
Consumer's City: DANVILLE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ALERO Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:coil springs
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3NL52E7XC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 27 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 03 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1 i was leaving work parking lot and heard a clunk noise and got out of my car to see if i had hit something and checked my tires and everything appeared alright so i proceeded to pull out again and heard a clunk and then pssssssssss. got out of my car again and my front passenger tire was deflated. 2 when pulling tire off to change it we couldn't get the tire off because the coil spring shot through the tire. finally got tire off and changed it. 3 took car to steve shannon tire and auto center and had it repaired. checked with gm dealership to see if there was a recall (before having shannon's fix it) but there was not. told them what happened and they said they never heard of it. parts replaced : 2 struts, coil spring set, 2 strut mounts, 1 tire. i do have the tire and coil spring. i reported this to gm and told them i would be filing a complaint with nhtsa. *jb