Consumer Complaint Detail
OLDSMOBILE / ALERO / 1999

0 Injured

0 Death

No Fire
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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 |