Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005037244 Incident Date: Sep, 03 2005
Consumer's City: MORENCI Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cruise control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ND52J93M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 28 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the consumer states that on 2003 chevrolet malibu the cruise control was still active even when the driver had his foot on the brake. the switch on the steering wheel was turned off and the cruise was still activating and speeding the car up. the consumer put his foot on the brakes several times trying to get the car to stop. the consumer finally was able to get the car to stop, but he had to put the car into neutral. the car had to be turned off completely. it set for about 5 minutes and then vehicle restarted. the car sat for a few minutes and then the car was back to normal. the consumer called the dealership and checked to see if there were any problems with the car, and the dealership had not ever heard of this happening before. the manufacturer has not been contacted at this point. the speed was 65 mph and that was with the driver's foot on the brake. *ak *jb