Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 2002

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043178 Incident Date: Oct, 17 2005
Consumer's City: GREENSBURG Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:cooling system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ND52J82M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 17 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 14 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Two weeks ago my water level light came on. i added dexcool coolant per manufacturers recommendation. the light continued to come on and go off for approx 1 week. i added dexcool coolant each time. after approx. 1 week of doing this, the light stopped coming on. yesterday, when i returned to my vehicle after work, there was coolant in the lot under my vehicle. i filled the reservoir up again and drove the vehicle home. today, i took the car to a repair garage who informed me that i needed to replace my lower intake gasket and thermostat gasket and valve cover gasket at a cost of $890.00. the mechanic informed me that gm has had several complaints in reference to this type of problem. they fixed four of this type of problem in the last two years. apparently the problem is possibly due to the use of the gm-recommended dexcool which gm has since discontinued use of. *nm