Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / SL / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005047976 Incident Date: Nov, 27 2005
Consumer's City: BLOOMFIELD Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SL Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZH5286VZ Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 28 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 19 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When turning the switch to start the engine, the starter motor stopped an smoke started coming from the dashboard. the vehicle was towed to the dealership where it diagnosed that the switch had shorted out. another component failure resulted from the shortening of the switch. the ignition cylinder seems to be a problem; however, i can not find information on safey recalls. web site http://www.alldata.com/tsb/53/975307fc.html shows what appears to be a safey recall 97-c-02 apr 97, tsb title ignition cylinder malfunction. *nm