Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / ION / 2005

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006057370 Incident Date: Feb, 07 2006
Consumer's City: AURORA Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ION Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:fluid
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8AZ52FX5Z Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 25 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 19 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving my 2005 saturn ion2 and the brakes totally failed when i depressed the clutch on my 5 speed transmission. after taking it in for service the mechanic told me that the slave cylinder was leaking and allowed air into the brake system because the brakes and clutch have a shared hydraulic fluid reservoir. i couldn't downshift because the clutch failed and i couldn't brake because the brakes failed. the warning system failed because there was still some fluid in the shared reservoir. the warning light goes on when the system is out of fluid not when it is running low. scary stuff... i could have been killed or killed others. lucky for me i was not going highway speeds and/or on a busy street. i was able to use the emergency brake to stop...*nm