Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / BRAVADA / 1997

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006059419 Incident Date: Mar, 14 2006
Consumer's City: PENSACOLA Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BRAVADA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GHDT13W5V2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 15 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 1997
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The throttle valve in the throttle body has a shield riveted to it and the shield sticks to the throttle body housing. when you step on the gas pedal it causes the shield to be pull away from the throttle valve,this causes metal fatigue at the rivets the shield then brakes loose and falls into the intake manifold causing the engine to run at about 4000 rpm and very fast down the road. a new throttle body from gm cost about$739.00 plus labor. *nm