Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / TORRENT / 2006

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006059543 Incident Date: Jan, 27 2006
Consumer's City: PASADENA Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: TORRENT Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Steering
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2CKDL73F566 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 02 2006 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 28 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When consumer was attempting to back out of parking space, 2006 torrent suddenly accelerated in reverse at high speed. *ts as a result the vehicle crashed onto another vehicle parked in the parking lot causing extensive damage to both vehicles. the vehicle was towed to the dealer's body shop. when they attempted to do an alignment they noticed damage to the steering system components (right front strut, steering knuckle, hub, bearing and lower control arm). the vehicle was then towed to the dealer's service shop to be inspected. the technician inspected and test drove the vehicle and found no codes stored in the vehicle's computer and determined that the vehicle was operating as designed. *nm