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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071579 | Incident Date: Jun, 14 2006 |
| Consumer's City: WICHITA | Consumer's State: KS |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: GTO | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:front:macpherson strut |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 6G2VX12U76L | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 15 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 05 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: my 2006 pontiac gto blew 2 front macpherson struts shortly after i purchased the vehicle on 6-6-06. the dealership was not able to acquire new struts because they were on backorder. therefore, the dealership pulled struts out of a new gto on the lot and installed them in my car. one week later they blew out as well. during extensive research on the internet forums, i have found many many people who have blown front struts in their 2006 gto' s. they have all been gto's that have a completion date of either january or february 2006. the dealership that i bought my car from has contacted gm to find out if this has been a problem and their response has been to see how hard am i driving the vehicle. the dealer said they are not admitting a problem with their struts. this is a performance car and as such people will drive them like a performance car and if they happen to blow a strut during a racing maneuver it could be deadly. i feel that they should alert the consumer of theses vehicles with a service bulletin to inspect these january and february vehicles. all that is needed is to go to a gto forum online to see peoples responses i.e. ls2gto.com or newagegto.com are a couple. for gm not to admit a problem with these struts is aggravating. you don't have a national backorder for no reason at all. it took 2 1/2 weeks for brand new struts to come in for my gto. i also had to wait for other parts that were back ordered because of all the oil that leaks out of the struts causes problems with these other parts. you spend $40000 on a vehicle and to have someone say that maybe it is the way i'm driving the vehicle is insulting. to blow 2 sets of front struts out in a performance car in under 500 miles is a little extreme. i just hope to raise awareness to gm so they satisfy the customer before something bad could happen. *jb |
