Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / LUMINA / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006072408 Incident Date: Jul, 21 2006
Consumer's City: BARABOO Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LUMINA Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2G1WL52M5T1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 21 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 24 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The engine started knocking around 100k miles and getting worse ever since. the piston pin is going bad. i found out that gm knows about this problem by a certified gm technician. he told me that all 3.1l engines have this problem and gm wont fix it. i feel shafted and will never by a gm product again. *nm