| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006080492 | Incident Date: Aug, 15 2006 |
| Consumer's City: SHELDON | Consumer's State: IA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: CATERA | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 28 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 17 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Purchased 2001 catera new from sioux falls cad., sioux falls, sd. with less than 12,000 miles on car, tires were completely worn. cad. replaced tires, aligned the wheels which were within cad. guide. with less than 15,000 miles on the replaced tires, tires were irregularly worn out, replaced at hamil motors of sheldon, ia. which i paid for. car aligned and alignment was within cad. guide. both alignments were completed by cad. dealers. replaced tires wore out within 15,000 miles and were replaced by me from ok one stop in hospers, ia. car taken to sioux falls cad for another alignment which was within cad. guide. with less than 10,000 miles tires were again irregularly worn, replaced at morgan tire co. and with less than 15,000 miles blowout while my wife was driving causing much emotional stress for my wife. tires replaced at morgan tire, alignment completed with morgan calling cad for correction. stated that it was a design flaw in the catera and nothing could be done to correct this situation. filed a complaint with gmac - 800-458-8006 4 weeks ago, was assigned file #1-431277521, was instructed to have tires brought to cad dealer which was completed by morgan tire co. to hamill motors of sheldon. dealer was to call cad. with result of tire inspection and i have heard nothing from cad. since.*jb |
