Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CAVALIER / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006081781 Incident Date: Oct, 08 2006
Consumer's City: CONROE Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CAVALIER Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:anti-theft:control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1JC524XV7 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 11 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 09 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Passlock/theftlock system enables with known key in system preventing the vehicle from starting or shutting down while driving disabling power steering and brake systems. a google search indicates this is a very common problem in all gm vehicles equipped with this system. gm's attitude is lackadaisical toward this issue at best. dealers will not disable system and after hundreds of dollars are spent on fixing the problem, it still exists.