Consumer Complaint Detail

GMC / S UTILITY / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006083286 Incident Date: Oct, 22 2006
Consumer's City: LAKE GROVE Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: S UTILITY Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment:mechanical:carrier/rack
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GKCT18W1XK Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 24 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 29 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was just getting ready to leave the car wash. i pressed the brake padal to put the truck in gear, a second later the padal went to the floor, thought it was air in the line. tried a few more times then got out of the truck to look for the leak, found (steel line) drivers side rusted. had truck towed to shop, as i could not drive it. they found heavy rust on all brake lines in the front, the control arms also have heavy rust. thank god i was not in traffic as i am sure i would have crashed. the shop is replacing all front brake lines and are going to inspect all other lines ie: all brake lines to back, all fuel lines. parking brake failed as well. how did this truck pass nys inspection? truck was purchased 3/30/2006 from dealer facility #7096646 a&a used car sales inc. 969 sunrise hwy,brightwaters,ny 11706 nys inspected by station 7099758