Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006089268 Incident Date: Jul, 29 2006
Consumer's City: EDWARDS Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ND52J0Y6 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 19 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 30 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving my car along the freeway and without any notice the car went from having a normal temp to red lining on the temperature. i immediately slowed the vehicle down and turned on the heat. at this point no heat came out and soon afterwards the vehicle overheated and died. i cruised it off the freeway and onto a side road. i was in the middle of nowhere and a passerby was nice enough to stop. i ended up refilling the coolant and was able to drive to where i need to go and return home. i had refill the fluid level multiple times. i took it to a radiator shop that stated that the seals on my engine were leaking exhaust into the fluids which caused the vehicle to overheat. they stated that chevy was having trouble with the dexacool coolant in the vehicles and that it was eating away the seal in the engine. *jb