Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / IMPALA / 2002

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007091614 Incident Date: Jan, 11 2007
Consumer's City: MEMPHIS Consumer's State: TN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: IMPALA Model Year: 2002
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#: 2G1WH55K329 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 11 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dear gm customer service representative, please forward this message to mr. douglass j herberger, vice president and general manager of service and parts operation. dear mr. herberger, i have been trying to get the codes for the pass lock theft deterrent system on my 2002 chevy impala ls and the dealers around memphis, tn refuse to give it to me. they also refuse to reprogram it for free. i feel that i should not have to pay a dealer to unlock that system. i'm paying for and own my car, not the dealer. in addition, i went in to the service department of chuck hutton chevrolet to and was told that i would have to pay $47.00 for them to enter and reprogram the theft lock system, that they cannot do it by hand. why should i have to pay the dealer $47.00 everytime i change out my battery - to reprogram my theft lock system? i thought that i purchased the car to become the owner of it. i pay taxes on it, i pay my insurance and maintenance fees. why should i have to pay a dealer to codes that i should have free access to. why was my car designed to lock me (the owner) out without free general access to unlock the vehicle? i have exhausted my attempts to resolve this matter out of court, however, unless this matter gets fixed at no expense to me, i will take it to the lawful limit. i want to hear from you mr. herberger, not these no thinking that understand the difference between owner and dealer. *jb