Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / SC1 / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007094889 Incident Date: Feb, 07 2007
Consumer's City: CAROL STREAM Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SC1 Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZY14741Z Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 10 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 21 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On thursday, february 8, 2007, i was stopped at a stop light on north aurora road in naperville, illinois. when the light turned green, i stepped on the accelerator to proceed through the intersection. at that time, the car revved to 6000 rpm and went from 0-40 mph. i thought the accelerator must be stuck, so i tried to make sure it wasn't. it was not stuck. i stepped on the brakes, but nothing happened. the car just kept revving and going 40 mph. i knew i had to get the car stopped or risk hitting cars at the next intersection or going through a red light. i saw a road to the right ahead of me and decided that i had to make that turn. i turned onto enterprise road going 40 mph. it was then that i was able to get the car into neutral and turned the key off to get the car to stop. i had the car towed to a garage where the mechanic thought that it was a fouled throttle plate. he "fixed" the problem and i picked the car up. driving the car to my home approximately 5 miles away, the car seemed okay. however, after i put the car in the garage and put it into the park position, the car revved again to 3000 rpm. my husband witnessed this. needless to say, the car is going again to the mechanic. i am afraid to drive this car.*jb