Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / ALERO / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998019135 Incident Date: Nov, 18 1998
Consumer's City: SANTA CLARA Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ALERO Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Parking brake:conventional
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3NF52E6XC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 08 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 17 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Bought the vehicle new in florida...from day one, the parking brake has never worked right...will not hold the vehicle on a hill when parking brake lever fully engaged. took the vehicle to dealer service centers several times...parking brake would work for a few weeks, but would return to previous state of not working...ineffective. finally fixed myself...problem was a defective brake adjuster screw.