Consumer Complaint Detail

GEO / METRO / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999082704 Incident Date: Apr, 16 1999
Consumer's City: LEECHBURG Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: METRO Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Parking brake:conventional
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2C1MR2265T6 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 19 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle was parked facing uphill in the driveway,the parking brake was applied and the manual transmiison was in neutral. the car was parked and locked at approximately 3:30 pm. at approximately 7:10 pm the car rolled backwards down the drive and across the state highway and stopped against the guardrail, blocking traffic. my son heard a commotion and noticing the car, went to move it off of the highway. he returned to the house, got the car key and proceeded to drive the car back to the driveway. he noticed that the parking brake was not applied at that time. he very rarely drives this car and would notice that the brake was not on. *ak