NHTSA Complaint #10189850 — 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT

Complaint Details

ODI Number	10189850
Vehicle	1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO
Component	SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
Date of Incident	May 4, 2007
Date Filed	May 5, 2007
Mileage	63,580 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	OH

Consumer Description

PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE AT WORK ON 5/4/07 AND HEARD A LOUD POP, STOPPED VEHICLE AND CHECKED BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME (ABOUT 1/2 MILE) AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA. PULLED UP TO MY HOME AND THERE WAS A SOUND LIKE A GUN SHOT AND MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. TRIPLE "A" TOW TRUCK FOUND THAT MY RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING HAD BROKEN IN A WEAK SPOT AND OBLITERATED MY TIRE. CAR WAS TOWED TO BUCKEYE COLLISION AND I AM WAITING ON A ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE/REPAIR COST. I DON'T KNOW IF BUCKEYE COLLISION IS A CERTIFIED REPAIR PLACE FOR GM BUT I WOULD LIKE GM TO PAY FOR THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT. I NOW WORRY ABOUT THE LEFT STRUT AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS KIND OF MAJOR REPAIR. PLEASE POST THIS MESSAGE AND CONTACT GM AND ANY OTHER REPORTING AGENCIES. THIS COULD LEAD TO A DEATH OF AN INNOCENT PERSON IF DRIVING FAST ON HIGHWAY. *TR

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