NHTSA Complaint #10716120 — 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10716120
Vehicle	2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of Incident	May 10, 2015
Date Filed	May 13, 2015
Mileage	59,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	WI

Consumer Description

AFTER COMING HOME FROM A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SHUT OFF MY CAR ON SATURDAY NIGHT ON SUNDAY MORNING WHEN I WENT TO GET IN MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE TO WORK IT WOULD NOT START. LET VEHICLE SIT ALL DAY SUNDAY THEN ON MONDAY TRIED AGAIN STILL WOULD NOT START AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. HAD A TOW TRUCK COME TO HOME TO PICK VEHICLE UP AND DRIVE TO DELERSHIP TOW TRUCK DRIVER ALSO TRIED TO START CAR WOULD NOT START UPONE VEHICLE GETTING TO DEALERSHIP STARTS RIGHT UP DEALERSHIP DROVE IT KEPT IT OVER NIGHT NO ISSUES. I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP FROM DEALERSHIP LAST NIGHT DROVE FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS PARKED CAR FOR THE NIGHT NOW THIS MORNING IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. DEALERSHIP HAD MY VEHILCE FOR 2DAYS AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM BUT CLEARLY THERE IS SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL ISSUE OR SOMETHING OTHERWISE I WOULDNT KEEP HAVING THIS HAPPEN. SOMETHING ABOUT THE TOW COMPANY LIFTING THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO SHIFT SOMETHING AND ALLOWS VEHICLE TO WORK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

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