NHTSA Complaint #10720908 — 2012 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA

VEHICLE DRIVEN IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREA WHEN WITHOUT WARNING SLOWLY LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. INITIAL ATTEMPT TO START VEHICLE FAILED. AFTER SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE STARTED ONLY TO GRADUALLY LOSE POWER AND STALLED AGAIN. ABLE TO ROLL VEHICLE OFF MAIN STREET ONTO SIDE STREET AND CALLED AAA. WHILE WAITING FOR AAA I DISCONNECTED BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLES WAITED 10 MINUTES AND RECONNECTED. VEHICLE STARTED BUT WHEN MOVED IT AGAIN LOST POWER AND STALLED. AAA ARRIVED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED AND WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE FLATBED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MY HOME AND WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE FLAT BED IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO START AND DRIVE VEHICLE OFF THE FLAT BED. WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE CAR SINCE WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE HAD A TRAGIC ENDING HAD I BEEN HIT DURING THIS VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. *TR