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2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU — STEERING

crash · 1173343 · 2015-04-09

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
MALIBU
Year
2006
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
STEERING
Miles at failure
156,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I DO NOT RECALL EXACT ACCIDENT DATE AS I RECEIVED NOTHING FROM INSURANCE. CAR WAS PLACED IN PARK AND TURNED OFF. CAR HAD BEEN PARKED AND SITTING FOR 30 MINUTES. CAR CAME OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER PARKED CAR CAUSING DAMAGE TO THAT VEHICLE AND TO MY VEHICLE.I DO NOT THINK IT WENT INTO PARK TO START WITH. MY INSURANCE COVERED REPAIR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE AND I REPAIRED MY OWN VEHICLE. MY INSURANCE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT CHEVROLET CONCERNING ACCIDENT. LATER I NOTICED MY INSURANCE HAD LISTED THIS AS A MOVING VIOLATION AND RAISED MY INSURANCE. I HAVE CONTACTED MY INSURANCE CONCERNING THIS AS THIS WAS NOT A MOVING VIOLATION. I WAS NOT DRIVING NOR WAS I IN THE CAR AND THIS SEEMED TO INVOLVED A RECALL. I WILL REPORT MY INSURANCE TO THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSION TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER HAS I SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAD AN EXCELLENT DRIVING RECORDS FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. I HAD TAKEN CAR TO DEALER CONCERNING RECALLS BUT WAS TOLD PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. I TOOK CAR ON ONE OCCASION AND PART WAS ORDERED FOR RECALL. I TOOK CAR BACK AND WAS TOLD MY PART GIVEN TO SOME ONE ELSE. I FINALLY RECEIVED FINAL REPAIR ON 04/08/2015. I MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO HAVE CAR LOOKED AT AND PARTS TO BE ORDERED THEN HAD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR REPAIRS. I ALSO HAD LOSE OF STEERING AT TIMES FOR BRIEF PERIODS. I BECAME FEARFUL OF DRIVING THIS CAR AFTER SO MANY PROBLEMS AND WAS NERVOUS AND ANXIOUS WHEN IN THE CAR. TOO MANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE AFTER I HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME. SOME ONE

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
10704825
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