ROCKLIN, CA
Consumer Complaint:
AT THE PRECISE MOMENT I FULLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS A SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE, CAUSING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO DOWN SHIFT, THE RADIATOR UPPER NECK BROKE OFF, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT. SIGNIFICANT STEAM WAS GENERATED FROM THE LEAK AND CAUSED A CLOUD BEHIND MY CAR THAT COULD HAVE BLOCKED THE VIEW OF A FOLLOWING VEHICLE. I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHICH MINIMIZED THE STEAM'S ABILITY TO BLOCK MY VIEW, BUT AT LOWER SPEEDS THE STEAM MAY HAVE COMPLETELY BLOCKED MY VIEW. CONSIDERING I WAS PASSING A VEHICLE, THERE WAS A RISK THAT IF MY VIEW WAS OBSTRUCTED, AN ACCIDENT WITH EITHER THE VEHICLE BEING PASSED OR ONCOMING TRAFFIC COULD HAVE RESULTED. I WAS STRANDED UNTIL MY TEMPORARY REPAIRS ALLOWED ME TO LIMP TO THE NEAREST REPAIR FACILITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE MODE FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION BE INITIATED.*JB
Date of Incident:
20030510
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