On 9/5/02 my car was involved in an accident which totally destroyed it. Accident was caused when I was slowly making a left turn, suddenly I experienced loss of power making it very hard to maneuver car due to high resistance. I was going south, and when I started to make left turn, north bound was free and clear, but because the length of time I spent trying to control my vehicle, another car going north approached the intersection where I was and could not avoid hitting the other car causing the crash. I spent my entire savings to purchase this car from a pontiac dealer, and this accident that left me without transportation, caused the lost of my job and many other hardships. Then on january 2003, pontiac decides to send me a recall letter, which was too late for me. My question is what took pontiac such a long time to issue the recall notice? If they had done it earlier, I would have never purchase this used vehicle in 2002. Four years is a long time and I am sure there must have been numerous accidents, hope they were as lucky as me who is alive to tell the story. Now for my rights..... What are they in this situation? As I said before, this "minor mistake of gm" left me without car, without savings and without a job. I strongly believe that gm should compensate me with an equal car or the equivalent for me to purchase another car, it is only fair. If the problem was made public in 1999 or 2000 I would not be in this predicament. Please present my complaint to the manufacturer and advise me on how to proceed in order to be reimbursed for the damages this "minor defect" had caused me. I desperately need a car to be able to get to a job. Please help me! Thank you. (by the way, it took me a while to find you) (don't know what eom means, I checked no, but don't know the answer).
1998 Pontiac Sunfire steering complaints
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Recall #02-v-286-000 the recall regarding the rack and pinion failed, after the recall was performed.
First this clicking/popping sound started coming from the steering wheel when you turn it at low speed. The mechanic said its the inner tie rods that need to be replaced. But to replace them you have to replace the whole steering assembly because there made as one piece. Then one month ago the car started shacking at idle speed. If you are in drive or nuetruel at a stop light standing still you could feel it shacking a little. The dealer said it could be anything from electric problems to coil problems. But just yesterday I was driving at night on the freeway going about 60mph when I saw smoke behind my car. I got on the shoulder and saw smoke comming out of the engine. Then I tried starting the car but it won't start. So I had it towed to my house. At my house I checked the engine with a flashlight and found a big hole (3-4 in diameter) in the engine by the dipstick. It seems that something got loose in the engine that made the car shacking and when it got lose it just flew out. Luckly it didn't when tru the hood. If anyone could help me please in finding maybe theres like a service bulletin or a recall for this problems. Also I will never buy any stupid pontiacs and won't reccomend one for anyone.
Steering wheel is loose and tilt steering mechanism has slipped out of position while driving. Also, accelerator stuck while driving at 40 MPH.
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