Complaint 227997
2000 SPARTAN HIGHLANDER • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE • incident Jul 7, 2000
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 227997
- Make
- SPARTAN
- Model
- HIGHLANDER
- Model Year
- 2000
- Component
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- Incident Date
- Jul 7, 2000
- Date Received
- Jul 25, 2000
- Data As Of
- Aug 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Owner Narrative
CAMSHAFT TENSIONER HAS GONE BAD AT 700 MILES. THIS PART CAN FAIL AT ANY TIME WHEN DRIVING MOTORCYCLE CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE ENGINE'S TIMING CHAIN TO SKIP A TOOTH ON THE CAIM SPROKET CAUSING THE MOTOR TO LOCK UP AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE WILL ORCCUR WITH INJURY ORDEATH TO OPERATOR OF MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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