1998 Buick Park Avenue complaints

INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED, ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER ENGINE COST 1,400 TO REPAIR. *AK

THE SEAT BELT FAILS. CAN`T BE USED TO PROVIDE SAFETY TO FRONT PASSENGER. *AK

LOW COOLENT LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. TOOK CAR IN TO LOCATE LEAK ,COULD NOT LOCATE THE LEAK. WE KEPT ADDING WATER ABOUT 1 GALLON A WEEK UNTILL STARTER BROKE. FOUND WATER IN THE HEADS, DUE TO A FAILED SEAL IN THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLED.*AK

INSURED ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE INSIDE HER NEIGHBORS GARAGE. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE GARAGE, CLAIM 36-A152-007. *JG

INSURED TURNED THE KEY AND THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 13-7487-154. *JG

VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING OVERNIGHT, INSURED STARTED VEHICLE, PUFF OF SMOKE APPEARED. INSURED TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND FIRE ERRUPTED, CLAIM 49-3261-220. *JG

INSURED WASN'T ABLE TO START CAR. TRIPLE A CAME TO START THE CAR, WHEN DRIVER HOOKED UP THE BATTERY CABLE AND TURNED THE IGNITION, THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND A FIRE BEGAN, CLAIM 59-V656-995. *JG

INSURED STARTED UP THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 42-1319-967. *JG

INSURED WAS JUMP STARTING VEHICLE WITH CABLES, ENGINE BLEW, FIRE STARTED, CLAIM 23-1290-238. *JG

CONSUMER WAS STARTING VEHICLE WHEN HE HEARD A BIG BOOM, SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 25-5607-676. *SLC

SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT WORK. SHOULDER BELT TWISTS AND JAMS. THERE IS A RECALL ON SHOULDER BELTS, BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOT IN RECALL. *AK

AFTER COMING TO A STOP, APPLIED ACCELERATOR AND ENGINE REVVED, VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. DEALER DETERMINED THAT PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID FAILED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THE VEHICLE'S FAILURE TO MOVE AFTER STOPPING IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION BUT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO FIX IT. *YH

REAR SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER BEING USED. WOULD HAVE A LOT OF SLACK AFTER PULLING OUT TO BE USED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS OF BOTH FRONT AND REAR BELTS. MECHANIC REPAIRED FRONT BELTS AND NOT REAR. INDICATED EXCESSIVE MILEAGE ON VEHICLE FOR REAR BELTS TO BE REPAIRED. *AK *ET

CONSUMER TURNED KEY, THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 13-7487-154. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED LOW COOLANT MESSAGE FLASHED ON WHILE LOW TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING COOL. SOON AFTER, NOTICED ENGINE RUNNING HARD. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER, AND ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. *AK DEALER FOUND PLENUM LEAKING, DEALER REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLDS UPPER AND LOWER, PLENUM, COOLANT BYPASS HOSE, AND HEAD GASKET SEAL. *TT

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AT 60MPH. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN, AND STEERED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. MECHANIC FLUSHED POWER STEERING PUMP TWICE. HOWEVER PROBLEM WASN'T CORRECTED. DEALER WILL REPLACE STEERING UNIT.*AK

GAS GUAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND SHOWED NO AMOUNT OF FUEL IN VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $800.00. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE CLUSTER PANEL AREA SOMETIMES BLINKS ON/OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES DAY/NIGHT.*JB

HAVE HAD ROTORS RESURFACED 3X AND REPLACED 2X. 1ST TIME WAS AT 5877 MI LAST ONE 27626. *AK

THE DRIVER PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, TURNED IT AND HEARD A LOUD BOOM, THEN THE CAR WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, THIS FAILURE COULD POSSIBLY BE TO AND ENGINE FAILURE.

THREE OF THE FOUR ORIGINAL GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES WERE SEPARATED RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

THE SEAT MATERIAL IS COLLAPSING, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE SEATS ARE CONNECTED TO THE SEAT BELT, WHICH ALSO AFFECT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSING THE SEATS TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER POSITION, DISREGARDING PROGRAMMED SETTINGS, WHICH CAUSES THE MIRRORS TO CHANGE THEIR PRE-PROGRAMMED POSITION WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER FEELS SHE HAS BEEN GETTING THE RUN AROUND FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS.*JB EXAMPLES OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE: DOORS DO NOT LOCK, WINDOWS GET STUCK. *SLC CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SEATBELT WOULD NOT MOVE FROM ITS STANDARD POSITION. *SLC

WHILE VEHICAL WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, IT POPPED INTO GEAR AND ROLLED AWAY, MAKING IMPACT WITH NEIGHBORS HOUSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN VEHICLE BECOMES HARD TO SLOW DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 YARDS BEFORE CONSUMER BEGANS TO FEEL VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE IS NORMAL AND WAS INFORMED THAT NEW PADS WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*JB

SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. VIBRATIONS FELT IN STEERING AND PASSENGER SEATING. THIS 3 YEAR OLD VEHICLE HAS ONLY 25,000 MILES. THE BRAKE ROTORS SHOULD NOT BE DEFECTIVE AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE. *AK

ASH TRAY LATCHING MECHANISM FAILED. TRAY IN OPEN POSITION. POTENTIAL HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HEATER FAILED. THIS COMPONENT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED ON A THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH 25,000 MILES.*AK

IT DOES NOT MATTER IF TANK IS FULL OR EMPTY FUEL BACKS UP IN NECK, AND WILL SHUT OUT ONTO WHOMEVER IS STANDING IN FRONT OF GAS NOZZLE. DEALER REPLACED FUEL FILLER NECK. WAS REPLACED IMMEDIATELY AFTER FUEL FILLER NECK NEEDED REPLACING AGAIN. CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH WARNING LIGHT FOR COOLANT CAME ON. CONSUMER WENT TO MECHANIC, WHO FOUND UPPER MANIFOLD PLENTIUM, WHICH WAS MADE OF PLASTIC, HAD ALLOWED ANTIFREEZE TO FLOOD ENGINE. *AK *JB

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, ORIGIN APPEARS NEAR LEFT FRONT APRON, VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING ALL NIGHT, CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND A PUFF OF SMOKE APPEARED, CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND FIRE BEGAN, CLAIM 49-3261-220. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS SITTING OVERNIGHT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START IT BY TURNING KEY IN IGNITION, AND VEHICLE EXPLODED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARMENT. VEHICLE WAS NOT A TOTAL LOSS. FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL FUEL LEAKAGE. *AK

NO SUMMARY FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 10MPH AND PREPARING TO MAKE A TURN, CAR MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND COLLASPED, WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS DISENGADGED AND LEFT BALL JOINT NUT CAME OFF. *AK DEALER INSTALLED INNER CV BOOT ON LEFT FRONT. *SLC

RIGHT AFTER PUTTING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. *CJ

THE VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE MANIFOLD SYSTEM WHICH CRACKS AND CAN CAUSES THE RELEASE OF NOXIOUS GASES. NLM

AS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE REP THE CONSUMER SHIFTER FROM FOURTH TO THIRD TO SECOND AND TO FIRST BUT THE ENGINE STILL DIED WHILE GOING DOWN A LONG HILL. NLM

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE JUMPED AND WHEN HE HOOKED UP THE BATTERY CABLE AND TURNED THE KEY TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND A FIRE STARTED, CLAIM 59-V656-995. *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED UP VEHICLE AND IT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 42-1319-967. *SLC

WHILE RAINING CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

CONSUMER TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INSIDE HER NEIGHBORS GARAGE, CLAIM 36-A152-007. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE RECALL 00V-117 CONCERNING SHOULDER HARNESS BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THE BELTS ARE GETTING WORSE AND THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING THREE MONTHS. NLM

CRACKED HEAD GASKET, AND OIL BACK INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM. THEREFORE, CAUSING ME TO NEED ANOTHER ENGINE. *AK

CRACKED HEAD GASKET AND OIL BACK INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM. THEREFORE CAUSING ME TO NEED ANOTHER ENGINE.*AK

THIS MAY OR NOT BE A PROBLEM. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DAMP AFTER A NIGHT OF RAIN,NO STANDING WATER ON TURNPIKE. TRAVELING AT 65 MPH USING CRUISE CONTROL ON STRAIGHT PART OF ROAD. AUTO SUDDENLY WENT INTO A REAR END SLIDE WHICH CONTINUED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT SLIDES . AFTER ABOUT 150 YARDS I DISENGAGED THE ABS SYSTEM AND REGAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR. QUESTION.COULD THIS BE A MALFUNCTION OF THE ABS /CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AUTO? *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER JUMP STARTED VEHICLE WITH CABLES WHEN ENGINE BLEW AND A FIRE STARTED, CLAIM 23-1290-238. *SLC

SEVERE TREAD SEPARATION ON LEFT FRONT. OTHER THREE TIRES SHOWED START OF DETERIORATION. GOOD YEAR DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND IMMEDIATELY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, ADJUSTING THEM AT 50% REAR AND 45% FRONT. IF DEFECT HAD NOT BEEN CAUGHT, SEVERE INJURY COULD HAVE OCCURRED. SINCE ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE, I SUSPECT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES OF ONE DEFECTIVE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: M6X0BMWR50 TIRESIZE: P22560R16)

FRONT SEAT LAP BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PLASTIC CASE ON INTAKE MANIFOLD - HOLES BURN THROUGH CASE AND WATER GOES INTO CYLINDER

RECALL 00V117 CAN NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *SLC