DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT'S HARNESS BUCKLE WAS EASILY UNBUCKLED BY THE CONTACT'S CHILD. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE PLACE WHERE THE SAFETY SEAT WAS PURCHASED, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE NHTSA BE CONTACTED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO EXPRESSED THAT THERE WERE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND OFFERED TO SEND A REPLACEMENT HARNESS BUCKLE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE CHILD COULD EASILY UNLATCH THE HARNESS BUCKLE, WHICH MAY POSE A SAFETY RISK IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION.
2006 Buick Terraza complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2006 record →
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR CLOSED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING SHOULDER AND HIP BRUISING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.
THE POWER SLIDING DOORS ON THE BUICK TERAZZA VAN CONTINUALLY REOPEN WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED. THIS IS A SECURITY ISSUE AS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE DOOR HAS OPENED AS WE WALKED AWAY FROM THE VAN ON A PARKING LOT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMED THEY CLEANED THE CONTACTS AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OPERATION OF THE DOORS. THIS PROBLEM OF THE DOORS REOPENING STILL EXISTS. *JB
WHEN DOORS ARE LOCKED, EITHER SLIDING DOOR BUTTON ON REMOTE WILL UNLOCK ALL DOORS AND OPEN SLIDING DOOR WITH DRIVER NOT KNOWING IT LEAVING INTERIOR EXPOSED TO WEATHER, THIEVES, ANIMALS AND ANYTHING ELSE NEARBY. GM REFUSES TO CORRECT IT OR EVEN CONSIDER A BUY BACK. *NM
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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