1997 BUICK PARK AVENUE Complaints

AT 21,470 MILES, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN USED, AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT RETRACT FROM RETRACTOR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK PASSENGERS RIGHT FRONT LAP BELT IS NOT STUCK AND WILL NOT RELEASE, DEALER STATED IN THE BEGINNING THAT HE WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER WHEN HE FOUND OUT THE COST, HE DECLINED HIS OFFER. *SLC

ELECTRICAL CONTROL BOX IN FRONT PASSENGER DOOR SHORTED OUT, CAUSING A FAILURE IN POWER WINDOWS/LOCKS/MIRRORS. A PRIVATE MECHANIC REPAIRED THIS DEFECT. *AK POWER DOOR LOCK CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE FRONT DOOR, EXPRESS MODULE, AND PIG TAIL WERE REPLACED. *YH

ELECTRONIC BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ABS TO ACTIVATE WHEN IT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO. ALSO, TRACTION CONTROL ACTIVATED WHEN TAKING OFF, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. RECALL 97V064000/ ABS FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN WIRING OF STEERING COLUMN WHICH CAUSES BRAKES TO VIBRATE AND MAKE A RUMBLING NOISE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN MAKING A STOP AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ITEM 1. RETURNING HOME, PLAY DEVELOPED IN THE STEERING WHEEL. WITH THE CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, DURING INVESTIGATION , THE STEERING WHEEL TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING RACK, SO THE CAR WAS NO LONGER STEERABLE. DEALER SAID THE STEERING WHEEL SHAFT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RACK INPUT, BUT COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN. RACK ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN REPLACED 03/28/97, 2101 MILES BEAUSE OF OIL LEAKS. ITEM 2. TAKING CAR HOME FROM DEALER AFTER ENGINE OIL LEAK REPAIR, THERE WAS MUCH PLAY, 1/3 TURN, IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS BROKEN MOUNTING EAR ON STEERING RACK AND PINION, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF RACK ASSEMBLY. RACK ASSEMBLE HAD BEEN REPLACED 03/28/97, 2101 MILES DUE TO OIL LEAKS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE STALLED. DEALER FOUND POWER CONTROL MODULE AND ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION #00039 FOR FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR, CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE REPAIR COMPLETED ONLY TO BE TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, SECOND OCCASION PARTS WERE IN CONSUMER RETURNED VEHILCE AND WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT AFTER CHECKING TO SEE IF PROBLEM WAS FIXED CONSUMER REALIZED SEAT BELT WAS STILL EXHIBITING SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP A THIRD TIME AND WAS ADVISED THAT PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED, THE LAST TIME CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM DEALERSHIP STATING THERE WERE NO PARTS AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT REQUIRE REPAIR OF THE DEFECT, CONSUMER WAS LATER ADVISED THAT MECHANIC STATED CONSUMER DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE RECALL AND THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS FINISHED. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE COMING TO A SLOW AND NORMAL STOP ABS WILL KICK IN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ABS KICKS IN WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY. *AK

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE AND HEARD WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A BACK FIRE, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD, CLAIM 52-2467-692. *SLC

ELECTRICAL SEAT CONTROL SOMETIMES WILL POP OUT. COULD NOT BE PUT BACK IN PLACE.DEALER COULD NOT FIX DEFECT.*AK