1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE Complaints

CONSUMER HAS HAD A REPEATED PROBLEM WITH RIGHT SIDE MIRROR, PARALLEL PARK ASSISTANCE MIRROR, AUTOMATICALLY GOING INTO "PARK MODE". THUS, HE WAS UNABLE TO USE MIRROR TO SEE VEHICLES/OBJECTS/PERSONS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG SINCE IT DID NOT OCCUR WHILE THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT. *AK THE PARK ASSIST MIRROR HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND REPLACED BUT STILL DOES NOT RETRUN TO NORMAL POSITION. THE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

POWER DOOR LOCKS DO NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK FROM TIME TO TIME. WHEN CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING, AND WAS A PROBLEM THAT THEY WERE AWARE OFF. *AK THE CONSUMER POINTED OUT THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY CREATING SAFETY CONCERN. *YH

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED 3 TIMES, PEDAL WENT HALFWAY STOPED, BRAKES DID NOT LOCKED, AND NO BRAKING ACTION. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN KEY WAS TURNED, ON THE SECOND TRY THE VEHICLE EXPLODED AND THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 40-2451-477. *SLC

NEGATIVE POST SNAPPED FROM BATTERY, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLED AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT FAIL TO EXTEND FROM THE RETRACT MECHANISM WHEN THE SEAT BELT HAS BEEN FULLY RETRACTED. SERVICE DEPT. AND BUICK'S DEALER DISTRICT MANAGER, STATE THAT SEAT BELTS ARE WORKING AS "DESIGNED"! WHEN THIS CONDITION OCCURS THERE IS AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WILL PASS BEFORE THE SEAT BELT WILL "RELEASE ITSELF" FROM THIS "FULLY RETRACTED POSITION" AND ALLOW THE PERSON TO EXTEND THE BELT AND BUCKLE TO THE LATCH RECEPTACLE. WHEN THIS "CONDITION" OCCURS, [ THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THE BUICK DISTRICT MANAGER HAVE SEEN THE CONDITION OCCUR ON MY BUICK AND ALSO ON '2000 BUICK P/A, VIN: [XXX]'. THE BUICK DISTRICT MANAGER AS "O.K.'ED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAT BELTS, BUT UNDER THE STATEMENT "THAT THE REPLACEMENT SEAT BELTS WILL HAVE THE SAME DESIGN" IMPLYING THAT I CAN EXPECT THE SAME CONDITIONS. I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE TO SIT IN THE GARAGE. MY WIFE AND I EXPECT TO DRIVE THE BUICK. WE NEED SEAT BELTS THAT WORK CORRECTLY, NOT ONE'S THAT HAVE DEFECTS THAT WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE EXTENDED IN A NORMAL OPERATION AND BUCKLED IN THE LATCH. PLEASE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE E TO ME AND OTHER GM AND BUICK PRODUCT OWNERS. THIS CONDITION WAS ALSO DEMONSTRATED ON THE 2001 BUICK LESABRE ON THE SHOW ROOM OF THE DEALER. VEHICLE DETAIL NOT AVAILABLE, THIS CONDITION EXIST ON MULTIPLE YEARS OF VEHICLES AND MUST BE RESOLVED QUICKLY! THERE ARE PERHAPS NUMBERS OF PERSONS OPERATING THEIR GM AND OR BUICK VEHICLES WITHOUT HAVING THEIR SEAT BELTS BUCKLED DUE TO THIS DEFECT IN SEAT BELT DESIGN. ***HELP!*** INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE WILL START VIBRATING .IT COULD BE FELT FROM FRONT TO THE REAR OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT WAS NORMAL.*AK

CAR STALLS FOR NO REASON .WHEN IT STALLS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON OR MESSAGES INDICATEING WHAT THE FAILURE WAS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES APPEAR BEFORE YOU START YOUR VECHICLE BUT WHEN CAR STALLS THE ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. IT IS RISK TO BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAVING THE ENGINE STALL AND NOT REALIZING IT .IT ENDANGERS THE LIVES OF THE PERSONS NOT ONLY IN THE VEHICLE BUT OTHERS AS WELL. DEALER HAS TRIED TO REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL DOES NOT ILLUMINATE.I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER PROGRAMMED TO ILLUMINATE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ANYWAYS.

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND PULSATE INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK