1997 BUICK PARK AVENUE Complaints

SEAT BELTS BECOME TWISTED AND UNABLE TO USE DUE TO JAM OF THE RETRACTING MECHANISM. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED AND STAYED ON. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUBBING ON TRANSMISSION AND WORE A HOLE THROUGH THE BRKAE LINE. WOULD HAVE LED TO TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK *ML

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETURN TO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM , CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

SERPENTINE BELT SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE TWICE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT IS STICKING , WILL NOT RETRACT, CAUSING A LOSS OF PROTECTION. DEALER HAS INSTALLED A REDESIGNED SEAT BELT IN NOV 1999, BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED. *AK

EA00002, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE SEAT BELTS TO TWIST, WHICH WONT PROPERLY PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN EVENT OF A CRASH. CONSUMER HAVE TAKEN THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER 12 TIMES. DEALER SAYS AS LONG AS THE BELT RETRACTS THEY WILL NOT REPLACE IT. *AK.ET.

FRONT END SHAKES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. DEALER DOES NOT NOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK

FACTORY REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SEPT 1998 SAME AS BEFORE. THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM PERSISTS; SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT BUICK COULD DO NOTHING. PASSENGER CAN EXTEND SEAT BELT, BUT IT OFTEN FOLDS & JAMS, LEAVING 1-2 FT OF LOOSE BELT WHICH VOIDS THE SAFETY OF SEAT BELT. WARPED BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS A KNOWN DEFECT TO BUICK WHO HAS LAST WEEK SUGGESTED A TRIAL OF CHANGING HOSES.

WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED THERE IS A PULSATING FEELING IN THE PEDAL . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

PE99056, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELT SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. WHEN THE SEATBELT IS ON AND THE OCCUPANT TURNS EITHER WAY, THE SEATBELT BECOMES TWISTED IN THE HOUSING AND WON'T RETRACT BACK, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELTS 2 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK