1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE Complaints

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED, AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *JB SCC

COLD ENGINE. HIT STARTER AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION. SOON AFTER SMOKE POURING OUT FROM UNDER HOOD. ENGINE FIRE. CALLED 911 AND WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT FIRE BEFORE ARIVAL OF FD. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. SUSPECTED DEFECTIVE FUEL REGULATOER THAT ALLOWED GAS FUMES TO ACCUMULATE IN AIR PLENUM. USED LOW MILEAGE ENGINE AS REPLACEMENT. COST FOR REPLACEMENT AND RELATED COMPONENTS $5300.

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS WIFE STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE BLEW. THE NOISE SOUNDED AS IF A BOMB WENT OFF. THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER ALSO REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRE DUE TO VIBRATION. SCC

CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE WORE ONLY THE INNER PAD, WHICH CAUSED A LOUD SQUEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 35MPH THE E RIGHT FRONT PAD DAMAGE THE ROTOR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPLACE THE PAD AND ROTOR. TODAY 12/27/02 AGAIN HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND DEALER TOLD CONSUMER IS NORMAL THIS KIND OF PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

ALL FOUR GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES THAT CAME INSTALLED ON MY BUICK PARK AVE HAVE TREAD SEPARATIONS. THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE OPEN SEPARATIONS. EXPECT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. TREAD SEPARATIONS DEVELOPED OVER SOME TIME.

MY 1999 BUICK PARK AVE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED SIX AND A HALF HOURS AND THEN DRIVEN FOR LESS THAN 5 MINUTES AT LOW CITY SPEEDS.

I WENT TO HAVE BRAKES SERVICED AND DISCOVERED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE VISABLE TREAD SEPARATIONS THAT COULD RESULT IN IMMEDIATE BLOWOUT ON ANY ONE OR ALL TIRES. I BELIEVE THIS MUST BE THE RESULT OF MANUFACTURERING DEFECT(S) FOR ALL TIRES TO HAVE SAME TREAD SEPARATIONS. HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES BEEN REPORTED IN OTHER INSTANCES? DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD. ALSO STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH ALLOWED ANTIFREEZE TO GO INTO THE ENGINE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT DID THAT AND OFFER 25% OFF THE REPAIRS AND CONSUMER REFUSED MANUFACTURE ALSO STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURE ALSO STATED THAT THEY WILL ALSO PAY ANOTHER 25%. TS

THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. MY WIFE WENT TO START THE VEHICLE. WHEN IT BLEW ABOUT A THREE INCH HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE MOTOR. THE EXPLOSION SOUNDED AS IF A BOMB HAD EXPLODED. THE NOISE COULD BE HEARD FOR BLOCKS. THE EXPLOSION SCARED MY WIFE . THE DEALER OR BUICK REFUSED OR DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE AND WERE NOT WILLING TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE. DT