1997 BUICK PARK AVENUE Complaints

LAP BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, BEING DIFFICLT TO BE RELEASED FROM BUCKLE ANCHOR.*AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. CONSUME RHAS DRIVEN THREE DAYS LAST WEEK WITHOUT SEAT BELTS PROTECTION BECAUSE RETRACTOR DID NOT WORK. DEALER HAS REPLACED THAT PART TWICE, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

INSURED WAS STARTING THE VEHICLE WHEN HE HEARD A BIG BOOM AND THEN SMOKE CAME FROM ENGINE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 25-5607-676. *JG

INSURED ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE. AFTER HEARING WHAT SOUNDED LIKE BACK FIRING, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD OF VEHICLE, CLAIM 52-2467-692. *JG

WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, CLAIM 53-C849-836. *JG

INSURED BELIEVES THE ENGINE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A LOOSE WIRE IN THE STARTER, CLAIM 25-5562-917. *JG

INSURED TRIED TO CRANK THE VEHICLE WHEN IMMEDIATELY IT POPPED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. INSURED HAD NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS, BUT REPAIR SHOP COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE. CHECK FOR POSSIBLE LOSS WITH THE FUEL INJECTIONS, CLAIM 24-5198-330. *JG

CONSUMER TRIED TO CRANK VEHICLE WHEN IT IMMEDIATELY POPPED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 24-5198-330. *SLC

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGERS SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM.*AK *SLC

RECALL 97V064000; WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES THEY WILL PULSATE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK