1995 BUICK RIVIERA Complaints

I WAS TOLD THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED AS WELL AS THE LOWER INTAKE(PLENUM). (3.8L V6) THE WORK WAS PERFORMED BY A FIRESTONE RETAIL STORE IN MYRTLE BEACH, SC. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WHAT WERE THE REPAIR COSTS? I SURE AM CURIOUS. AS FAR AS PAINT, I HAD THE CAR PAINTED FOR $1000.00.

BRAKES HAVE A TENDENCY TO MOMENTARILY DELAY IN STOPPING. NOTICED THIS PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES UPON LEAVING PARKING LOTS AT SLOW SPEEDS (5 - 10 MPH). PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN BARELY ACCELERATING & THEN APPLYING BRAKE TO STOP. CAN FEEL BRAKES LOCK UP UNDER BRAKE PEDAL. HASN'T CREATED AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY IN THE WINTER TIME. NEVER HAD ANY LIGHTS OR WARNING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS OR TRACTION CONTROL. HAVE ALSO NOTICED PROBLEM IN THE FRONT WHEELS WHILE MANUEVERING TIRES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. FEELS LIKE TIRES POPPING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL (EXAMPLE ONLY). TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE LOOKED AT SEVERAL TIMES. THEY SAY IT'S THE TRACTION CONTROL & THAT IT'S NORMAL. BRAKES SEEM TO PULSATE. REPLACEMENT ON ROTORS & BRAKES. *LA

DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEFLATED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. IN ADDITION, HORN FAILED AND CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

BELOW IS THE SAME THING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO ME FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. DEALER AND MECHANIC CANNOT SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING. MAKE: BUICK MODEL: RIVIERA YEAR: 1995 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 725331 SUMMARY: WHILE DRIVING 25-50 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING POWER STEERING LOSS, AND THE INTERIOR LOCKS OPEN AND CLOSE RAPPIDLY. ONLY AFTER COASTING OFF THE HIGHWAY COMING TO A STOP, PUTTING THE CAR IN "PARK" TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, AND WAITING A COUPLE OF MINUTES WILL THE CAR RESTART. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE! NEED A RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THE FAMILY REFUSES TO ENTER THE CAR.*AK

AN ODD SMELL ENTERED VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING . CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER HOOD, AND NOTICED FUEL LINE WAS SPRAYING FUEL ONTO MANIFOLD. *AK

PAINT IS SPLITTING, THEN BLISTERING AND FINALLY POPPING CLEAR OF THE PRIMER. THIS STARTED ALONG BOTH FRONT FENDER 'SEAMS' WHERE THEY MEET THE HOOD. PROBLEM THEN BEGAN ALONG TOP AND BACK SIDE OF TRUNK; THEN REAR FENDERS AND FINALLY INVOLVED ALL PANELS OF THE VEHICLE WITHIN A ONE-YEAR PERIOD. PRIMER SHOWS FIRST AS A GREEN SHADE THAT FADES TO GREY. GM TELLS ME THIS IS 'EXCESSIVE ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE' EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT - EVIDENTLY THESE CARS SUFFER FROM SUNBURN? OVER 50% OF THE PAINT ON THIS VEHICLE IS INVOLVED.

THE ABS AND TRACTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ABS CONTROL MODULE AND THE MODULATION VALVE. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. THE EGR SYSTEM FAILED. *AK *NLM

NAR 03-27-2003 MR ENGINE COOLANT CONSUMPTION OR COOLANT LEAK INSPECT FOR MATERIAL DEGRADATION/ REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLDS. 1995-97 BUICK RIVIERA, 1995-98- BUICK LESABRE, PARK AVENUE, 1996-98 BUICK REGAL, 1998 CHEV LUMINA, MONTE CARLO, 1995-98 OLDSMOBILE 98, 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE, 1995-98 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, 1997-98 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. *CB

PAINT BUBBLING UP AND PEELING - ALL AREAS OF VEHICLE. PROBLEM STARTED ON FRONT END AND HAS NOW SPREAD FROM BUMPER TO BUMPER. PAINT SLIDES OFF WHEN IT RAINS, WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND NEW CRACKS ARE APPEARING WITH INTENSIVE REGULARITY. ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY BEGINNING IN 1999 (ACCORDING TO OWNER'S MANUAL WAS SIX YEARS FOR PAINT) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FROM TWO GM DEALERSHIPS AND TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED - PAINT WAS NOT COVERED THIS LONG PERIOD. PAINT IS ORIGINAL PAINT JOB. FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GAIN GM DIRECT CONSUMER NUMBER AND SPOKE WITH AMANDA IN DEC 2002 - FIRST WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD TO REPORT DAMAGES. WHEN REMINDING HER THAT PEELING STARTED DURING WARRANTY PERIOD SHE THEN INFORMED ME THAT IF I'D BEEN PARKING THE CAR OUT IN THE SUNSHINE AT ANYTIME (REGARDLESS OF FACT THAT VEHICLE WAS GARAGED AT HOME) THAT 'EXPOSURE TO SUNSHINE' WOULD CAUSE THIS AND WAS THEREFORE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. FOUR YEARS AND THE PAINT BEGINS TO SEPARATE FROM THE PRIMER? I'VE HAD TWENTY YEAR OLD CARS WITH ORIGINAL PAINT JOBS THAT LOOKED BETTER THAN THIS 'LUXURY' CAR DID AT FOUR YEARS. THE INCIDENT DATE SHOWN IS THE ORIGINAL DATE I FIRST NOTICED THE PEELING. THE DEALER WAS FIRST CONTACTED SHORTLY AFTER.

HORN WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AFTER A FEW MONTHS HORN BEGAN TO "BLOW" WITHOUT WARNING. CURRENTLY, HORN HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH. *AK