1995 BUICK RIVIERA Complaints

AT SLOW SPEED BRAKE PEDAL GETS STUCK AND STAYS THAT WAY. DEALER SAID PROBLEM WAS WITH ABS SYSTEM. TRACTION AND SENSOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES.*AK

TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STAYED ON/NEEDED FOR SNOWY CONDITIONS HERE IN NEW ENGLAND. REPL'D BRAKE PRESS. MOD.VALVE. HEAT ON DRIVERS SIDE DOESN'T THROW OUT MUCH HOT AIR. HAD IT CHK'D TWICE/O-RINGS REPL'D/ AND IT STILL ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY -(11/2000) NEW OIL PAN NEEDED. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT DOESN'T RETRACT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE DEFECT. SHE HAS TO REPLACED IT HERSELF.*AK

THE AIR CONDITIONING AND TRANASMISSION HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES AND THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG , THE TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES DOES NOT SHIFT AND STICKS IN FIRST GEAR , THE AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT BLOW COOL OR COLD AIR WHEN IT IS HOT AND MUGGY OUT. IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BLOW COOL AIR ON ONE SIDE AND HOT AIR ON ANOTHER.

I HAVE YOUR NHTSA REPORT NUMBER #00V057000 AND BUICK'S RECALL NUMBER #00023. THE FILE NUMBER THEY GAVE FOR ME AT BUICK WAS #C01749088. BUICK REPRESENTATIVES REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM UNTILL THEY DO THE OFFICIAL RECALL. THE REMEDY THEY GAVE WAS FOR ME TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND THEN FILE FOR A REIMBURSMENT. WHICH I DO NOT WANT TO DO.NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

I PULLED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN # 00V0057000 & CALLED DLR. THEY PULLED UP VIN. AND SAID THERE WASNO SAFETY RECALL ON MY VIN. I THEN CALLED EBONY DAVIS @ BUICK .SHE SAID NHTSA RECALL NOT CORRECT AND WAS NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING AT BUICK. PLEASE HELP I THINK THIS REPAIR IS SOMETHING BUICK SHOULD PAY FOR.TFCT WAS INVAIL H. *AK

OUT OF FOUR TIRES PURCHASED FROM WAL-MART I HAVE HAD THE RADIAL BELTS SEPARATE ON TWO OF THEM---OF COURSE IT MADE THE CAR VERY WOBBLY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT REPLACED BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG---THE TIRE WAS BULGING BY THE TIME I GOT IT TO A REPAIR PLACE---I THINK SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS AND POSSIBLY INVESTIGATE-IT FRIGHTENED ME TO KNOW THAT TWO OF FOUR WERE DEFECTIVE AND ALTHOUGH WAL-MART WAS VERY KIND AND REPLACED BOTH (UNDER WARRANTY) I AM STILL VERY CONCERNED THAT GOODRICH MAY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS FIRESTONE---THANK YOU.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD NOISE THEN A GRINDING NOISE WAS COMING FROM TRANSMISSION.VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE POWER, AND HAD TO BE TOWE TECHNICIAN DID NOT EXPLAIN WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. *AK

SINCE VEHICLE WAS ONE YEAR OLD IT HAS HAD STEERING VIBRATION AND NOISE. BUICK DEALERS AND HEAD QUARTERS HAVE DENIED GIVING ME ANY BULETIN OR ADVISORY INFO ON THE PROBLEM. THEY DID HOWEVER GIVE ME AN EXTENED WARRANTY SO I WOULD MAKE NO FURTHER COMPLAINTS UNLESS A NEW PROBLEM AROSE. I ONLY WANT TO KNOW IF A SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND, IF THERE ARE ADVISORIES ON THE STEERING, AND HOW TO PROCEED WITH THEM. BUICK HAS BEEN OF NO HELP.

PUMP IN TRANSMISSION BROKE WITHOUT WARNING OF PENDING PROBLEMS ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *AK