1996 BUICK ROADMASTER Complaints

ONLY IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS POWER STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN BELTS GET WET UNDER HOOD. BUICK HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

COOLANT LEAKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WATER PUMP ONTO VIBRATION DAMPER AND POWER STEERING BELT, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

STEERING AND FRONT END SUSPENSION EXPERIENCES CONTINUED PROBLEMS/FAILURES WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN REPAIRING/REPLACING MOST OF THE FRONT END PARTS. YH

WHEN IGNITION KEY IS IN "RUN" POSITION, "ARCING" AS EVIDENCED BY INTENSE STATIC ON THE AM RADIO, IS TAKING PLACE. WHEN KEY IS IN "ACCESSORY" POSITION, NO STATIC IS PRESENT AND AM RADIO FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO HAVE ORIGINAL DEALER DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. REFUSED TO EVEN INVESTIGATE. TOOK VEHICLE TO PRESENT OWNER, WHOSE SERVICE ADVISOR, WHEN PRESENTED WITH PROBLEM BY ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE STATIC, ADMITTED THAT, "THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN." DEALER REPLACED RADIO. OBVIOUSLY, NO CHANGE. RADIO IS NOT THE PROBLEM, JUST THE "MESSENGER" AND IS PROVIDING THE EVIDENCE OF A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. SERVICE MANAGER REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. CONTACTED BUICK (FILE 9901-07-953). THEY ALSO REFUSED TO INTERVENE. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ISOLATE PROBLEM BY DISCONNECTING INDIVIDUAL POWER TO BLOWER, FUEL PUMP, ETC., TO NO AVAIL. I AM CONCERNED THAT, EVENTUALLY, WHATEVER IS ARCING WILL CAUSE ENOUGH HEAT TO START A FIRE. CAN YOU HELP? *AK

DUE TO DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP WHICH LEAKED AND SPRAYED UNTO THE POWER STEERING BELT, POWER STEERING BECAME INOPERATIVE AND ALMOST RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

REAR QUARTER GLASS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, DUE TO LOOSENESS OR BLOWING OUT OF VEHICLE.

BRAKING ACTION OCCURRED, PEDAL DOWN SHIFTS (FEELS LIKE SECOND), EXTREME VARIATIONS IN STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

SPARE TIRE SUPPLIED WITH THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE SMALL SIZE, UNSAFE TO TOW TRAILER EVEN THOUGH CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH TOWING PACKAGE.

BACKREST ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS ANCHORED AND CAN BE RAISED AND LOWERED, THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD THE BACKREST IN PLACE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY WHILE IN ACCIDENT IS GREAT.

DRIVER'S SIDE BACKREST IS NOT ANCHORED, FLOPS BACK AND FORTH DURING NORMAL DRIVING.