1992 Buick Electra Park AVE

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/26/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONTINUES TO HAVE BRAKE FAILURE, BRAKES STARTED RUBBING BECAUSE THE RIMS WERE VERY HOT TO TOUCH AND THEN STARTED TO GRAB, ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON, REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS. PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/20/1994· STEERING

  RIGHT REAR TIE ROD END FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL. *SKD

• 12/19/1996· VISIBILITY

  HEATED REAR VIEW MIRROR INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

• 12/11/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  ABS BRAKES DID NOT STOP AUTO CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER AUTO CAUSING APPROX 4000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE-AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

• 12/05/2000· TIRES

  THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF TIRE BLOWOUTS, ONE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 25-30 MPH, OTHER TWO INCIDENTS WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH, NO CRASHES OR INJURIES, TIRES WERE MADE BY FIRESTONE. *CJ

• 11/29/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING, IN CRUISE CONTROL AT APPROX. 50MPH. WHEN MADE ATTEMPT TO BRAKE, VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE DUE TO SERVO MALFUNCTION. TT SERVO MALFUNCTION WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE ACTUAL CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE WATER IN THE THROTTLE CABLE. THE CABLE WAS DRIED AND LUBRICATED SOLVING THE PROBLEM. *YH

• 11/27/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP DUE TO A STOPPED MOTORIST AHEAD, HOWEVER BRAKES FAILED, CONSUMER SWERVED TO MISS VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A BACKHOE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN ACCIDENT, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS. *SLC

• 11/21/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  RETURN SPRING BROKE, CAUSING RIGHT REAR BRAKE TO GRIND AND PERIODICALLY WHEN STOPPING, BRAKES WOULD SEIZE. *AK

• 11/17/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND A DEER CROSSED IN FRONT. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE TAIL SPINNED. ALSO, AND THE ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. *AK

• 11/09/1998· EQUIPMENT

  AIR CONIDTIONER RELAY KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO BE IRRITATED. *AK

• 11/05/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  RETAINING SPRING IN RIGHT REAR DRUM BROKE, ALLOWING LARGE METAL PIECES TO WEDGE BETWEEN BRAKE DRUM AND SHOE.

• 11/03/1999· PARKING BRAKE

  WHEN APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, IT POPS LOOSE AND WILL NOT STAY DOWN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/30/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE ABS SYSTEM IS FAILING. THE BRAKES DO NOT STOP THE CAR AND IT GOES THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 10/21/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DURING VEHICLE OPERATION AT 20 MPH. POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE WAS EXPERIENCED. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS APPLIED.*AK

• 10/17/1995· VISIBILITY

  TINTED MIRROR ON DRIVER'S SIDE HAS BECOME PARTIALLY UNTINTED, CAUSING DIFFICULTY JUDGING DISTANCE OF FOLLOWING VEHICLE. *SD

• 10/15/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE TROUBLE WITH STARTING AND WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCES TROUBLE WITH ACCELERATION.

• 10/14/2015· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO AREAS THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. NO STEERING, BRAKES, OR POWER WHATSOEVER. WILL PLACE IN PARK AND TURN KEY, CAR WILL START RIGHT UP. SO FAR I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYONE WHO CAN FIND THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND JUST RECOMMEND REPLACING NUMEROUS PARTS.

• 10/06/1997· SUSPENSION

  ALL STRUTS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOUNCE.

• 10/03/1996· POWER TRAIN

  DIFFICULTY SCHEDULING TRANSAXLE RECALL REPAIR WITH DEALER.

• 09/23/1999· STEERINGCrash

  WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHEN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, AND CONSUMER WAS HIT IN THE REAR. CALLEDDEALER AND CAR WAS REPAIRED . *AK

• 09/17/2000· SUSPENSION

  THE BOLTS THAT FASTEN THE REAR SUSPENSION TO THE FRAME OF THE CAR HAVE RUSTED AND IT HAS RIPED LOSE FROM THE FRAME OF THE CAR. THE RIGHT SIDE IS RUSTED ALSO BUT HAS NOT PULLED LOSE YET. WHEN IT BROKE LOSE I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 20MPH. THE CAR TURNED AT 360 DEGREES. FORTUNATLY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND TO IMPACT.

• 09/13/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS PARTIALLY ON, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL ABS BRAKING POWER, HAD NO STOPPING ABILITY. *AK BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TOO THE FLOOR.*JB

• 09/08/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM DUE TO FAULTY SENSOR ON THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 09/08/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. TT

• 09/03/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE BELT FAILED, PCV VALVE FAILED.

• 08/27/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALTERNATOR DEFECTIVE, CAUSING A SHORT IN THE BATTERY/IMMOBILITY OF VEHICLE.(1ST VEHICLE ON 601576)

• 08/25/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIR BAG DID DEPLOY UPON IMPACT BUT DRIVER WAS SEVERELY BURNED BY THE ACIDS THAT CAME FROM THE AIR BAG. TT

• 08/23/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION.

• 08/19/1998· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

• 08/18/1995· EQUIPMENT

  AIR CONDITIONER RETURN LINE CORRODED. *DH

• 08/15/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED.CONTACTED DEALER. FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AS A RESULT OF PIECES OF PLASTIC PEELING OFF OF GAS TANK ,AND BLOCKING THE FLOW OF THE FUEL.*AK

• 08/07/2001· VISIBILITY

  THE RIGHT AND LEFT MIRROWS DO NOT COLLAPSE IF IT RUN INTO SOMETHING.*AK

• 07/16/1995· VISIBILITY

  WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS WORK WHEN THEY SHOULD. *DSH

• 07/14/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE ABS LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON AND THE SYSTEM WAS STILL OPERATING, EXCEPT WHE COMING TO A QUICK STOP. *AK

• 07/12/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE STALLS OCCASIONALLY. *DSH

• 07/10/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A COLLISION.

• 07/08/2005· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DT: 1992 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STRUTS THAT HOLD THE HOOD UP CAN WEAR OUT. THE STRUTS ARE NOT WORKING ALL AT THIS TIME. THEY STOPPED WORKING APPROXIMATELY 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO. CONSUMER DID CALL BUICK AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR HIM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED IT WAS COMMON IN ALL GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCTS. THE CONSUMER STATES HE PUTS A FIBER GLASS UMBRELLA TO HOLD THE HOOD UP. IN THE WINTER MONTHS THE PROBLEM IS NOT AS BAD AS THE WARMER MONTHS. *JB

• 07/04/1995· EQUIPMENT

  AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR CORE FAILED TWICE, CAUSING A/C TO BLOW WARM AIR. *SKD

• 07/03/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CAR STALLED AS I WAS GOING DOWN FREEWAY 65 MPH. STALLED, NO WARNING AT ALL. NO BRAKES (POWER)NO STEERING (POWER. LUCKY I WAS IN RIGHT HAND LANE TO HORSE CAR OFF TO SIDE AND CALL TOW TRUCK. SECOND TIME GOING DOWN STEEP GRADE, STALLED SAME EXACT THING NO POWER COASTED DOWN TO BOTTOM OF HILL TRYING TO AVOID ACCIDENT. LET CAR SIT FOR 15 MINUTES, START RIGHT BACK UP AND RUN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.NOW I DRIVE IN RIGHT LANE, 45 MPH, PHONE AND AAA CARD BY MY SIDE. SCARY

• 06/30/1998· SUSPENSION

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT SWAYS TO THE RIGHT THEN TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE GUARDRAIL. *AK

• 06/26/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  APPROXIMATELY FIVE HOURS AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE THEFT ALARM WAS HEARD AND VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN FLAMES.

• 06/16/1997· SEAT BELTS

  THE REAR SEAT BELTS ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES JAM INTO THE MECHANISM AND DO NOT ALLOW THE BELT TO BE PULLED ACROSS THE LAP AND FASTENED. THE SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED IN NOV OF 96, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

• 06/15/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND SLOWS DOWN, AND THEN UNEXPECTEDLY REGAINS POWER. THIS DEFECT IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEFECT. *AK

• 06/15/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY LOSTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

• 06/10/1998· VISIBILITY

  HEATED OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR HAS DARKENED, IMPAIRING VISIBILITY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSOTHE MIRROR HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT DARKNESS REOCCURRED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 06/03/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TIMING BELT FAILED.

• 06/02/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION COOLANT HOSE FAILED.

• 05/30/2001· WHEELS

  SALT AND SAND ON ROAD HAD ACCUMULATED ON WHEELS. AFTER BEING CLEANED, WHEELS WILL GET RUSTED, CAUSING AIR LEAKS. *AK *SLC

• 05/28/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  THE SPEED SENSOR SHORTED IN LEFT REAR WHEEL.

• 05/14/1996· POWER TRAIN

  CARL RUMMER BUICK 96V9015. DLR., AND FACTORY ZONE INFORMED CALLER THEY ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN RECEIVING/SHIPPING THE PARTS DUE TO BACK ORDER. *AK