1995 Buick Park Avenue Complaints

DT: CONTACT STATES: THE MAIN FUEL LINE TO THE BACK FUEL RAIL CRACKED AND WAS SPRAYING GAS ALL OVER THE MANIFOLD. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $300.00. *AK

AUG4,2004: :15AM ON MY WAY TO WORK FOR AN EARLY START I WAS 2 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE. I NOTICED A SLIGHT LOSS OF ASSIST FROM THE POWER STEERING. THE SYMTOMS WERE TYPICAL OF A SLIPPING BELT OR LOW POWER STEERING FLUID. FROM THE STOP AT THE CORNER OF HILLSIDE AND HWY60 I PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT, BUT AS I STRAIGHTENED THE WHEEL ENTERING THE RIGHT LANE THE STEERING WENT TIGHT WITH A CLUNK AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FREEWHEELING. BEFORE I COULD STOP I FOUND MYSELF IN THE LEFT LANE STARING DOWN A SEMI COMING DOWN THE HILL. FORTUNATELY HE WAS ALERT AND HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO STOP. I TALKED TO THE DRIVER AND SUGGESTED BACKING MY CAR UP TO THE SHOULDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE (NORTH) OF THE ROAD. THE ANGLE OF THE TIRES IF THEY HELD CURRENT POSITION WOULD PLACE ME ON THE SHOULDER JUST EAST OF HILLSIDE. THE SEMI BLOCKED ALL TRAFFIC FROM THE WEST AND WHEN THE EAST TRAFFIC CLEARED I PROCEEDED. I WENT ABOUT TEN FEET AND THEN THE TIRES TURNED AND I WAS SITTING 90DEGREE TO THE ROAD BLOCKING THE LEFT LANE. AT...

THE VEHICLES AIR BAG WAS TURNED OFF BECAUSE THE VEHICLE'S HORN CONTINUED TO BLOW. THE AIR BAG MODULE AND THE HORN ARE CONNECTED AND THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WOULD BE AT HER COST TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *NM

I'M FILING THIS REPORT AFTER READING NHTSA ACTION # EA02030, RECALL CAMPAIGN # 03V473000. I HAD A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE WITH THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. ON MARCH 9TH 2004 THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED AROUND THE EGR VALVE. THIS CAUSED COOLANT TO BE SUCKED DOWN INTO THE ENGINE REULTING IN IRREVERSABLE ENGINE DAMAGE. I HAD JUST HAD $1000.00 OF WORK DONE TO THE CAR LESS THAN A MONTH EARLIER. I HAD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED AND THE ENGINE FLUSHED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS MIGHT NOT WORK 2 WEEKS AFTER THAT THE ENGINE BEARING SPUN. DUE TO THE AGE, MILAGE AND NEED OF A DEPENDABLE CAR ( I COMMUTE IN EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER DAY ) I ENDED UP SELLING IT FOR PARTS. *AK

UPON THE VEHICLE SITTING HORN SOUNDS OFF AUTOMATICALLY. IT SOMETIMES DOES IT INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BEING CAUSED BY THE AIR BAG. *AK