1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE — Complaint #540121
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING filed June 17, 2005
NHTSA complaint #540121 (ODI reference 10125696) concerns a 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE and was filed on June 17, 2005. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 15, 2005. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:front:webbing, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BUICK PARK AVENUE cohort independently describe similar seat belts:front:webbing failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE COOLANT SPILLED INTO THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED , CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE SUCKED UP ALL THE COOLANT. APPARENTLY IT WAS SUCKED IN TO THE ENGINE FROM THE EGR PORT HOLE BECAUSE IT HAD BECOME DEGRADED. ALSO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID 00V117000 WAS ISSUED IN 2000. IT STATED THAT PASSENGER VEHICLES, SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE FRONT SEAT SHOULDER BELTS THAT MAY TWIST, ALLOWING THE WEBBING TO BECOME JAMMED IN THE RETRACTOR. THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HAVING, BUT MANUFACTURER INSISTED THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 540121 |
| ODI Number | 10125696 |
| Date Filed | June 17, 2005 |
| Failure Date | June 15, 2005 |
| VIN | 1G4CW52K2W4 |
Similar SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING Complaints for 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE
I BROUGHT THE RECALL PRINT OUT FROM THE NHTSA # 00V117000 AND THE DEALER SAID GM DOESN'T LIST MY VEHICLE, BUT WHEN YOU RUN THE VIN MY VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I'VE HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS
DT: THE CONSUMER NOTED THAT THE SEAT BELT JAMMED IN THE RETRACTOR WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS IN USE, AND THERE WAS A NEED FOR MOVEMENT, THE SEAT BELT SIMPLY JAMMED. THIS HAPPENED TO THE WEBBING PORTION
I PURCHASED 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE, FROM SANDERSON LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALERSHIP, GLENDALE, AZ 85301, ON FEBRUARY 24, 2005. SUBSEQUENTLY, I EXPERIENCED A MECHANICAL BREAK-DOWN ON APRIL 30, 2005. HE
SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT WORK. SHOULDER BELT TWISTS AND JAMS. THERE IS A RECALL ON SHOULDER BELTS, BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOT IN RECAL
CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE RECALL 00V-117 CONCERNING SHOULDER HARNESS BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THE BELTS ARE GETTING WORSE AND THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING THREE MONTHS. NLM
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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