Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / PARK AVENUE / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003252006 Incident Date: Dec, 12 2003
Consumer's City: NEW ULM Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: PARK AVENUE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4CW52K8X4 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 01 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jul, 14 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The morning of december 13th, 2003, my father (james) started his 1999 buick park avenue in the garage. upon turning the key, he heard an explosion. he opened the hood to find the engine compartment engulfed in flames. he then pushed the car out of the garage and called 911. the police and fire department came and put out the fire. one of the firemen, who works on cars, told us that he had worked on 2 other cars that experienced the same thing. colin hames. *ak