Consumer Complaint Detail
BUICK / ROADMASTER / 1996
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005037895 | Incident Date: Aug, 28 2005 |
| Consumer's City: FREDERICKSBURG | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: ROADMASTER | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4BR82P2TR | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 07 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 29 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Since new this 1996 buick roadmaster station wagon has had 4 transmissions installed in it. this particular car has the factory installed 5000lb tow package. this car uses the gm, 4l60e, 4 speed, electronic transmission. according to the original owner, the 4l60e transmission went out when it only had roughly 40,000 miles on it. he told me the 2nd transmission went out 40,000miles after it was installed. the previous owner told me he had the 3rd transmission installed when the car had 85,000 miles on it. i bought the car with 119,000 miles on the odometer, and the 3rd transmission failed when the car had 142,000 miles on it. the 4l60e transmission is a very poor transmission for the task assigned. the car already weighs 4500lbs and is rated to tow 5000 more lbs. making up roughly a 10,000lb platform. this transmission fails in many, many vehicles it was installed in regardless of purpose, use, or care. *nm |