Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / PARK AVENUE / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006060488 Incident Date: Mar, 14 2006
Consumer's City: RIPON Consumer's State: WI
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: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4CU5216X4 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 25 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 17 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Outside door handles on rf, rr, and lr failed. mechanism inside of door broke making it impossible to open from the outside of the vehicle. emphasize that only the lf door could be opened from the outside. in the event of an accident, it would have been necessary to use extraordinary measures to reach occupants. rf, rr, and lr door handles all failed in the exact same manner (plastic component on door handle cracked/fatigued). condition was corrected by replacing door handles. no obvious design enhancements were observed on replacement parts. failed parts are available by request.*jb