Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / ROADMASTER / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006086979 Incident Date: Oct, 30 2006
Consumer's City: CARLSBAD Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ROADMASTER Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4BN52P7TR Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 28 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 20 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The lower control arm ball joint broke off when i started to drive the car in a parking lot on october 31, 2006. i had to have a new lower arm and ball joint installed on the car since a bolt had sheared holding the ball joint to the arm. buick had a previous recall on this, but my car was supposedly built with a later serial number. i have the broken assembly stored in my garage. *jb