Consumer Complaint Detail
BUICK / PARK AVENUE / 1998
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007117791 | Incident Date: Jun, 30 2007 |
| Consumer's City: MARYVILLE | Consumer's State: TN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: PARK AVENUE | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4CW52K7W4 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 30 2007 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Greetings, i procured a car from the twin city buick dealership on 3046 airport highway [alcoa tn 37701] to purchase a nice used car for my son. the salesman, was nice enough to show me / steer me in the direction of a 1998 buick park ave with 30k original miles. we ran a background check on the miles and car history report and with a handshake called the deal done. my son used the car for one year and put about 10k miles on the vehicle he noticed that the temperature gauge was getting a little warmer than normal. the car was checked out at clifton buick dealership in rockwood tennessee my son was at summer camp in rockwood tennessee as a boy scout leader for the last two summers and it was discovered that the plenum gasket device was defective. in addition, anti-freeze was discovered leaking into the engine as well. the bill to get ben's car back on the road was in $568.06 about two weeks later the engine light came back on and i had to go back to the dealership. it was a faulty sensor discovered and most likely attributed to the anti-freeze leaking through the tailpipe as was suggested by the dealer. this cost was $315.66. finally, about a week goes by and now the oil light came on. again we are at the dealer and discovered it was not the anti-freeze but damage to the engine from the plenum issue. the cost to trouble-shoot the car was $82.60. additional detail provided by the dealer is $3,360.00 to replace the engine with a used engine that has 68k miles and 1 year warranty or $4,453.00 to replace the engine with a rebuilt one that has a 3 year 100k mile warranty. the dealership recommended the rebuilt one. *jb updated 12/12/07 *tr |