Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / RIVIERA / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007122713 Incident Date: Oct, 01 2007
Consumer's City: FARGO Consumer's State: ND
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: RIVIERA Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering: steering wheel/handle bar
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4GD2214W4 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 14 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 31 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Steering wheel has developed a very significant "wobble" which exists regardless of what tilt position it is in. the wobble is diagonal, from northeast to southwest in direction, and the apparent pivot point of the wobble is just behind instrument panel level. had car at dealer for other work, and they commented on it too. did not call it a safety issue though... wanted $120 to fix it. i declined at the time, since they didn't think there was a safety concern. i would tend to differ with their opinion though, and feel they should repair this at no charge due to it being the steering mechanism involved. i've heard this complaint from many other 95-99 riviera owners, and it seems to be epidemic among these cars. *tr