Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / RIVIERA / 1989

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999037044 Incident Date: Nov, 19 1999
Consumer's City: CLEVELAND Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: RIVIERA Model Year: 1989
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Seats:front assembly:recliner
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4EZ11C9KU Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 03 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Recall ? very unsafe !! both front "hydraulic" (rusty, and not working)seat mechanisms (that look like 2 black shaped "pistons") that engage with each end of the bottom rear part of the two front seats to "work" seating positions back and forth does not "engage" the seats -- so that the back part of the seats where your back rests up against does actually "lunge" forward at "stops" so even though you or your passenger wears a "safety belt" -- neither one of you are truly "restrained" !! meaning, it would not stop you from going forward into the front dashboard or worse yet -- the windshield !! very "unsafe" !! the electrical mechanism moves the seat, but the "permanence of the seat, the "hydraulic" mechanism's ability to attach/engage with the bottom of the seat" is broken ! *ak