| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999094412 | Incident Date: Nov, 08 1999 |
| Consumer's City: KISSIMMEE | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: REATTA | Model Year: 1990 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4EC13C4LB | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 13 1999 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 1992 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I am reporting this because apparently the brake system can fail in these cars with no warning. the mechanic thinks that a switch burned out, which let the electric pump run continuously until it burned out. there's a sensor that's supposed to notify the driver of this problem, but the sensor in my vehicle is apparently non-operative. there was no change in how the brakes "felt" when applied until the moment they simply failed. the lack of a sensor has led to an extremely costly repair (estimated at $2000 parts & labor). more importantly, it allowed a situation wherein the brakes could fail with no dashboard warning to the driver. i took a complete loss on this car in trading it in. i was planning to sell it anyway, but i didn't have the cash to fix this huge problem, so i just traded it to the dealer unrepaired. because of the non-operative brakes, i received $800 for a car with a blue book value of around $6,000. i want buick motor company to be aware of this problem and make sure every reatta on the road doesn't have a similarly faulty sensor that could let these other systems' failures go undetected. *ak |
