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1990 Buick Electra Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 22, 2016
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since May 12, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Buick Electra. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Driver assistanceElectrical
Filed Feb 22, 2016

SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. MOVING.

NHTSA ID
10837472
Incident
Nov 12, 2014
Mileage
90,000 mi
Filed Jun 20, 2000

BECAUSE OF THE DARK BLUE PRIMER USED THAT YEAR ON ALL BUICKS MY CAR LOOKS LIKE IT IS STARTING TO MELT, I HAVE TROUBLE SELLING THE CAR BECAUSE OF THIS, THERE IS NO RUST OR ANY OTHER PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MAKE/MODEL I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. GETTING A WHOLE NEW PAINT JOB WILL COST MONEY I DON'T HAVE.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

NHTSA ID
724257
ElectricalEngineSteering+1 more
Filed Feb 18, 1998

POWER STEERING HOSE FAILED.

NHTSA ID
530611
Steering
Filed Apr 30, 1997

OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING THEIR IS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUM AREA. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT THIS IS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. OWNER IS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. *AK

NHTSA ID
811855
Driver assistance
Filed May 12, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL RUNNING WILD HITTING BUILDING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA ID
965232

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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