1997 Buick Park Avenue Seat belts Problems

PASSENGER SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10483292

Incident

Oct 27, 2012

Mileage

116,993 mi

I OWN A 1997 PARK AVE ULTRA WITH SEVERAL RECALL REPAIR ISSUES THE FOLLOWING WERE ADDRESSED BY GM BUT NOT PROPERLY REPAIRED: (FAULTY) ABS SYSTEM (WITH CAMPAIGN CODE STICKER) REPLACED ABS SYSTEM CUTS OUT RANDOMLY CAUSING CHANGES IN STOPPING DISTANCE (IN SEVERE BRAKING SITUATIONS THE ABS SYSTEM HAS CUT OUT ON ME GETTING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES JUST TO COME TO A NORMAL STOP) FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT REPLACEMENT(NO CAMPAIGN STICKER) MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT ANCHOR WAS NEVER FIXED OR TORQUED TO PROPER SPECIFIED STANDARDS WHILE IN FOR REPAIRS LET ALONE ADDRESSED AT ALL RACK AND PINION HAS MULTIPLE ISSUES SOME DUE TO AGE AND MILES BUT REGARDLESS THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY IS LOOSE AND BEARINGS ARE SHOT THE FAULTY RECALL REPAIRS ON MY VEHICLE DON'T INSTILL TRUST IN GM'S ABILITY TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE A SECOND TIME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10449285

Incident

Mar 1, 2001

SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT CEASED WORKING ON MY 1997 BUICK PARK AVENUE. SINCE THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, I PAID FOR A NEW SEATBELT ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION. THEN, ON AUGUST 6TH (TWO WEEKS AGO) 2007, THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT BECAME INOPERABLE(THE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT), THEREFORE MAKING IT USELESS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ANOTHER VEHICLE UNTIL I CAN GET THIS REPAIR DONE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10200163

Incident

Aug 6, 2007

Mileage

90,000 mi

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL 00V117000 CONCERNING THE SEAT BELTS. THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED BY THE DEALER IN 2002. BUT THE DEALER ONLY CORRECTED ONE OF THE FRONT SEAT BELTS. THE DEALER FAILED TO INFORM THE CONSUMER THAT ONLY ONE OF SEAT BELTS WAS REPAIRED. IN OCTOBER 2005 BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILED. THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BEGAN TO RETRACT INTERMITTENTLY AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AT ALL. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHO REFUSED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS UNDER THE RECALL. *JB UPDATED

NHTSA ID

10147687

Incident

Oct 1, 2005

Mileage

44,000 mi

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V117000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED A SHOULDER BELT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN, BUT HAD PROBLEMS RETRACTING BACK TO NORMAL POSITION. *AK

NHTSA ID

10109272

Incident

Jan 31, 2005

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BELT AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $545.00. *AK REFER TO RECALL#77955 *SC

NHTSA ID

10059487

Incident

Feb 20, 2004

Mileage

156,000 mi

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HAS FAILED. IT WILL NO LONGER RETRACT AND MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A SEAT BELT SHOULD FAIL. *JB

NHTSA ID

10039147

Incident

Sep 19, 2003

THE DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE BELT HAD ABOUT 18-18 INCHES OF SLACK AT ALL TIMES. *NLM *CB *NLM

NHTSA ID

10020457

Incident

Sep 1, 2002

Mileage

70,000 mi

THE VEHICLES' PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT FROM SHOULDER RETRACTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

NHTSA ID

10001293

Incident

Dec 14, 2002

Mileage

97,000 mi

LAP BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, BEING DIFFICLT TO BE RELEASED FROM BUCKLE ANCHOR.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003131

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. CONSUME RHAS DRIVEN THREE DAYS LAST WEEK WITHOUT SEAT BELTS PROTECTION BECAUSE RETRACTOR DID NOT WORK. DEALER HAS REPLACED THAT PART TWICE, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003009

Incident

Jan 22, 2002

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGERS SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM.*AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

898295

THE PART IN FRONT OF THE RETRACTOR ON THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER STATES IT WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF THE MAIN ROLLER. *SLC

NHTSA ID

895057

Incident

Aug 20, 2001

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A REPAIR TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS(00V-117). DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE, HOWEVER HAS NOT INFORMED CONSUMER AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE CAN EXPECT REPAIRS. YD

NHTSA ID

561815

Incident

Aug 1, 2000

AT 21,470 MILES, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN USED, AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT RETRACT FROM RETRACTOR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK PASSENGERS RIGHT FRONT LAP BELT IS NOT STUCK AND WILL NOT RELEASE, DEALER STATED IN THE BEGINNING THAT HE WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER WHEN HE FOUND OUT THE COST, HE DECLINED HIS OFFER. *SLC

NHTSA ID

891206

Incident

May 26, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

746931

Incident

Jun 15, 2001

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION #00039 FOR FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR, CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE REPAIR COMPLETED ONLY TO BE TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, SECOND OCCASION PARTS WERE IN CONSUMER RETURNED VEHILCE AND WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT AFTER CHECKING TO SEE IF PROBLEM WAS FIXED CONSUMER REALIZED SEAT BELT WAS STILL EXHIBITING SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP A THIRD TIME AND WAS ADVISED THAT PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED, THE LAST TIME CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM DEALERSHIP STATING THERE WERE NO PARTS AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT REQUIRE REPAIR OF THE DEFECT, CONSUMER WAS LATER ADVISED THAT MECHANIC STATED CONSUMER DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE RECALL AND THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS FINISHED. *JB

NHTSA ID

560500

Incident

Dec 13, 2000

OWNER SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V-227, EXPERIENCED DEFECT PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION, SEATBELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. *CJ

NHTSA ID

558737

Incident

Jul 13, 2000

SEAT BELTS BECAME INOPERATIVE PRIOR TO RECALL 00V-117, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

NHTSA ID

558440

Incident

Aug 7, 2000

OWNER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM MANUFACTURE FOR RECALL (00V-117). REPAIRS WERE MADE PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSE FOR CHARGES. *CJ

NHTSA ID

556901

THE CONSUMER FEELS THE HEAD REST DESIGN IS NOT SUFFICIENT AND WOULD NOT PROTECT THE CONSUMERS HEAD DURING A COLLISION. *MJS

NHTSA ID

556390

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER REGARDING RECALL NO 00V117000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00039, DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM CONSUMER NOTICED SHOULDER BELT WAS LOCKING WHEN MAKING ANY SLIGHT MOVEMENT.*AK THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IS STILL DOES NOT RETRACT. *YH

NHTSA ID

872425

00 117 000/GM SHOULDER BELTS: RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE, INFORMING THAT PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. CONTACTED DEALER(WEST POINT BUICK, HOUSTON, TEXAS, PHONE # 281/493-2000 FOR A APPOIMENT, AND WAS INFORMED THAT PART WERE NOT AVAILABLE. APPOINTMENT WOULD NOT BE MADE UNTIL LATER. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

NHTSA ID

869617

Incident

Sep 5, 2000

FORNT SEATBELTS TWISTED, ALLOWING WEBBING TO BE JAMMED INTO THE RETRACTOR. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

868198

Incident

Jul 27, 1997

SHOULDER BELTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY FOR A BIG PERSON, BUT WORKS FINE FOR A SMALLER PERSON. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

867347