Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Buick Roadmaster submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
CONSUMER STATED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER WHEEL FELL BROKE OFF DUE TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS HAD BROKEN OFF, THE BRAKES WENT OUT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, THE THERMOSTAT WENT OUT, PASSENGER WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN, TURN SIGANL WAS INOPERATIVE, WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED, AND THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED.*SLC
WHEN CLIMBING A HILL CAR SHUTTERS AND CHANGES GEARS. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED CATALYTIC COVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TSB #92-74L60-8. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ENGINE KNOCKS AS DESCRIBED UNDER SERVICE BULLETIN #92-6-21. ENGINE HAS METALIC NOISE ON INITIAL START UP WHEN ENGINE BLOCK TEMP. IS LESS THAN 40 DEGREES AND DISAPPEARS AFTER WARMUP.
RADIATOR FAILED.
ENGINE STALLS.
ENGINE FAILED 4 TIMES.
ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. *DH
PROBLEMS WITH SCORED PISTON IN THE ENGINE, MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN STARTING, SOMETIMES WHEN IN DRIVE THIS MAY CAUSE ENGINE TO LOCK UP. PLEASE EXPAIN MORE. *AK
BEARINGS WERE KNOCKING AGAINST THE WALL OF ENGINE, HAD TO REPLACE. TT
ENGINE STALLED 3 TIMES. *SD
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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