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1985 Buick Somerset 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.
3
Latest Oct 26, 1997
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 Mar 28, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Buick Somerset. 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 1–3 of 3

Engine
Filed Oct 26, 1997

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE JERKS AND STALL, UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. NLM

NHTSA ID
605623
Engine
Filed Mar 24, 1997
Fire reported

VEHICLE FIRE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

NHTSA ID
515875
Incident
Feb 8, 1997
Electrical
Filed Mar 28, 1995

INTERMITTENT STALLING WHEN VEHICLE AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE, RESTARTS AFTER COOLING. *SKD

NHTSA ID
482811
Incident
Mar 28, 1995

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

Data on this page last refreshed .