Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1990 Buick Reatta

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

4
Open recalls
29
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

29 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    20
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER Assist
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC System
    1

Recalls

4 campaigns
91V158000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP1991-09-13

BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT MAY NOT LIGHT WHEN IGNITION IS IN THE "ON" POSITION, THE PARKING BRAKE IS APPLIED, AND THE SHIFT SELECTOR IS IN THE PARK OR NEUTRAL GEAR RANGE.

RiskVEHICLES WOULD NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 101AND 105.

FixREPLACE THE PROM IN THE BODY COMPUTER MODULE TO PREVENT THIS CONDITION FROM OCCURRING.

90E043004·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1990-10-30

THREADED INFLATOR COMPONENTS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING ASSEMBLY WHICH MAY ALLOW COMPONENTS TO SEPARATE WHEN INFLATOR RECEIVES A SIGNAL TO DEPLOY THE AIR BAG.

RiskINFLATOR COMPONENT SEPARATION ALLOWS HOT COMBUSTION GASESTO ESCAPE INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURIES TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.

FixREPLACE AIR BAG MODULES CONTAINING POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE INFLATORS.

90V164000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT1990-09-06

TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE MAY DISENGAGE FROM THE FROM THE FLOOR SHIFT CONTROL WITH LOSS OF GEAR INDICATOR REFERENCE AND SHIFT SELECTOR OPERATION.

RiskDRIVER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL GEARPOSITION THE TRANSAXLE IS IN, WHICH COULD RESULT IN UNEXPECTED VEHICLE MOVEMENTAND AN ACCIDENT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

FixINSTALL A TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE RETAINING CLIP TO PREVENT CABLE DISENGAGEMENT.

90V031000·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE 1990-02-12

THE FORWARD SENSOR FOR THE AIR BAG MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY CONSTRUCTED WITH PART OF THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE SENSOR REVERSED.

RiskTHE REVERSAL OF THE WIRES COULD CAUSE DELAY IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG AND INCREASE THE SEVERITY OF THE OF INJURY TO AN UNBELTED DRIVER IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE FORWARD DISCRIMINATING SENSOR AS NECESSARY.

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