Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1990 Buick Riviera

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.

5
Open recalls
16
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

16 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    3
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    1
  • Exterior Lighting
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    1
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:HORN
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1

Recalls

5 campaigns
95V110000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING1995-05-31

THE FRONT OUTER SHOULDER BELT WEB SEW STOP CAN BECOME STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. THE BELT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT OF THE RETRACTOR AND SOME OCCUPANTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FASTEN THE BELT.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAN PREVENT A PERSON FROM USING THEIR RESTRAINT SYSTEM RESULTING IN AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixDEALER WILL INSTALL A WEBBING STOP BUTTON IF THE CUSTOMER REQUESTS REPAIR.

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.

90V028000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1990-02-12

MISALIGNED REAR SEAT SAFETY BELT SHOULDER RETRACTOR ASSEMBLIES COULD CAUSE PENDULUM INTERFERENCE, CAUSING THE BELT TO REMAIN IN LOCKED POSITION OR TO TRAVEL FREELY WITHOUT LOCKING.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF A PANIC STOP OR ACCIDENT, IF THE BELT RETRACTOR INERTIA LOCK DOES NOT ENGAGE, THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANT WOULD HAVE AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY.

FixREALIGN REAR SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA94010·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1994-02-28 → 1995-06-16

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILS

Led to recall95V110000

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