Buick ROADMASTER electrical problems
15 complaint narratives mention electrical terms.
Key facts
222 owner complaints analyzed
11 distinct recall campaigns
117,500 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 1989 to 1999 model years. Data snapshot: . 30 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Electrical and battery issues evidence
15 of 222 complaints match this topic (6.8%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
Owner report 719166 · 2000-02-24 (February 24, 2000)
COMPLETE, TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. THE ONLY WAT TO STOP WAS A LIGHT POLE. AFTERWARDS THE VARKES WORKED AGAIN. CONTACTED BUICK THE ANSWER THERE IS NO WARRANTY LEFT ON THER BRAKE SHOES! BUICK DEALER MUST LOOK AT IT. BUICK DEALER NOTHING WRONG, CAR SENT BACK. I TOOK IT FOR STATE INSPECTION, TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHILE INSPECTOR DOES TEST DRIVE. BACK TO BUICK - NO PROBLEMS FOUND THEN AFTER ANOTHER WEEK AT BUICK THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS. WE TAKE IR TO AN INDEPENDENT MECH. - THE B DEALER DAMAGED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, OUR MECH FIXES IT. NO BREAK PROBLEM F…
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Owner report 743427 · 2001-04-02 (April 2, 2001)
BOLTS ON THE UPPER CONTROL ARM THAT AFFIX THE CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY WERE EXPOSED TO CONDENSATION CONTAINING BATTERY ACID THAT DRIPPED DOWN THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE BAY SIDE OF THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL, FROM THE POSITIVE BATTERY POST THAT IS DIRECTLY ABOVE IT, AND CORRODED THROUGH THE BOLTS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY SHEARED, CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION TO COLLAPSE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. MECHANIC WHO FIXED IT, ($900.00- INCLUDED REPLACING THE CONTROL ARM, SWAY BAR, TIE ROD, DUE TO BEING BENT WHEN THE SUSPENSION COLLAPSED), STATED THAT THE OV…
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Owner report 986540 · 1996-07-08 (July 8, 1996)
EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRAL SHORT WHERE SHE WASN'T ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER WAS DRIVING HOME, WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD POP, CONSUMER THOUGHT SOMEHTING HAD HIT WINDSHIELD, BUT NOTHING HAD, CONSUMER STATED IT WAS VERY HOT THAT DAY AND SHE TRIED TO WORK THE POWER WINDOWS AND ADJUST THE SEAT BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, ON ARRIVING CONSUMER USED THE MANUAL LOCKS TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD HUSBAND TO CHECK THE FUSE BOX BUT NOTHING WAS BLOWN, THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT THERE WAS ONLY ONE CIRCUIT BREAKER WHEN IT SHOUL…
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Owner report 552756 · 2000-06-22 (June 22, 2000)
THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A MELTED CABLE FROM THE BATTERY TO A COMPUTER THAT CONTROLED THE ENGINE. YH
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Owner report 553336 · 2000-08-01 (August 1, 2000)
ENGINE IS DEAD WHEN THE BATTERY TERMINAL GETS HOT. YH
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