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1995 Buick RIVIERA Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	403373
Internal NHTSA #	10008022
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	BUICK
Model	RIVIERA
Model Year	1995
File date	20/05/99
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Paint bubbling up and peeling - all areas of vehicle. Problem started on front end and has now spread from bumper to bumper. Paint slides off when it rains, when i drive down the street and new cracks are appearing with intensive regularity. Attempted to obtain repair under warranty beginning in 1999 (according to owner's manual was six years for paint) on several occasions from two gm dealerships and told that this was not covered - paint was not covered this long period. Paint is original paint job. Finally was able to gain gm direct consumer number and spoke with amanda in dec 2002 - first was told that vehicle was too old to report damages. When reminding her that peeling started during warranty period she then informed me that if i'd been parking the car out in the sunshine at anytime (regardless of fact that vehicle was garaged at home) that 'exposure to sunshine' would cause this and was therefore not covered under warranty. Four years and the paint begins to separate from the primer? I've had twenty year old cars with original paint jobs that looked better than this 'luxury' car did at four years. The incident date shown is the original date i first noticed the peeling. The dealer was first contacted shortly after.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	45100
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GROVETOWN, GA
VIN pattern	1G4GD2218S4XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/04/99
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	FWD
Transmission type	AUTO
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1995 Buick RIVIERA Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1995 Buick RIVIERA Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

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