This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 1995 Buick Riviera. While driving approximately 25 mph the contact smelled fuel inside and outside of the vehicle. The contact examined the vehicle and noticed that the fuel line was leaking. The dealer stated that the flex fuel line needed to be replaced.the current and failure mileages were 109000.
Four years ago I filed a report of what I considered a dangerous part failure on our 1995 Buick Riviera, in that a fuel line had developed a pin hole and gas was spraying out over the engine. I also wrote a lette to General Motors regarding this problem but I never heard back from anyone. This week we again smelled gas when driving the vehicle and discovered that the fuel line which was replaced in 4/02 had again failed and gas was spraying out into into the engine compartment. The cost of repair then was aprx $90 and I would expect it to be more than that now, to repair something which considering the safety aspect should have been subject to a factory recall and replaced with a heavy duty line.
While driving could smell strong fuel odor. Opened hood, and found plastic fuel line spraying fuel over engine. Shut engine off and fuel continued to spray. My brother will repair and save old parts.
A gasoline odor entered the passenger cabin. The consumer assessed the problem, and found the fuel line had a leak and was spraying gasoline onto the engine.
After smelling raw gas for several days with out finding a leak, consumer took vehicle in for inspection. There, they found that the main fuel feed line had cracked and was spraying gasoline to the underside of the hood.
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- Parma, OH, USA