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Engine & cooling

1987 Buick Electra Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 1987 Buick Electra's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 25% of all its complaints, most recently on November 3, 1995. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

Timing chain broke, resulting in steering ability lost, replaced timing belt. Ttwhile at a stop light, engine shut down and failed to restart, vehicle was towed to dealer and consumer was advised that this was a common problem, consumer contacted manufacturer and was told there is no defect in the part.*Jb

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 974549

Buick Electra engine complaints by year

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