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Steering gear and column failuresSTEERING8 complaints1998-04 → 2009-07riviera-1997-steering-loss-of-assist
8012340 WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING TO THE LEFT, STEERING WHEEL WILL BECOME VERY STIFF AND HARD TO TURN
10054192 WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN
855168 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD STEERING WAS GETTING HARDER TO TURN/ TO MANEUVER VEHICLE
Paint peeling from body panelsSTRUCTURE3 complaints2004-01 → 2005-08riviera-1997-paint-peeling
10068989 PAINT IS PEELING IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS RANGING FROM THE FRONT HOOD TO THE BACK SIDES
10132259 THE PAINT IS BEGINNING TO PEEL OFF FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR
Oil leak from valve cover gasket on 3.8L supercharged engineENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING3 complaints2008-03 → 2011-06riviera-1997-valve-cover-oil-leak
10221447 VEHICLE - 1997 BUICK RIVERIA 3.8 L SUPERCHARGED ENGINE -- OIL LEAK FROM FRONT VALVE COVER GASKET
10406811 THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF OIL ON THE ENGINE DUE TO AN OIL LEAK FROM THE VALVE COVERS
Transmission slow or failing to engagePOWER TRAIN4 complaints1998-02 → 2001-09riviera-1997-transmission-engagement
858660 ALSO, WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE THE RPMS WOULD MOVE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT
821631 INTERMITTENTLY WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE THE ENGINE REVS, BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE
714376 THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLOW TO ENGAGE COMPLETELY INTO DRIVE AND LURCHED FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT LET ME ACCELERATE INTO MY LEFT TURN
Fire in engine compartmentELECTRICAL SYSTEM6 complaints2001-02 → 2009-08riviera-1997-engine-compartment-fire
10193186 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ONTO THE TURNPIKE UPON STOPPING AT THE TOLL PLAZA HE NOTICED SMOKE AND SMELLED PLASTIC BURNING
10039206 AS I TURNED THE SWITCH ON, THE CAR BACK FIRED AND THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING IN THE CAR AND IT WAS SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD
10249436 THE CONTACT NOTICED SMALL FLAMES ERUPTING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE
Security light with no-start or delayed startELECTRICAL SYSTEM4 complaints2002-09 → 2011-12riviera-1997-security-light-no-start
10125281 CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN SECURITY LIGHT IS ON THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START
568001 THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO NOT START, EXCEPT AFTER TURNING THE KEY TO START, THEN WAIT EXACTLY 3 MINUTES AND IT WOULD START EACH TIME WITH NO FAILURES
8019598 VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO HAVING DIFFICULTY RESTARTING ONCE IT HAS BEEN SHUT OFF
Front and rear brake rotor warping and brake failuresSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC5 complaints1997-04 → 2000-05riviera-1997-brake-rotor-warping
861395 PREMATURE WEAR/WARPING OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS
819489 DEALER STATED THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED AGAIN WITH 9, 504 MILES
810688 ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED WHILE BRAKING, RESULTING IN A CRASH
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 1997 Buick Riviera vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/buick/riviera
@misc{wrenchpro_1997_buick_riviera_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1997 Buick Riviera},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/buick/riviera}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
