Driver side heated rear view mirror lost clarity and the view is minimal with no vision when it is dark. this is forth buick park ave to do this . 1997. 2000 2003 2004 dealer wants $545.00 for the glass alone.
The afternoon of february 14 my wife and i were driving from indiana on i-70 east towards dayton, ohio. as we were driving we noticed how the snow storm we thought we were leaving behind in indiana seemed to be ever with us. about 3 p.m. in the afternoon i, the driver, smelled a faint electrical odor. having had that experience before with no consequence i thought i might just be mistaken or smelled the odor from another car. about the same time, i can't remember whether it was just before or just after this, the service engine soon light illuminated which it has done intermittently in the recent past with no consequence. just a few minutes later, however, the radio ceased to operate. since our am capability had vanished almost a year ago, we both took note of this obvious interruption. for the next few moments we were distracted by not having radio, but fiddled with the dial, and soon had a signal return for just a brief moment then it went silent again. at about that same moment i again detected a whiff of electrical odor. earlier, since the rear window was free of snow, i had turned off the defroster. but, scanning the mirrors, i was surprised to discover a tiny flame in the rear window. on the driver's side of the car, and in the upper corner of the rear window, there was a cigarette lighter size flame. obviously amazed and surprised, i told my wife what i saw and quickly began to decelerate so i could pull over. after stopping and opening the passenger door on the driver's side, i swatted instinctively at the flame with my left hand, hoping that such a motion would douse the flame. that only succeeded in injuring my hand in what later turned out to be a 2nd degree burn. the car was eventually consumed by fire except the front fenders & tires - totalled buick did not attend to my case because i no longer owned the car when i called them {case # 711288559106]. *js
Had the rear window defogger on while driving home at 45 mph which is just a 15 minute ride and when i pulled in my driveway, smoke was filing the cabin of the car. i popped the hood and looked for damage and did not find any. closed the hood and notice the rear (driver side) passenger seat on fire. i ran in the house and got the fire extinguisher and put out the fire. unfortunately the insurer deemed the car a total loss due to extensive fire damage. *tr