Buick Park Avenue Complaints

1,366 consumer complaints on file.

#10132041August 9, 2005
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DT: 2001 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON JULY 14, 2005. THEY FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD HAD GONE BAD. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 33,939 MILES ON IT. THE CONSUMER DECIDED TO HAVE BOTH TIE RODS FIXED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130825August 1, 2005
WHEELS:RIM
CHROME ON WHEELS DETERIORATES AND LETS AIR ESCAPE FROM TIRES CAUSING TIRES TO RUN HOT AND GO FLAT. CAUSED WHEEL TO BLOW OUT WHEN HIT POT HOLE AND WHEN TO SIDE OF ROAD. CHROME SEPARATIONS CANNOT BE SEALED BY TIRE DEALERSHIP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130495July 28, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
A LEAKING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR ON 2002 BUICK PARK AVE COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE OR EXPLOSION WHICH MAY RESULT IN A FATAL ACCIDENT OR INJURY. FUEL WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE VACUUM PORT OF THE PRESSURE REGULATOR. GM NO LONGER USES THE PART NUMBER 17113660 WHICH WAS LEAKING ON MY VEHICLE. THEY HAVE REPLACED IT WITH PART NUMBER 12583236. I PLAN TO REPLACE THE LEAKING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WITH A NEW ONE AND WILL KEEP THE OLD ONE FOR INSPECTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131308July 25, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
RECALL REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE 1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD PRIOR TO THE RECALL AND THEREFORE HE REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. RECALL # 04V090000 *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129810July 23, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE WOULDN'T START BECAUSE OF A LINE THAT LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE INTO THE CYLINDERS OF THE ENGINE. AFTER I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANINC AND TALKING WITH A PARTS FOREMAN AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS QUITE COMMON. IF IT IS COMMON WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL AND WHY AREN'T THE BEING FIXED FREE OF COST TO US OWNERS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127871July 8, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
DT: 1992 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STRUTS THAT HOLD THE HOOD UP CAN WEAR OUT. THE STRUTS ARE NOT WORKING ALL AT THIS TIME. THEY STOPPED WORKING APPROXIMATELY 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO. CONSUMER DID CALL BUICK AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR HIM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED IT WAS COMMON IN ALL GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCTS. THE CONSUMER STATES HE PUTS A FIBER GLASS UMBRELLA TO HOLD THE HOOD UP. IN THE WINTER MONTHS THE PROBLEM IS NOT AS BAD AS THE WARMER MONTHS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124881July 8, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
DT: THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, AND WOULD NOT GO BACK DOWN. THE FUSE WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WILL CHARGE THE CONSUMER TO LOOK THE PROBLEM. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED SOMETIMES. THE DEFECT WAS THOUGHT TO BE IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD. *AK BUICK WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT A RECALL WAS SET FOR THE 2001 MAKE/MODEL. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126519June 24, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
DT: CONTACT STATES: THE MAIN FUEL LINE TO THE BACK FUEL RAIL CRACKED AND WAS SPRAYING GAS ALL OVER THE MANIFOLD. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $300.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122506June 24, 2005
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DT: CONSUMER STATES: PASSENGER SEAT BELT WON'T WORK, THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT FROM THE RETRACTOR. HAD TROUBLE WITH IT NORMALLY, CAN PULL ON IT AND IT WILL COME OUT, BUT NOW IT'S STUCK.*AK CONSUMER ADDS SEAT BELT WAS HARD TO RETRACT AND NOW HAS FAILED COMPLETELY. THERE IS A RECALL BUT VEHICLE DID NOT QUALIFY. *TT *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123939June 24, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
DT: THE 1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE HAS A PLASTIC PLENUM THAT FAILS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION UNANNOUNCED, CAUSING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LOCKING THE ENGINE UP. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS A TOTAL POWER FAILURE. POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES DO NOT WORK, AND THE CAR HAS NO POWER. CAN'T COAST OR ANYTHING ELSE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BUICK, BUT, THERE WAS NO RECALL. CONSUMER CONSIDERED THIS VEHICLE VERY UNSAFE. CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS INSTANTANEOUS, AND WITH NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR TO HIS MECHANIC, AND THEY REPLACED THE PLENUM FROM GM PRODUCTS. *AK *TT *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126395June 23, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT: 1996 BUICK PARK AVENUE, THE IGNITION WAS ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK THE CONSUMER HAD JUST STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WITHIN 3 MINUTES AFTER THE CONSUMER HAD STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, ON JUNE 15, THEN ON JUNE 20 THE VEHICLE WAS JUST TURNED ON AND THE CONSUMER HAD JUST SHIFTED INTO DRIVE WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125696June 17, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE COOLANT SPILLED INTO THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED , CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE SUCKED UP ALL THE COOLANT. APPARENTLY IT WAS SUCKED IN TO THE ENGINE FROM THE EGR PORT HOLE BECAUSE IT HAD BECOME DEGRADED. ALSO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID 00V117000 WAS ISSUED IN 2000. IT STATED THAT PASSENGER VEHICLES, SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE FRONT SEAT SHOULDER BELTS THAT MAY TWIST, ALLOWING THE WEBBING TO BECOME JAMMED IN THE RETRACTOR. THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HAVING, BUT MANUFACTURER INSISTED THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119904June 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
DT: THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD HER SHE NEEDS NEW BRAKES. LAST YEAR ON 4-20-04 SHE BROUGHT IT IN TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT A PULSATION IN THE BRAKES. THEY TOLD HER THAT BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE GONE AND THEY REPLACED THEM AT NO CHARGE. ON 5-4-05. SHE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HER BRAKES. THE SERVICE MANAGER,TOLD HER THAT THE BRAKES WERE GONE AGAIN. THEY TOLD HER THAT IT WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. *NM..ON APRIL 20, 2004 CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND TO CHECK FOR PULSATION. SHORTLY AFTER CHECKING VEHICLE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT BRAKES ROTORS/PADS MALFUNCTIONED, AND REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, BRAKES CONTINUED TO FAIL, AND CONSUMER ASKED FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW. *AK *SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120122June 3, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
DT: THE FRONT FRAME OF THE CAR RUSTED AT IT'S WELD AND BROKE OFF THE CAR. THE CONSUMER NOTICED IT 2 MONTHS AGO CONTACTED THE DEALER ONCE AND THE MANUCATURER TWICE. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT AFTER THE YEAR 2003. THE CONSUMER HAS PRICED A NEW FRAME FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND OTHER PLACES.*AK THE FRONT FRAME IS ATTACHED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE BODY AND SUPPORTS THE ENGINE, TRANSAXLE STEERING RACK AND STEERING PARTS.*SB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122507May 31, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
DT: CONSUMER STATED: WHILE BACKING VEHICLE OUT INTO THE STREET, JUST CHANGED THE OIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE FRAME BROKE RIGHT FROM WHERE THE OIL FILTER WAS. THEN, THE DRIVESHAFT BROKE. NEIGHBOR HEARD A NOISE WHEN IT HAPPENED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122281May 27, 2005
STEERING
DT: CONSUMER WAS STEERING WHEN THE STEERING RACK BROKE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF THIS RACK BREAKING. SHE WAS PULLING INTO HER DRIVEWAY WHEN THE STEERING RACK BROKE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121880May 23, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATION ON GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES. ON 5-17-05 DURING SCHEDULED TIRE ROTATION , DISCOVERED 2 OF 4 EAGLE LS 225-65R-16 TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION @ 51,660 MILES.MADISON GOODYEAR DEALER, IN LIEU OF REQUESTED ADJUSTMENT OFFERED SALE TIRES @ $119.00 EACH. INSTEAD I PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES FROM A COMPETITOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119515May 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CALLER STATED: TRANSMISSION FAILING. LOCKED UP AND SHOOK THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THERE WAS THE SENSATION OF SOMETHING HITTING THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR FROM UNDERNEATH. HAPPENED WHEN CAR WAS PUT INTO MOTION, AND INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118654April 28, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
1) CUSTOMER LOST STEERING OF CAR 2) LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT BROKE FROM FRAME; MOUNT WAS NOT FULLY WELDED TO FRAME. (HAVE PHOTOS AND OLD FRAME) 3) REPLACE COMPLETE SUB FRAME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117735April 11, 2005
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
WHILE SLOWING DOWN AT A RED LIGHT DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. DEALER STATED WATER GOT INTO THE AIRBAG MODULE WHICH WAS NORMAL. DRIVER SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES TO HIS RIGHT ARM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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