Buick Park Avenue Complaints

1,366 consumer complaints on file.

#886057April 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, TIRES
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE A BUMPING NOISE COMING FROM TIRE. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND. *AK TIRES ARE GOODYEAR LS EAGLE, SIZE P225/60R16, POSSIBLY A SUSPENSION PROBLEM CAUSING TIRES TO WEAR. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885720April 11, 2001
STEERING
WHEN STARTING CAR AND BACKING UP WHILE TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, STEERING LOCKS UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743835April 10, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
ITEM 1. RETURNING HOME, PLAY DEVELOPED IN THE STEERING WHEEL. WITH THE CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, DURING INVESTIGATION , THE STEERING WHEEL TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING RACK, SO THE CAR WAS NO LONGER STEERABLE. DEALER SAID THE STEERING WHEEL SHAFT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RACK INPUT, BUT COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN. RACK ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN REPLACED 03/28/97, 2101 MILES BEAUSE OF OIL LEAKS. ITEM 2. TAKING CAR HOME FROM DEALER AFTER ENGINE OIL LEAK REPAIR, THERE WAS MUCH PLAY, 1/3 TURN, IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS BROKEN MOUNTING EAR ON STEERING RACK AND PINION, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF RACK ASSEMBLY. RACK ASSEMBLE HAD BEEN REPLACED 03/28/97, 2101 MILES DUE TO OIL LEAKS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885187April 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS EXCESSIVELY WEAR OUT WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 95% OF TIME. *AK ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743538April 4, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884932April 3, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ENGINE DIES AND WILL NOT RESTART AGAIN . VEHICLE MUST BE TOWED INTO DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884549March 29, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE STALLED. DEALER FOUND POWER CONTROL MODULE AND ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884224March 26, 2001
SUSPENSION
WHEN PARKING OR TURNING LEFT/RIGHT VEHICLE SHIMMIES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560500March 22, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION #00039 FOR FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR, CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE REPAIR COMPLETED ONLY TO BE TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, SECOND OCCASION PARTS WERE IN CONSUMER RETURNED VEHILCE AND WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT AFTER CHECKING TO SEE IF PROBLEM WAS FIXED CONSUMER REALIZED SEAT BELT WAS STILL EXHIBITING SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP A THIRD TIME AND WAS ADVISED THAT PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED, THE LAST TIME CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM DEALERSHIP STATING THERE WERE NO PARTS AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT REQUIRE REPAIR OF THE DEFECT, CONSUMER WAS LATER ADVISED THAT MECHANIC STATED CONSUMER DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE RECALL AND THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS FINISHED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883717March 21, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL OPERATE AND WILL QUIT WORKING AT A TIME, LEAVING CONSUMER WITHOUT CLEAR VISION OF ROAD.*AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883718March 21, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LOCKED UP, CONSUMER COULD NOT TURN BODY, HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883719March 21, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING ALTERNATOR WILL MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT ALTERNATOR'S DEFECT.*AK CONSUMER STATES DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND THE NOISE IS ALMOST GONE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883361March 19, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO BACKWARDS. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883280March 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE COMING TO A SLOW AND NORMAL STOP ABS WILL KICK IN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ABS KICKS IN WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900552March 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, ORIGIN APPEARS NEAR LEFT FRONT APRON, VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING ALL NIGHT, CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND A PUFF OF SMOKE APPEARED, CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND FIRE BEGAN, CLAIM 49-3261-220. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900547March 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE AND HEARD WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A BACK FIRE, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD, CLAIM 52-2467-692. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742284March 12, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING SYSTEM BECOMES INOPERABLE AT SPEEDS BELOW APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. THIS HAPPENS WHEN MAKING SLOW TURNS IN TRAFFIC ,PARKING ETC. THE CAR CAN NOT BE STEERED. IT IS AS THOUGH THE ENGINE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE CAR WILL NOT TURN, RESULTING IN IT GOING INTO THE OTHER TRAFFIC LANE. MOUNTAINEER AUTO MALL HAS REPLACED EVERYTHING IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM TWO TIMES. TWO WEEKS AGO THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD CONTACTED BUICK & WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. FURTHER, THEY EXPLAINED THE CAR WAS NOT REPAIRABLE, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD, NOT ONLY TO OURSELVES BUT OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PROCEED WITH BUICK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560287March 11, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WINSHIELD WIPER FAILED INTERMITTENTLY PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-346. NLM CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEFECT WAS NOTED A FEW DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE DATE, HOWEVER DID NOT GET REPAIRED UNTIL 01-FEB-2001, ALMOST A YEAR OF THE PROBLEM WITH NO REPAIRS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742110March 8, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DEALER REPORTED THAT ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD FROM SHORTS OCCURRING IN ORIGINAL WIRE HARNESS. APPEASR TO BE CAUSED BY LACK OF RELIABLE SHORT PROTECTION (I,E, CIRCUIT BREAKERS, FUSES, ETC,) THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL HAZARD AND COST TO BE BORNE BY THE OWNER OF THE CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882331March 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. CONSUMER NOTED KEY HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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