Buick Park Avenue Complaints
1,366 consumer complaints on file.
- #847075September 8, 1999POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WOULD BUCK & JERK AFTER SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM REVERSE. DOES NOT HAPPEN FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #609701September 8, 1999SUSPENSION:REAR, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
SWAY BAR LINK MISSING. FUEL GAUGE REPLACED, STRONG FUMES WHEN FULL. WEATHERSTRIPPING ON DOOR REPLACED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #846875September 3, 1999AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #846876September 3, 1999AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #846599September 2, 1999SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSAGER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELTS DON'T WORK DUE TO THE SHOULDER BELTS KEEP GETTING JAMMED. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #710813September 1, 1999SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT IN THE FRONT WILL NOT HOLD IF ANYONE IS SITTING THERE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED IT AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #710709August 30, 1999ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS ACCELERATE WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS WHEN I AM TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. BUICK KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT HAS BASICALLY TRIED TO PRETEND THAT IT DOES NOT EXIST.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #845589August 23, 1999ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR SERVICE FOR THREE DAYS, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #710276August 20, 1999ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO OVERHEATING IN A VERY SHORT TIME--3/4 MILE DRIVING
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #845390August 19, 1999STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH A 2 QUARTER INCH BOLT THAT HOLDS POWER STEERING UNIT SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE UNIT TO FALL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #845085August 16, 1999VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE, WHILE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #709834August 10, 1999UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #547808August 9, 1999SUSPENSION
VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE WITH SUSPENSION CONTROL WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH. MJS
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #709709August 7, 1999SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
SHOULDER BELTS ROLL AND JAM IN RETRACTOR OPENING IF LEAN FORWARD, OR AS RETRACTING. FUEL EXPELLED FROM FILLER WHEN FUELING - REPEATEDLY, EVEN AT SLOW PUMP SPEEDS IF USE AUTO SHUTOFF - SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATIONS/PUMPS. MUST SLOWLY NURSE FUEL BY HAND TO AVOID - APPROX 1 CUP FUEL SPLASHES OVER VEHICLE, ONTO GROUND OR OPERATOR.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #709710August 7, 1999TIRES
VIBRATIOIN IN VEHICLE AT 60-75 MPH - TIRES HAVE BEEN BALANCED TWICE IN FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP - TIRE RUNOUT/OUT-OF-ROUND IS GOOD
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #843697July 29, 1999ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STALLS. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #547555July 27, 1999AIR BAGS
AIR BAG READINESS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE THE AIR BAG SYSTEM BUT WANTS THE OWNER TO PAY FOR IT. YH
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #843405July 26, 1999SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, ABS LIGHT IS ON. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM LOCKS UP. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #843179July 23, 1999ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
THE HORN WOULD GO OFF BY ITSELF, SO IT HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED. NOW VEHICLE HAS NO HORN. DEALER SAYS NEEDS WHOLE NEW AIRBAG SYSTEM IN ORDER TO FIX HORN. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #547350July 19, 1999SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED FIVE TIMES AND THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCE SHAKING OF THE WHEEL, MOST SEVERE WHEN BRAKING AT 60 MPH. *YC
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0