Buick Park Avenue Complaints (1997)

219 consumer complaints on file.

#6900545September 11, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, BELIEVE THIS FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A LOOSE WIRE ON THE STARTER, CLAIM 25-5562-917. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751840September 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
ALL FOUR DISC BRAKE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AT ONLY 54000 MILES. PRODUCT PRCLUDES TURN DOWN? LIFE IS TERRIBLE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT SAFETY RELATED ITEM. REPAIR FACILITY REPORTS MANY SIMILAR FAILURES ARE OCCURING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751819September 6, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, AND CHIMMING. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD STOPPED AND RAISE THE HOOD. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. STOPPED THE ENGINE SAW THAT IT WAS NOT OVERHEATED. ATTEMPTED TO START. IT WOULDN'T. WRECKER TOOTO BRIAN HARRIS DEALER. DEALER REPACED BOTH INTAKE MANIFOLDS BECAUSE THEY WERE PITTED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO ENTER INTO CYLINDERS AND LOCK THE ENGINE. DEALER SAID BOTH MANIFOLDS HAD TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895057August 23, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE PART IN FRONT OF THE RETRACTOR ON THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER STATES IT WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF THE MAIN ROLLER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749035July 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON TWO OCCASSIONS, ONE ON DRY PAVEMENT, ONE ON WET, IN A PANIC STOP SITUATION, THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO BRAKING FOR A TIME. IT WAS AS IF THE ABS STARTED ON THE WRONG CYCLE (NO BRAKING). THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED SIGNIFICATLY IN BOTH CASES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561815June 28, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A REPAIR TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS(00V-117). DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE, HOWEVER HAS NOT INFORMED CONSUMER AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE CAN EXPECT REPAIRS. YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891206June 26, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
AT 21,470 MILES, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN USED, AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT RETRACT FROM RETRACTOR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK PASSENGERS RIGHT FRONT LAP BELT IS NOT STUCK AND WILL NOT RELEASE, DEALER STATED IN THE BEGINNING THAT HE WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER WHEN HE FOUND OUT THE COST, HE DECLINED HIS OFFER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746931June 16, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889852June 6, 2001
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
ELECTRICAL CONTROL BOX IN FRONT PASSENGER DOOR SHORTED OUT, CAUSING A FAILURE IN POWER WINDOWS/LOCKS/MIRRORS. A PRIVATE MECHANIC REPAIRED THIS DEFECT. *AK POWER DOOR LOCK CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE FRONT DOOR, EXPRESS MODULE, AND PIG TAIL WERE REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888675May 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
ELECTRONIC BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ABS TO ACTIVATE WHEN IT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO. ALSO, TRACTION CONTROL ACTIVATED WHEN TAKING OFF, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. RECALL 97V064000/ ABS FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887483May 4, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN WIRING OF STEERING COLUMN WHICH CAUSES BRAKES TO VIBRATE AND MAKE A RUMBLING NOISE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN MAKING A STOP AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#882141March 5, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
ELECTRICAL SEAT CONTROL SOMETIMES WILL POP OUT. COULD NOT BE PUT BACK IN PLACE.DEALER COULD NOT FIX DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880544February 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WOULD CLINK BEFORE ENGAGING. TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE OVERHAULED. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN DEFECTIVE. SIMILAR FAILURES WERE FOUND ON INTERNET BY THE CONSUMER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900548January 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
FIRE OCCURRED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FUSE BOX RELAY SUSPECTED AS CAUSE, CLAIM 42-1331-250. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878313January 17, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS/SHUTS OFF WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS FOR DIFFERENT REPAIRS ON SAME PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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