Buick Park Avenue Complaints (2001)

57 consumer complaints on file.

#10051152December 26, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WAS DRIVING ON A HEAVILY CONGESTED ROAD, WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2001 BUICK PARK AVENUE WENT OUT. ALMOST HIT A VEHICLE AS I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME MANEUVERING THE CAR. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST GM SERVICE DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND THE POWER STEERING PUMP TO BE BAD AND MARKED THE VEHICLE AS "UNSAFE TO DRIVE." THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT A DIFFERENT GM DEALER THAT SERVICES BUICK WAS WAITING TO BE FIXED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031570July 30, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY JUMPS FOR 55MPH TO 90MPH, AND CONSUMER MOST APPLY THE BRAKES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002510January 10, 2003
POWER TRAIN
CONSUMER STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IT ROLLED BACKWARDS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023794December 5, 2002
STEERING
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE STEERING SYSTEM LIGHT APPEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567629September 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD IN GEAR AFTER THE INITIAL START UP. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND CHECKED AT THE PARENT COMPANY. THE TRANSMISSION WENT THROUGH SEVERAL TESTS BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. SINCE THAT TIME, THE SOLENOID AND TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ONE WEEK LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. AGAIN, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE MADE TWO HARD JERKS AND WOULD BARELY MOVE. WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE IT WILL HIT HARD TWICE AND GO BACKWARDS, WHEN PUTTING IT IN FORWARD GEAR IT WILL TAKE OFF SLOWLY. AFTER TRAVELING FOR A WHILE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK ONCE THE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED, IF THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF FOR AN HOUR OR SO, THE PROBLEM WILL RECTIFY ITSELF UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS DRIVIN 15-20 MILES, THEN THE SAME PROCESS OCCURS ALL OVER. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766551September 1, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
1. WHEN CAR IS PARKED ON INCLINE, TRUNK LID FELL DOWN AND INJURED ME AND MY HUSBAND.2. THE HORN PLACENMENT IN THE STEERING WHEEL IS SUCH THAT THE BUTTON CANNOT BE FOUND WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED. PEVIOUSLY HAD A CHRYSLER WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS DESIGN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#565512May 1, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SLOPE OF THE WINDSHIELD IS SUCH THAT WHEN DRIVING WITH THE SUN SHINING ON THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD COWLING, THE DRIVER SEES A REFLECTION OF THE COWLING IN HIS VIEW OF THE ROAD, THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006996April 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE STALLED, LOST ALL POWER. ONCE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AGAIN IT IDLED ROUGHLY AND WOULD ONLY STAY RUNNING WITH FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAD IT REPAIRED. *AK *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002930January 28, 2002
STEERING:COLUMN
WHEN TILT STEERING WHEEL IS IN THE UP POSITION, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A SHARP TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION DUE TO STEERING WHEEL RUBBING ON DASH. DEALER HAS REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP, LINES, AND RACK AND PINION. THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. UPON DISCOVERY OF THE BINDING AGAINST THE DASH, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. *JG *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895973September 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WOULD MAKE WEIRD NOISES; FIRST TIME WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURN, WAS GRINDING AND THEN STOPPING. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO JERK FORWARD. THEN, A THUMPING NOISE BEFORE SUDDENLY ACCELERATING. HAD HAPPENED EVERY FEW YARDS. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC FOUND NOTHING AFTER TEST DRIVING. SECOND WAS IN PARKING LOT AND BACKING OUT WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT A POLE. HAD SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, AND IT ACCELERATED FORWARD AND HIT A BUILDING. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WHEELS WERE SPINNING LIKE CRAZY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894638August 17, 2001
TIRES
GOODYEAR, CONQUEST TIRES, P225/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, BUICK, PARK AVENUE WITH 150 MILES. ON WAY HOME AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE NOTICED IT SHAKING. DEALER SAID THIS WAS DUE TO 2 FRONT TIRES HAVING HARD SPOTS, AND THEY CAN'T BE BALANCED. REPLACEMENTS NOT AVAILABLE FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS, DEALER PUT THOSE 2 TIRES ON THE BACK OF VEHICLE.*AK DUE TO THE WAIT TIME FOR TIRES, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND, SERVICE MANAGER STATED THEY COULD NOT HELP WITH COST BECAUSE TIRES WERE NOT FROM GM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886921April 27, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744505April 25, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE PASSING AN 18 WHEELER DURING A RAINSTORM AT 6:00 AM. ALMOST CAUSED A MULTI VEHICLE ACCIDENT AS VISIBILITY WAS "0". I COULD NOT GET WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK AFTER I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. LATER IN THE PM, WIPERS WOULD WORK ON EITHER HIGH OR LOW, BUT NOT INTERMITTENT.*AK
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
#876864December 21, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. DEALER HAS REPAIRED WINDSHIELD WIPERS THREE TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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