Complaint Statistics
104 total complaints
13 crashes 2 fires 9 injuries
Top Reported Components
| Component | Complaints |
|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 17 |
| AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 8 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 6 |
| EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | 5 |
| VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR | 5 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | 3 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 3 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 3 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | 3 |
| SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | 2 |
Incident date: Oct 14, 2015
WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO AREAS THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. NO STEERING, BRAKES, OR POWER WHATSOEVER. WILL PLACE IN PARK AND TURN KEY, CAR WILL START RIGHT UP. SO FAR I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYONE WHO CAN FIND THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND JUST RECOMMEND REPLACING NUMEROUS PARTS.
Incident date: May 7, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 BUICK PARK AVENUE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ON EACH OCCASION, THE CONTACT WAITED TEN MINUTES FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART. ON MAY 7, 2007, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PRIOR TO THIS FAILUR
... E, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 144,096. THE DEALER STATES COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP, FLUSH CONDENSER AND DEALER ALSO INSTALLED ALTERNATOR. UPDATE 05/22/07*TRRead more
Incident date: May 7, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 BUICK PARK AVENUE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ON EACH OCCASION, THE CONTACT WAITED TEN MINUTES FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART. ON MAY 7, 2007, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PRIOR TO THIS FAILUR
... E, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 144,096. THE DEALER STATES COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP, FLUSH CONDENSER AND DEALER ALSO INSTALLED ALTERNATOR. UPDATE 05/22/07*TRRead more
Incident date: Feb 28, 2005
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. *JBRead more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2003
CAR STALLED AS I WAS GOING DOWN FREEWAY 65 MPH. STALLED, NO WARNING AT ALL. NO BRAKES (POWER)NO STEERING (POWER. LUCKY I WAS IN RIGHT HAND LANE TO HORSE CAR OFF TO SIDE AND CALL TOW TRUCK. SECOND TIME GOING DOWN STEEP GRADE, STALLED SAME EXACT THING NO POWER COASTED DOWN TO BOTTOM OF HILL TRYING TO
... AVOID ACCIDENT. LET CAR SIT FOR 15 MINUTES, START RIGHT BACK UP AND RUN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.NOW I DRIVE IN RIGHT LANE, 45 MPH, PHONE AND AAA CARD BY MY SIDE. SCARYRead more
Incident date: Aug 7, 2002
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED.CONTACTED DEALER. FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AS A RESULT OF PIECES OF PLASTIC PEELING OFF OF GAS TANK ,AND BLOCKING THE FLOW OF THE FUEL.*AK
Incident date: Mar 1, 2002
VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS, WHEN SET TO AUTOMATICALLY FUNCTION HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. WHEN TURNED ON MANUALLY LIGHTS STAY ON.*AK
Incident date: Feb 15, 2002
DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE. PASSENGERS ARE UNABLE TO FASTEN SEAT BELTS. *AK
THE RIGHT AND LEFT MIRROWS DO NOT COLLAPSE IF IT RUN INTO SOMETHING.*AK
THE RIGHT AND LEFT MIRROWS DO NOT COLLAPSE IF IT RUN INTO SOMETHING.*AK
Incident date: May 25, 2001
SALT AND SAND ON ROAD HAD ACCUMULATED ON WHEELS. AFTER BEING CLEANED, WHEELS WILL GET RUSTED, CAUSING AIR LEAKS. *AK *SLC
Incident date: Feb 15, 2001
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 O
... WNER OF THE CAR.*AKRead more
Incident date: Nov 14, 2000
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 4 0 MPH ON A BRIDGE IN BAD WEATHER WHILE CHANGING LANES VEHICLE SKIDDED HORIZONTALLY. A OIL TRUCK HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S FRONT, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
Crash
THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF TIRE BLOWOUTS, ONE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 25-30 MPH, OTHER TWO INCIDENTS WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH, NO CRASHES OR INJURIES, TIRES WERE MADE BY FIRESTONE. *CJ
Incident date: Sep 16, 2000
THE BOLTS THAT FASTEN THE REAR SUSPENSION TO THE FRAME OF THE CAR HAVE RUSTED AND IT HAS RIPED LOSE FROM THE FRAME OF THE CAR. THE RIGHT SIDE IS RUSTED ALSO BUT HAS NOT PULLED LOSE YET. WHEN IT BROKE LOSE I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 20MPH. THE CAR TURNED AT 360 DEGREES. FORTUNATLY THERE WERE NO OTHER
... CARS AROUND TO IMPACT.Read more
COMPUTER FAILURE. CONSUMER WILL COMPLETE FORM. *AK
Incident date: Jan 1, 1998
SELECTION OF HEATER STUCK IN DEFORST. SELECTION OF DIRECTION AIR FLOW CANNOT BE MADE.
WHEN OPERATING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN WARM WEATHER, MOVING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, ENGINE STALLS OUT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
Incident date: Jun 5, 1999
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND A DEER CROSSED IN FRONT. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE TAIL SPINNED. ALSO, AND THE ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, IT POPS LOOSE AND WILL NOT STAY DOWN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LOSTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND SLOWS DOWN, AND THEN UNEXPECTEDLY REGAINS POWER. THIS DEFECT IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEFECT. *AK
Incident date: Apr 1, 1997
ALL STRUTS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOUNCE.
Incident date: Apr 1, 1997
ALL STRUTS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOUNCE.
Incident date: Oct 24, 1998
CYLINDER HEAD FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND MELT VALVE.
Incident date: Oct 19, 1998
WATER PUMP REPLACED, CAUSING OVERHEATING.
Incident date: Jul 7, 1997
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jun 7, 1998
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT SWAYS TO THE RIGHT THEN TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE GUARDRAIL. *AK
Incident date: Feb 1, 1999
I BOUGHT MY 1992 BUICK PARK AVENUE ON 09/29/1991 (FROM DON SNELL BUICK, DALLAS). EACH YEAR I ONLY USED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ONE TIME WHEN I GOT TEXAS CAR INSPECTION. I THINK I NEVER USED THAT BRAKE FOR MORE THAN 10 TIMES TOTALLY AFTER I BOUGHT THAT CAR. THIS YEAR(1999), BEFORE I DID THE CA
... R INSPECTION, I FOUND WHEN I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE, THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE COULDN NOT HOLD DOWN. SO I WENT TO THE CITY GARAGE CAR REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT PROBLEM BEEN RECALLED. THEREFORE I WENT TO EWING BUICK (4464 WEST PLANO PARKWAY, PLANO, TEXAS 75093, PHONE: 972-964-3540) THIS MORNING (02/02/1999). AFTER EWING CHECKED MY CAR, THEY SAID THAT MY CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE ONES BEING RECALLED, BUT MY CAR IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. I WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS 1992 MODEL, BUT IT WAS BUILT IN JULY, 1991. SINCE MY CAR'S EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE ONES HAVING BEEN RECALLED (1991 PARK AVENUE AND 1992 LESABRE MODEL), HOW CAN (BUICK BE SURE THAT THEY DID NOT PUT THAT 1991 PART TO MY JULY 1991 BUILT 1992 PARK AVENUE MODEL! CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW CAN I DO? THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 91V167000. THE RECALL NO IS 92C02. *AKRead more
POWER ANTENNA MOTOR FAILED.
DIGITAL CLIMATE CONTROL FAILED.
Incident date: Sep 1, 1998
METAL PROTRUSION FROM DRIVER'S SEAT ADJUSTMENT BUTTON CUT CONSUMER.
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 1, 1995
REAR WHEELS WERE INCORRECTLY SET AT THE MANUFACTURING PLANT CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE TIRES.
Incident date: Oct 20, 1998
WATER AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. WHEN IT WAS REPAIRED THE ENGINE STILLED MADE NOISE. *AK *ML
AIR CONIDTIONER RELAY KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO BE IRRITATED. *AK
ENGINE TROUBLE WITH STARTING AND WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCES TROUBLE WITH ACCELERATION.
ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM DUE TO FAULTY SENSOR ON THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Incident date: Jun 15, 1998
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A COLLISION.
Incident date: Jan 15, 1998
APPROXIMATELY FIVE HOURS AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE THEFT ALARM WAS HEARD AND VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN FLAMES.
Fire
HEATED OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR HAS DARKENED, IMPAIRING VISIBILITY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSOTHE MIRROR HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT DARKNESS REOCCURRED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Incident date: Jan 23, 1997
ENGINE BELT FAILED, PCV VALVE FAILED.
Incident date: Jan 23, 1997
ENGINE BELT FAILED, PCV VALVE FAILED.
Incident date: Jan 23, 1997
BRAKE SHOES FREEZE TO THE DRUMS CAUSING DAMAGE TO BRAKES.
Incident date: Feb 23, 1998
GAS LINE CRACKED CAUSING FLUID TO SPILL.
Incident date: Jan 25, 1996
WHEN THE REAR DEFROSTER IS ON THE POWER LOCKS WILL NOT OPERATE. WHICH POSES THE A SAFETY HAZARD. IN AN EMERGENCY, A SMALL CHILD WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE SINCE CHILD PROOF LOCKS ONLY OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. *AK
Incident date: Jan 25, 1996
WHEN THE REAR DEFROSTER IS ON THE POWER LOCKS WILL NOT OPERATE. WHICH POSES THE A SAFETY HAZARD. IN AN EMERGENCY, A SMALL CHILD WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE SINCE CHILD PROOF LOCKS ONLY OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. *AK
GAS LINE CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO SPILL FROM VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Incident date: Jan 4, 1997
ABS BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COMEON FOR NO REASON. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS DUE TO FAULTY PMV VALVE BLOCK. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
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