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Buick Park avenue Brakes Problems

17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 3 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2003.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Brakes · 2003 4

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. SUDDENLY LIGHTS STARTED GOING OFF ON MY DASHBOARD INDICATING THAT MY ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND SATIABILITY CONTROL WERE OUT. NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP ON THE HIGHWAY OR CONTACT SOMEONE TO GIVE ME A LIFT HOME I...

Brakes · 2000 4

I WAS DRIVING A BUICK PARK AVE 2000. AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO A BUSY 3 LANE CITY STREET. WHEN I ACCELERATED AND BEGAN CHANGING LANES THE CAR LUNGED A LITTLE AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. I TRI...

Brakes · 2002 2

ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES PREMATURELY. THIS STARTED AFTER DEALER REPLACED BACK BRAKES. ABS MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT, INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

Brakes · 2000 2

THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN BRAKES APPLIES - NO PRESSURE AND ALMOST NO BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE POSSIBLE. THIS OCCURRED AT A STOP OF THE VEHICLE AND THEREFORE NO CRASH. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A CORRODED BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED LEADI...

Brakes · 2002 2

DT: THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD HER SHE NEEDS NEW BRAKES. LAST YEAR ON 4-20-04 SHE BROUGHT IT IN TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT A PULSATION IN THE BRAKES. THEY TOLD HER THAT BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE GONE AND THEY REPLAC...

Brakes · 2002 2

RIGHT FRONT ABS SYSTEM CODE. REPLACED ABS SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY. DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM IN SOME VEHICLES. IT MAY BE A WIRING PROBLEM.

Brakes · 2003 2

MY 2003 BUICK PARK AVENUE (ULTRA) HAS LESS THAN 19,000 MILES AND TWICE HAS HAD THE BRAKES FAIL ON IT. TODAY, I AM HEARING THE FAMILIAR BRAKE FAILURE SQUEAL AND KNOW THAT MY BRAKES WILL BE FAILING AGAIN. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS CAR AND H...

Brakes · 2000 2

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A NON-EMERGENCY STOP, BRAKES MADE A TERRIBLE SOUND. DEALER FOUND A SMALL PART OF DEFECTIVE HUBCAP WITH EVIDENCE OF 2 BROKEN CONNECTORS TO A SMALL ROUND RING, POSSIBLE PART OF ABS SYSTEM. *YD

Brakes · 2000 1

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 5 MPH WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED THEY SUDDENLY LOCKED CAUSING THE STABILITY CONTROL FEATURE TO ACTIVATE ITSELF. THE VEHICLE CONTINU...

Brakes · 2000 1

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ALL BUT MANUAL BRAKES. I MANAGED TO REACH A NEARBY SERVICE GARAGE WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE MODULATOR VALVE HAD CORRODED AND FAILE...

Brakes · 2000 1

THE INCIDENT ORIGINALLY FELT LIKE POSSIBLE WARPED BRAKE DISC (SLIGHT THROBING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL). WHITHIN TWO WEEKS IT BECAME A CLICKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END EVEN WHITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSED. INVESTIGATIO DISCLOSED A BUILDUP ON T...

Brakes · 2003 1

MY 2003 BUICK PARK AVENUE WITH LESS THAN 6000 MILES ON IT HAS HAD BRAKE FAILURE TWICE. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURED AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. BOTH INCIDENTS INVOLVED TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WITH THE PEDAL GOING CLEAR TO THE FLOOR AND NO STOPPI...

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