Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Buick Park Avenue submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
AT SPEED LET OF GAS PEDAL REAL QUICK TO BRAKE AND ENGINE COMPLETELTSHUTSOFF. DOES NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED WHATS BAD DEALERS CANNOT FIND ANY CODE IN COMPUTER TELLING WHATS HAPPENING. THEY WANT ME TO BRING IT IN RIGHT AFTER IT HAPPENS. IT HAPPENS THAT WAY. *TR
WITHOUT WARNING STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL, CONSUMER DOWN SHIFTED AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER HEARD A BANG SOUND, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL VIBRATED,THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP AND SKIDDING BEGUN. THE CONSUMER VIEWED THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD BROKEN OFF AND WENT DOWN, BENT, AND WEDGED ITSELF IN THE AXLE. *SC
AS CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED AND THE ENGINE REVVED AND NO DRIVE MOTION WAS OCCURRING, CONSUMER HAD TO COAST TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO INTO LOW GEAR, NO OTHER GEARS WERE OPERATIVE, ALSO A WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AND A NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED.*JB
CONSUMER STATE THAT THE WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STEEP MOUNTAINSIDE ON A PAVED ROAD WITH THE CAR IN THIRD GEAR, THE VEHICLE WAS SUDDENLY WITHOUT HYDRAULIC BRAKES OR STEERING. *MJ
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES, ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. BRAKES BECAME WERE HARD AND THEY WERE GRABBING. *AK
FAILURE OF DEALER TO GIVE CONSUMER PROPER INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO USE ABS SYSTEM CAUSED DRIVER TO MISUSE BRAKES.
BRAKE WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE DEFECT.*AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE
ABS: WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY, APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKES DID NOT HOLD, VEHICLE CRASHED INTO GARAGE, BRAKES PULSATED. DEALER HAS NOT DUPLICATED PROBLEM, NO REPAIRS, VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *AK
ABS FAILURE, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED OR EMERGENCY STOPPING SITUATIONS, THE BRAKES FADE AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAPPENS ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, PROBLEM NOT CORRECTED. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING A SPEED OF 35MPH ON A WET ROAD SURFACE , BRAKES LOCKED UP, VEHICLE TURNED TO LEFT AND RIGHT, LOST CONTROL. *AK
WHEN ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT LIGHT ABS FAILED TO WORK AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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