Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Buick Park Avenue submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
THE PASSENGER CAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. LOCKING MECHANISM DOES NOT ENGAGE AND DOOR REMAINS STUCK CLOSED. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE PASSENGER OF THE CAR. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIR MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS FOR A PERMANENT FIX.
MY 1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE WAS PARKED UNDER OUR POLE BARN IN FRONT OF OUR HOME. MY NEIGHBOR CAME OVER TO BORROW MY CAR WITH MY PERMISSION. IT WAS COLD THAT DAY. SHE TURNED THE KEY. THE CAR BACKFIRE & THE HOOD JUMPED. THE CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE & SMOKE STARTED ROLLING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR. SHE POPPED THE HOOD & GOT OUT OF THE CAR. BY THE TIME SHE GOT IN FRONT OF THE CAR FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR. SHE CALLED THE PERU FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO CAME OUT & PULLED MY CAR OUT TO THE DRIVEWAY SAVING OUR HOUSE FROM BURNING TO THE GROUND. THE GOT THE CAR PUT OUT EVENTUALLY BUT IT IS DESTROYED. ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS BURNED OUT. PARTS OF THE INSIDE ARE MELTED. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. WE CONTACTED BUICK. THEY OFFERED US $1000. FOR A CAR WE WERE OFFERED $3000.00 FOR THAT SUMMER. THEY THEN DECIDED THEY DID NOT OWE US ANYTHING AS THE CAR ITSELF WAS OVER 10 YEARS OF AGE. THEY WILL NOT ANSWER CALLS NOR WILL THEY PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. WE CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. *TR
CAR WENT FOR ITS OIL CHANGE AND WE WERE INFORMED TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR NOW DO NOT DRIVE IT AN INCH. THE FRONT SUB FRAME IS RUSTED AND BROKE THIS HOLDS THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND ENGINE. *TR
1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE SEVERED BRAKE LINES, LEFT FRONT AXLE BROKE DUE TO A CRACKED CRADLE. *KB ***NAR*** WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY. UPON INSPECTION THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE CRADLE HAD CRACKED. WHEN THE CRADLE CRACKED IT SEVERED THE BRAKE LINE AND BROKE THE FRONT LEFT AXLE. THE TECHNICIAN ORDER TWO CRADLES FROM TWO DIFFERENT JUNK YARDS. BOTH CRADLE HAD CRACKS IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. NEW CRADLES HAD TO BE ORDERED AND INSTALLED AND THE LEFT AXLE AND BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACE. *NM
1) CUSTOMER LOST STEERING OF CAR 2) LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT BROKE FROM FRAME; MOUNT WAS NOT FULLY WELDED TO FRAME. (HAVE PHOTOS AND OLD FRAME) 3) REPLACE COMPLETE SUB FRAME
METAL DOOR PROTUDES INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHICH CONSUMER BELIEVE IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *BF THE ASH TRAY WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. *SC
CONSUMER CONCERNED THAT AUTO SAFETY DATA WON'T BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. *NM THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE PUBLIC HAD THE RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT DEFECTS REGARDING ALL VEHICLES. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A VEHICLE WHICH HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, SUCH AS A MOLDING REAR DOOR, A BROKEN DOOR HANDLE AND A NEW ENGINE AND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS NEEDED. AFTER THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, HE SOLD THE VEHICLE AND ANOTHER COUPLE ENDURED PROBLEMS SUCH AS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY DYING. THE OTHER COUPLE WAS TOLD IN JAN 2004 THE REGULATOR HAD BEEN RECALLED. *JB
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DEVELOPED ON 1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE. *MR THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT HARSHLY, SHUDDER AND HESITATE WHILE DRIVING. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK SWITCH WAS LOOSE INSIDE THE DOOR PANEL. *NM
POWER DOOR LOCKS DO NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK FROM TIME TO TIME. WHEN CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING, AND WAS A PROBLEM THAT THEY WERE AWARE OFF. *AK THE CONSUMER POINTED OUT THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY CREATING SAFETY CONCERN. *YH
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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