Buick Park Avenue
Owners filed 1,297 complaints across 16 model years of the Buick Park Avenue. The 1998 drew the most (246); the 2005 the fewest (8).
Model years16
Complaints1,297
Recalls23
Fires119
Deaths2
Every Buick Park Avenue model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | 0 | — | — | Wheels | Routine | |
| 2004 | 12 | 0 | 2 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2003 | 33 | 1 | — | 1 | Tires | Routine | |
| 2002 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2001 | 57 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 81 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1999 | 140 | 3 | 22 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | High concern | |
| 1998 | 246 | 2 | 29 | 7 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | High concern | |
| 1997 | 219 | 3 | 21 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | High concern | |
| 1996 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 1995 | 117 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System | Routine | |
| 1994 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1993 | 64 | 1 | 10 | 7 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 10 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1991 | 92 | 1 | 6 | 14 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1990 | 12 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine |
Which Buick Park Avenue years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1998 is the weakest year on record, with 246 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.