1995 Buick Park Avenue

Defect. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP LENS HAS AN INCORRECT AIM PAD NUMBER ON THE LENS. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."

Risk. CONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: IF THESE HEAD LAMPS ARE RE-AIMED USING A MECHANICAL AIMING DEVICE THAT UTILIZES THE AIMING PAD NUMERS, THE RESULTANT AIM WOULD BE OUT OF THE SPECIFIED RANGE. THIS MAY CAUSE A VISIBILITY PROBLEM INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP ON VEHICLES WITH THE CORRECT OUTBOARD LOWER PAD NUMBER.

THE GEAR SHIFTER DOES NOT SHIFT IN TO THE CORRECT SELECTED GEARS. THE PREFABRICATION WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY ON THE BOTTOM ROCKER PANELS, THAT CAUSED THEM TO RUST PREMATURELY. THE PAINT IS JUST PEELING OFF THE TOP AND THE HOOD OF THE CAR. 8 YEARS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, GM DEALER PARTS BECAME UNAVAILABLE. I HAVE KEPT MY CAR IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. I HAVE ALL MY SERVICE RECORDS AND RECEIPT'S FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED THE CAR TO THIS VERY DAY!!! I STILL HAVE THE CAR TO THIS DAY. IF THERE WASN'T A RECALL THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. ESPECIALLY FOR THE GEAR SHIFTER AND ROCKER PANELS...???? ALSO THE HORN PAD HAD A DEFECT WITH THE SPRINGS UNDER THE HORN PAD. GEAR SHIFTER OCCURRED MOST OF THE TIME WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT THE CAR IN TO ONE GEAR OR ANOTHER. THE HORN WAS PAD WAS REPLACED WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR. I WAS DRIVING AND NO HORN. IT IS A VERY NICE CAR BUT WHO EVER HELP PUT IT TOGETHER HAD TO BE ON SOMETHING??? MY 1995 PARK AVENUE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGE KEPT. IT ONLY HAS 167,787 MILES ON IT. NEVER DRIVEN IN WINTER UNTIL 2014.

MY CAR IS LEAKING RADIATO COOLERR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN PARK, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE WALL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE INSULATION WAS SEE THROUGH AND COULD CAUSE THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED BEFORE WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,628.

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

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2012. THE BODY, INTERIOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE CAR WAS SOLD IN GREAT CONDITION AND I WAS TOLD OF NO MAJOR MECHANICAL ISSUES. I PERFORMED A CARFAX ON THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE WAS FOLLOWED AND FOR THE FIRST 80,000-90,000 PLUS MILES WAS ONLY DRIVEN BETWEEN 5000-6000 MILES PER YEAR FOR THE FIRST 14 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND TEST DRIVING I BEGAN TO NOTICE A NOISE AND DECIDED TO PERFORM A BREAK JOB AND INSPECT THE SUSPENSION WHEN I FOUND THE SUBFRAME CROSSMEMBER RUSTED/ROTTED OUT ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THIS PART SUPPORTS THE ENGINE AND OTHER VITAL PARTS IN THE SUSPENSION. INSPECTION OF THE REAR SHOWED ONLY MINOR RUST. AFTER HAVING THE CAR INSPECTED BY A SECOND PARTY I WAS WARNED THAT TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THIS ROT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND WOULD BE DANGEROUS UNTIL REPAIRED. THE BREAK THROUGH OF THE RUSTED/ROTTED AREA COULD EASILY BE CAUSED BY HITTING REPEATED BUMPS, LARGE POTHOLES, OR BY DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE RUST/ROT OF THE SUB MEMBER CROSSFRAME WAS ABNORMAL AND PROBABLY CAUSED BY DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL/FRAME, SEEING THAT THE RUST/ROT WAS MOST SEVERE IN THIS ISOLATED AREA WITH ONLY MINOR RUST ELSEWHERE. CARFAX REPORTS LIST THIS CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO REPORTING BY THE BUICK DEALER OR THERE MECHANICS THAT PERFORMED A MAJORITY OF THE MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE AS HAVING A

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITH NO WARNING. THE HORN WAS SOUNDING AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND BEFORE IT ARRIVED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND SEEMED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE POLICE WERE CALLED, EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED REPORT #10-24586. THE TOW TRUCK TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A STORAGE LOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS POSSIBLY DESTROYED. GENERAL MOTORS WAS CALLED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAD A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE AND MINE CAUGHT ON FIRE EXACTLY AS IS DESCRIBED IN YOUR RECALL NEW RECALL OF BUICKS- HOWEVER I DID NOT SEE MINE INCLUDED IN YOUR LIST AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THIS. I WAS ON MY WAY TO A RESTAURANT TO MEET WITH A CLIENT AND WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO PULL OFF THE STREET INTO A PARKING LOT. ANOTHER TRUCK PULLED IN THAT HAD AN EXTINGUISHER AND HE PUT IT OUT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE. IT WAS TOTALED. I HAD A TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS JUNKED FOR PARTS (I SIGNED THE TITLE OVER TO THEM). [XXX] I DO NOT RECALL THE DATE - I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE COPY I MADE OF THE CAR TITLE. SO I AM JUST PUTTING A GUESS BELOW SO I CAN SUBMIT THE FORM. I CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TITLE, THE AUTO REPAIR COMPANY OWNER NAME AND CONTACT INFO AND VIN IF YOU WANT IT ...JUST CALL OR EMAIL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15-20 MPH, THE MOTOR MOUNT FAILED AND THE ENGINE FELL FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS NO STEERING ABILITY AFTER THIS OCCURRED. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR MOTOR MOUNT WAS LOOSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000. UPDATED 09/24/08.*LJ THE MOTOR MOUNTS CAME LOOSE FROM THE FRAME. UPDATE 09/30/08.*JB

PAINT KEEPS FLAKING OFF; DEALER HAS REPAINTED IT, BUT IT CONTINUES TO COME OFF. *TR

MAKE: BUICK MODEL: PARK AVENUE YEAR: 1995 AT START UP, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. IF THIS CAR WAS PARKED NEXT TO A HOME OR IN A GARAGE THIS WOULD HAVE DRASTIC CONSEQUENCES. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS IMMEDIATELY CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, WHICH GOT PRETTY LARGE. HOME DID SUSTAIN EXTERIOR SMOKE DAMAGE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE CAR LOST POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY FOUND THAT THE THREE BOLTS HOLDING THE POWER STEERING PUMP BROKE OFF IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THEY REPLACED THE BOLTS AT A COST OF $275. I HAD JUST COMPLETED A 1200 MILE TRIP.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, IN A HARD RAIN, ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT WAS TREATED FOR MINOR ABRASIONS TO THE FACE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/25/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED TO START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND WHEN THE IGNITION WAS ENGAGED. WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH POWER TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THERE WERE OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE HEADLIGHTS TURNING THEMSELVES ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A SHADED OR DARK AREA. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED GOING ON AND OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. INSPECTIONS WERE MADE BY THE SERVICE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS: BATTERY (2 TIMES), BATTERY CABLES, SERPENTINE BELT, FUEL PUMP AND THE WATER PUMP.

DT: CONTACT STATES: THE MAIN FUEL LINE TO THE BACK FUEL RAIL CRACKED AND WAS SPRAYING GAS ALL OVER THE MANIFOLD. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $300.00. *AK

AUG4,2004: :15AM ON MY WAY TO WORK FOR AN EARLY START I WAS 2 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE. I NOTICED A SLIGHT LOSS OF ASSIST FROM THE POWER STEERING. THE SYMTOMS WERE TYPICAL OF A SLIPPING BELT OR LOW POWER STEERING FLUID. FROM THE STOP AT THE CORNER OF HILLSIDE AND HWY60 I PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT, BUT AS I STRAIGHTENED THE WHEEL ENTERING THE RIGHT LANE THE STEERING WENT TIGHT WITH A CLUNK AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FREEWHEELING. BEFORE I COULD STOP I FOUND MYSELF IN THE LEFT LANE STARING DOWN A SEMI COMING DOWN THE HILL. FORTUNATELY HE WAS ALERT AND HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO STOP. I TALKED TO THE DRIVER AND SUGGESTED BACKING MY CAR UP TO THE SHOULDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE (NORTH) OF THE ROAD. THE ANGLE OF THE TIRES IF THEY HELD CURRENT POSITION WOULD PLACE ME ON THE SHOULDER JUST EAST OF HILLSIDE. THE SEMI BLOCKED ALL TRAFFIC FROM THE WEST AND WHEN THE EAST TRAFFIC CLEARED I PROCEEDED. I WENT ABOUT TEN FEET AND THEN THE TIRES TURNED AND I WAS SITTING 90DEGREE TO THE ROAD BLOCKING THE LEFT LANE. AT THIS POINT ALL I COULD DO WAS DIRECT TRAFFIC AROUND MY CAR. WITH THE HELP OF TWO GOOD GENTLEMEN WE DIRECTED TRAFFIC UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. IN THE PAST I HAVE HAD VEHICLES WITH WORN PARTS. TIE ROD ENDS, UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, OR IDLER ARM. FAILURE IS INCREMENTAL OVER DAYS OR WEEKS. SYMPTOMS OF SHUTTERING OR PULLING INDICATE THE CAR NEEDS SERVICING SOON. NEVER HAS ANY COMPONENT JUST FAILED WITH A LOSS STEERING. THIS TIME WAS DIFFERENT; THE FAILURE WAS CATASTROPHIC. AN INSTANT LOSS OF STEERI

THE VEHICLES AIR BAG WAS TURNED OFF BECAUSE THE VEHICLE'S HORN CONTINUED TO BLOW. THE AIR BAG MODULE AND THE HORN ARE CONNECTED AND THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WOULD BE AT HER COST TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *NM

I'M FILING THIS REPORT AFTER READING NHTSA ACTION # EA02030, RECALL CAMPAIGN # 03V473000. I HAD A 1995 BUICK PARK AVENUE WITH THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. ON MARCH 9TH 2004 THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED AROUND THE EGR VALVE. THIS CAUSED COOLANT TO BE SUCKED DOWN INTO THE ENGINE REULTING IN IRREVERSABLE ENGINE DAMAGE. I HAD JUST HAD $1000.00 OF WORK DONE TO THE CAR LESS THAN A MONTH EARLIER. I HAD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED AND THE ENGINE FLUSHED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS MIGHT NOT WORK 2 WEEKS AFTER THAT THE ENGINE BEARING SPUN. DUE TO THE AGE, MILAGE AND NEED OF A DEPENDABLE CAR ( I COMMUTE IN EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER DAY ) I ENDED UP SELLING IT FOR PARTS. *AK

UPON THE VEHICLE SITTING HORN SOUNDS OFF AUTOMATICALLY. IT SOMETIMES DOES IT INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BEING CAUSED BY THE AIR BAG. *AK