1999 Buick Park Avenue complaints

CONSUMER NOTICED ACID ON GARAGE FLOOR, CHECKED UNDER HOOD, AND NOTICE ACID LEAKING FROM BATTERY. *AK

WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND THEN PROCEEDED TO GO AND ENGINE DIED. ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE PULLING OFF FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, ENGINE DIED. LAST TIME WHILE GOING OVER A BRIDGE WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC, CONSUMER SLOWED DOWN, AND DRIVER IN FRONT STARTED TO BACK UP REALLY FAST. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE, VEHICLE DIED.*AK DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*SLC

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME OFF, VEHICLE VEERED TO LEFT OVER MEDIAN AND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO AVOID A HEAD-ON COLLISION, DEALER DETERMINED THAT SPINDLE OF WHEEL HAD BROKEN. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 10000.00 . CONSUMER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *AK *YD

AT 33,000 MILES VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH HESITATION AND STALLING, BY STARTING OR WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE AND HEARD A LOUD POP, FLAMES STARTED TO SHOOT OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CLAIM 13-7487-456. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

STTERING WAS VIBRATION AND MAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OR MORE OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE, MOSTLY IN WET CONDITIONS. WHEN COMING FROM CAR WASH, PEDAL GOES AMOST TO FLOOR. ALSO, ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. *AK THE TAIL LIGHT ALWAYS HAD WATER IN IT. THE DRIVER SEAT PANEL FOR ELECTRIC SEATS WAS BROKEN. A DRIVER SIDE LOCK WAS BROKEN AS WELL. THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE A BUMPING NOISE COMING FROM TIRE. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND. *AK TIRES ARE GOODYEAR LS EAGLE, SIZE P225/60R16, POSSIBLY A SUSPENSION PROBLEM CAUSING TIRES TO WEAR. *SLC

BRAKE ROTORS EXCESSIVELY WEAR OUT WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 95% OF TIME. *AK ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. *SLC

WHEN PARKING OR TURNING LEFT/RIGHT VEHICLE SHIMMIES.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATES AND GRABS. DEALER HAS TURNED ROTORS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD A REPEATED PROBLEM WITH RIGHT SIDE MIRROR, PARALLEL PARK ASSISTANCE MIRROR, AUTOMATICALLY GOING INTO "PARK MODE". THUS, HE WAS UNABLE TO USE MIRROR TO SEE VEHICLES/OBJECTS/PERSONS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG SINCE IT DID NOT OCCUR WHILE THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT. *AK THE PARK ASSIST MIRROR HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND REPLACED BUT STILL DOES NOT RETRUN TO NORMAL POSITION. THE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

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

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED 3 TIMES, PEDAL WENT HALFWAY STOPED, BRAKES DID NOT LOCKED, AND NO BRAKING ACTION. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN KEY WAS TURNED, ON THE SECOND TRY THE VEHICLE EXPLODED AND THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 40-2451-477. *SLC

NEGATIVE POST SNAPPED FROM BATTERY, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLED AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT FAIL TO EXTEND FROM THE RETRACT MECHANISM WHEN THE SEAT BELT HAS BEEN FULLY RETRACTED. SERVICE DEPT. AND BUICK'S DEALER DISTRICT MANAGER, STATE THAT SEAT BELTS ARE WORKING AS "DESIGNED"! WHEN THIS CONDITION OCCURS THERE IS AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WILL PASS BEFORE THE SEAT BELT WILL "RELEASE ITSELF" FROM THIS "FULLY RETRACTED POSITION" AND ALLOW THE PERSON TO EXTEND THE BELT AND BUCKLE TO THE LATCH RECEPTACLE. WHEN THIS "CONDITION" OCCURS, [ THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THE BUICK DISTRICT MANAGER HAVE SEEN THE CONDITION OCCUR ON MY BUICK AND ALSO ON '2000 BUICK P/A, VIN: [XXX]'. THE BUICK DISTRICT MANAGER AS "O.K.'ED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAT BELTS, BUT UNDER THE STATEMENT "THAT THE REPLACEMENT SEAT BELTS WILL HAVE THE SAME DESIGN" IMPLYING THAT I CAN EXPECT THE SAME CONDITIONS. I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE TO SIT IN THE GARAGE. MY WIFE AND I EXPECT TO DRIVE THE BUICK. WE NEED SEAT BELTS THAT WORK CORRECTLY, NOT ONE'S THAT HAVE DEFECTS THAT WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE EXTENDED IN A NORMAL OPERATION AND BUCKLED IN THE LATCH. PLEASE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE E TO ME AND OTHER GM AND BUICK PRODUCT OWNERS. THIS CONDITION WAS ALSO DEMONSTRATED ON THE 2001 BUICK LESABRE ON THE SHOW ROOM OF THE DEALER. VEHICLE DETAIL NOT AVAILABLE, THIS CONDITION EXIST ON MULTIPLE YEARS OF VEHICLES AND MUST BE RESOLVED QUICKLY! THERE ARE PERHAPS NUMBERS OF PERSONS OPERATING THEIR GM AND OR BUICK VEHICLES WITHOUT HAVING THEIR SEAT BELTS BUCKLED DUE TO THIS DEFECT IN

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE WILL START VIBRATING .IT COULD BE FELT FROM FRONT TO THE REAR OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT WAS NORMAL.*AK

SEAT BELTS FAILED. *MJS

THE PASSENGER FRONT ASSIST HANDLE CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING. NLM

CAR STALLS FOR NO REASON .WHEN IT STALLS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON OR MESSAGES INDICATEING WHAT THE FAILURE WAS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES APPEAR BEFORE YOU START YOUR VECHICLE BUT WHEN CAR STALLS THE ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. IT IS RISK TO BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAVING THE ENGINE STALL AND NOT REALIZING IT .IT ENDANGERS THE LIVES OF THE PERSONS NOT ONLY IN THE VEHICLE BUT OTHERS AS WELL. DEALER HAS TRIED TO REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL DOES NOT ILLUMINATE.I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER PROGRAMMED TO ILLUMINATE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ANYWAYS.

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND PULSATE INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CAR BATTERY GOES DEAD INTERMITTENLY WHEN PARKED OVERHIGHT, REPLACED BATTERYLALTERNATOR/DID NOT HELP

BRAKE ROTORS WERE WEARING EXCESSIVELY AND OVERHEATING WHICH CAUSED ROTORS TO WARP/OUT OF ROUND. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. ALL/ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER COST. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ACCELERATING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A GAS STATION POWER STEERING FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED IN HEATED GARAGE FOR AWHILE. THEN STARTED IT, AND VEHICLE STALLED. WOULD NEED TO BE JUMPED. HAS HAPPENED 15 TIMES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CHANGED THE BATTERY & ALTERNATOR. BUT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

A MALFUNCTION OCCURS WITHIN THE DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT MECHANISM, CAUSES SHOULDER BELT TO BECOME EXTREMELY TIGHT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

SHOULDER BELT IS TWISTED WHEN IT GOES UP INTO THE RETRACTOR. *AK

DOOR COULD NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK WITH KEY. DEALER HAS REPAIRED DOOR FOUR TIMES. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEALER REPLACED GOODYEAR TIRE P225/60R16

DEALER STATES SEAT BELT REPAIR PARTS UNAVAILABLE AT THE FACTORY.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WHICH COULD RESULT IN COLLISION. *YC

TRANSMISSION WOULD BUCK & JERK AFTER SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM REVERSE. DOES NOT HAPPEN FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING. *AK

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS ACCELERATE WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS WHEN I AM TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. BUICK KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT HAS BASICALLY TRIED TO PRETEND THAT IT DOES NOT EXIST.