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2001 Buick Park Avenue complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2001 record →

Tires
Filed Aug 17, 2001AZ

GOODYEAR, CONQUEST TIRES, P225/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, BUICK, PARK AVENUE WITH 150 MILES. ON WAY HOME AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE NOTICED IT SHAKING. DEALER SAID THIS WAS DUE TO 2 FRONT TIRES HAVING HARD SPOTS, AND THEY CAN'T BE BALANCED. REPLACEMENTS NOT AVAILABLE FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS, DEALER PUT THOSE 2 TIRES ON THE BACK OF VEHICLE.*AK DUE TO THE WAIT TIME FOR TIRES, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND, SERVICE MANAGER STATED THEY COULD NOT HELP WITH COST BECAUSE TIRES WERE NOT FROM GM. *SLC

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Apr 27, 2001TX

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Apr 25, 2001TX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE PASSING AN 18 WHEELER DURING A RAINSTORM AT 6:00 AM. ALMOST CAUSED A MULTI VEHICLE ACCIDENT AS VISIBILITY WAS "0". I COULD NOT GET WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK AFTER I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. LATER IN THE PM, WIPERS WOULD WORK ON EITHER HIGH OR LOW, BUT NOT INTERMITTENT.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Mar 21, 2001NC

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL OPERATE AND WILL QUIT WORKING AT A TIME, LEAVING CONSUMER WITHOUT CLEAR VISION OF ROAD.*AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED. *SLC

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Mar 21, 2001NC

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LOCKED UP, CONSUMER COULD NOT TURN BODY, HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *SLC

Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed Mar 21, 2001NC

WHILE DRIVING ALTERNATOR WILL MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT ALTERNATOR'S DEFECT.*AK CONSUMER STATES DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND THE NOISE IS ALMOST GONE. *JB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Dec 21, 2000AR

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. DEALER HAS REPAIRED WINDSHIELD WIPERS THREE TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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