2001 BUICK PARK AVENUE Complaints

1. WHEN CAR IS PARKED ON INCLINE, TRUNK LID FELL DOWN AND INJURED ME AND MY HUSBAND.2. THE HORN PLACENMENT IN THE STEERING WHEEL IS SUCH THAT THE BUTTON CANNOT BE FOUND WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED. PEVIOUSLY HAD A CHRYSLER WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS DESIGN.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SLOPE OF THE WINDSHIELD IS SUCH THAT WHEN DRIVING WITH THE SUN SHINING ON THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD COWLING, THE DRIVER SEES A REFLECTION OF THE COWLING IN HIS VIEW OF THE ROAD, THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE STALLED, LOST ALL POWER. ONCE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AGAIN IT IDLED ROUGHLY AND WOULD ONLY STAY RUNNING WITH FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAD IT REPAIRED. *AK *JG

WHEN TILT STEERING WHEEL IS IN THE UP POSITION, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A SHARP TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION DUE TO STEERING WHEEL RUBBING ON DASH. DEALER HAS REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP, LINES, AND RACK AND PINION. THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. UPON DISCOVERY OF THE BINDING AGAINST THE DASH, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. *JG *AK

VEHICLE WOULD MAKE WEIRD NOISES; FIRST TIME WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURN, WAS GRINDING AND THEN STOPPING. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO JERK FORWARD. THEN, A THUMPING NOISE BEFORE SUDDENLY ACCELERATING. HAD HAPPENED EVERY FEW YARDS. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC FOUND NOTHING AFTER TEST DRIVING. SECOND WAS IN PARKING LOT AND BACKING OUT WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT A POLE. HAD SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, AND IT ACCELERATED FORWARD AND HIT A BUILDING. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WHEELS WERE SPINNING LIKE CRAZY.*AK

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

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

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

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

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