2000 BUICK PARK AVENUE Complaints

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED VEHICLE DOES NOT GO DOWN A HILL, SYSTEM OPERATES PROPERLY ON LEVEL GROUND, AND NOT WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD HORN IS INOPERABLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT ENGAGE AT TIMES, DEALER REPLACED. PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT WORK FROM PASSENGER SIDE, DEALER REPLACED DOOR MODULE. CONSUMER THINKS THAT THERE IS AN EXHAUST LEAK AND IT IS CAUSING A LOUD CLATTER UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION WHEN COLD. *SLC

VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT. SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALER CONFIRMED BY TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE CAN'T BE ALIGNED. REASON UNKNOWN. MANUFACTURER STATED CONSUMER HAS TO KEEP BOTH HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP IT FROM DRIFTING.*AK

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, BUT THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND FIND THE CAUSE, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLS SOON AFTER CRANKING UP AND STARTING TO MOVE OUT. *YH

CENTER MIDDLE SEAT AND REAR CENTER SEAT BELTS HAVE TOO MUCH SLACK IN BELT, WHICH DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO OCCUPANTS OF SEAT. CONSUMER *AK CONSUMER STATES CENTER FRONT AND CENTER REAR BELTS ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY RELIABLE, THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN THEY DID NOT HOLD AT ALL AGAINST RESISTANCE UPON FASTENING, ON OTHER OCCASIONS THEY APPEARED TO BE TIGHT BUT LOOSENED DURING TRAVEL WHEN SHIFTING WEIGHT TO RELIEVE FATIGUE, SLACK IN THE BELTS SOMETIMES OCCURS WHEN WEIGHT IS PUSHED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BELT , THE DESIGN OF THE MALE PART OF THE BUCKLE DOES NOT ALLOW THE BUCKLE TO LIE FLAT AGAINST CONSUMER'S BODY, INSTEAD IT STANDS AWAY FROM THE BODY AT A 65 DEGREE ANGLE WHEN ENGAGE IN BELT, THE MALE PART OF THE BUCKLE HAS BEEN REPLACED. *JB

FUEL PUMP KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ENGINE DIES AND WILL NOT RESTART AGAIN . VEHICLE MUST BE TOWED INTO DEALER.*AK

THE WINSHIELD WIPER FAILED INTERMITTENTLY PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-346. NLM CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEFECT WAS NOTED A FEW DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE DATE, HOWEVER DID NOT GET REPAIRED UNTIL 01-FEB-2001, ALMOST A YEAR OF THE PROBLEM WITH NO REPAIRS. *SLC

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT IDLE AND IN GEAR.DEALER SAYS GMC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.DEALER STATES HE CAN NOT FIX. *AK PROBLEM.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE IN USE, WANTED TO CHANGE SPEEDS, AND THEY STOPPED WORKING WHICH WOULD CAUSE VISUAL DIFFICLTY, AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. *YH

IDLE IS ROUGH DUE TO ENGINE TURBOCHARGER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED.*AK *SLC