Buick Park Avenue Reliability
1,880 NHTSA complaints (1984–2005). Complaint rate: 5987.3 per 1,000 vehicles.
Which Years to Buy & Avoid
Years auto-clustered by complaint volume relative to this model's median.
Bottom line: Avoid the 1997–2000 Buick Park Avenue. The 2004–2005 models had significantly fewer reported issues. Most common issue across all years: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP.
Avoid These Years
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Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA complaint count per model year
Common Buick Park Avenue Problems
Most reported component complaints to NHTSA
| Component | Complaints | Crash % |
|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 124 | 16.1% |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 119 | 0.0% |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 61 | 0.0% |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 59 | 1.7% |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 58 | 1.7% |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 50 | 4.0% |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 49 | 10.2% |
| SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | 47 | 2.1% |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 40 | 27.5% |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 39 | 0.0% |
Year-by-Year Breakdown
NHTSA complaint count per model year — click any year for full problems & recalls breakdown.
| Year | Generation | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984GOOD | — | 2 | 1 | — | View 1984View→ |
| 1985GOOD | — | 15 | 0 | — | View 1985View→ |
| 1986GOOD | — | 16 | 0 | 1 | View 1986View→ |
| 1987GOOD | — | 14 | 0 | — | View 1987View→ |
| 1988GOOD | — | 21 | 5 | — | View 1988View→ |
| 1989GOOD | — | 28 | 2 | — | View 1989View→ |
| 1990GOOD | — | 12 | 0 | — | View 1990View→ |
| 1991AVOID | — | 134 | 16 | 6 | View 1991View→ |
| 1992AVOID | — | 104 | 13 | 2 | View 1992View→ |
| 1993AVOID | — | 102 | 7 | 11 | View 1993View→ |
| 1994 | — | 63 | 6 | 3 | View 1994View→ |
| 1995AVOID | — | 164 | 7 | 4 | View 1995View→ |
| 1996 | — | 68 | 3 | 5 | View 1996View→ |
| 1997AVOID | — | 355 | 5 | 40 | View 1997View→ |
| 1998AVOID | — | 327 | 8 | 46 | View 1998View→ |
| 1999AVOID | — | 174 | 5 | 29 | View 1999View→ |
| 2000AVOID | — | 104 | 6 | 8 | View 2000View→ |
| 2001 | — | 71 | 5 | 11 | View 2001View→ |
| 2002 | — | 41 | 4 | 4 | View 2002View→ |
| 2003 | — | 38 | 2 | — | View 2003View→ |
| 2004GOOD | — | 17 | 0 | 4 | View 2004View→ |
| 2005GOOD | — | 10 | 0 | — | View 2005View→ |
See also: Buick Park Avenueaccident & safety statistics from our vehicle history database.
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