Worst years for a Buick Park Avenue
Owners have filed 1,880 complaints about the Buick Park Avenue with NHTSA across model years 1984 to 2005. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.
Avoid
1998 Buick Park Avenue327 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.
Cleanest on record
2005 Buick Park Avenue10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Buick Park Avenue year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40,000 | Wheels |
| 2004 | B | 17 | 0 | 4 | 117,650 | Electrical System |
| 2003 | B | 38 | 2 | 0 | 52,500 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2002 | C | 41 | 4 | 4 | 47,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2001 | C | 71 | 5 | 11 | 66,469 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2000 | C | 104 | 6 | 8 | 60,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1999 | D | 174 | 5 | 29 | 59,600 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1998 | D | 327 | 8 | 46 | 73,171 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1997 | D | 355 | 5 | 40 | 89,747 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1996 | C | 68 | 3 | 5 | 112,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1995 | C | 164 | 7 | 4 | 108,000 | Electrical System |
| 1994 | C | 63 | 6 | 3 | 110,000 | Brakes |
| 1993 | C | 102 | 7 | 11 | 156,510 | Brakes |
| 1992 | — | 104 | 13 | 2 | — | Brakes |
| 1991 | — | 134 | 16 | 6 | — | Brakes |
| 1990 | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1989 | — | 28 | 2 | 0 | — | Body & Structure |
| 1988 | — | 21 | 5 | 0 | — | Steering |
| 1987 | — | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 1986 | — | 16 | 0 | 1 | — | Electrical System |
| 1985 | — | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 1984 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
What breaks on a Buick Park Avenue
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Buick Park Avenue
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Buick Park Avenue, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Buick Park Avenue problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Buick Park Avenue
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.