Chevrolet Beretta vs Buick Park Avenue

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Beretta	Buick Park Avenue
Complaints on file	783	1,880
Model years covered	1984–2002	1984–2005
Worst model year	1995	1998
Best model year	1993	2005
Crashes reported	78	95
Fires reported	36	174
Injuries reported	52	64
Deaths reported	5	4
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21.8%	17.9%

Chevrolet Beretta by year

1 3 90 71 54 72 71 50 129 128 108 1 2 1 2

84 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 02

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 183 23.4%

Electrical System 103 13.2%

Engine & Cooling 89 11.4%

Body & Structure 56 7.2%

Lights 46 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 42 5.4%

Steering 38 4.9%

Seat Belts 38 4.9%

Buick Park Avenue by year

2 15 16 14 21 28 12 134 104 102 63 164 68 355 327 174 104 71 41 38 17 10

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 356 18.9%

Brakes 281 14.9%

Electrical System 198 10.5%

Seat Belts 142 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 117 6.2%

Steering 114 6.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 102 5.4%

Body & Structure 97 5.2%