1995 Buick Park Avenue problems
Owners have filed 164 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Buick Park Avenue. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 13% of complaints. After that come steering (13%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 164 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 108,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 29 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 108,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Buick Park Avenue with enough data (87 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal impact at 35-40MPH. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy, and shoulder belts separated from vehicle, resulting in minor injuries. The manufacturer has been notified.
Consumer was involved in a 15 MPH frontal collision in which driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy cause unnkown.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 buick park avenue. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH the air bag deployed with no warning. The horn was sounding and would not turn off. A tow truck was called and before it arrived the vehicle caught fire and seemed to have started in the steering column. The police were called, extinguished the fire and filed report #10-24586. The tow truck took the vehicle to a storage lot. The contact stated that the vehicle was possibly destroyed. General motors was called.
As consumer depressed the accelerator, the vehicle down shifted and the engine revved and no drive motion was occurring, consumer had to coast to a stop, the vehicle would only go into low gear, no other gears were operative, also a wheel alignment was performed, the front rotors were replaced and a new battery was installed.