1997 Buick Park Avenue seat belts problems
58 complaints about seat belts have been filed for the 1997 Buick Park Avenue, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 58 16% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
None of the seat belts complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
When leanning over the front driver's and passenger's seats, seat belt extends and then will not retract back after sitting up. Consumer states that the parts ordered from buick are same as the original and are defective. *slc
Several years ago the front passenger seat belt ceased working on my 1997 buick park avenue. Since the car was no longer under warranty, I paid for a new seatbelt assembly and installation. Then, on august 6th (two weeks ago) 2007, the driver side seatbelt became inoperable(the seatbelt will not retract), therefore making it useless. I have been driving another vehicle until I can get this repair done.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Buick Park Avenue
- Engine 56 complaints
- Brakes 44 complaints
- Electrical system 36 complaints
- Steering 24 complaints
- Fuel system 21 complaints
- Transmission 19 complaints
- Body & structure 18 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 17 complaints