Buick Park Avenue
Registered from 1996 to 2005.
Crash test
| Stability control | Optional |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 1786 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2004 | 1786 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2003 | 1786 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2002 | 1786 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2001 | 1786 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2000 | 1790 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1999 | 1762 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1998 | 1760 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1997 | 1780 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1996 | 1603 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Engine compartment fire
Engineering analysis, opened June 2007, closed May 2008.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Recall query, opened January 2003, closed September 2003.
Engine compartment fires
Engineering analysis, opened October 2002, closed March 2004.
Engine compartment fires
Preliminary evaluation, opened June 2002, closed October 2002.
Front shoulder belt malfunction
Engineering analysis, opened January 2000, closed May 2000.
Front shoulder belt malfunction
Preliminary evaluation, opened September 1999, closed January 2000.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Buick filed 504 bulletins about the 2005 Park Avenue.
- Equipment: 183
- Electrical system: 78
- Engine and engine cooling: 70
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 30
- Power train: 23
- Visibility: 22
- Engine: 18
- Wheels: 17
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Structure: 7
- Other: 47
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the… · December 2024
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · October 2024
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on When and How to Submit a Field Product Report (FPR) (U.S. and Canada Dealers Only). · October 2024
496 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.