general problems of the 1997 Buick Park Avenue

Two problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 1997 Buick Park Avenue. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Service Brakes problem

Failure Date: 06/15/2008

The contact owns a 1997 Buick Park Avenue. While driving at various speeds, the antilock brake and traction control lights illuminated. Currently, the antilock brakes will engage during braking. Occasionally, they engage by themselves. In addition, the contact hears a grinding sound when she is not braking. The dealer could not find any failures and advised the contact to call the manufacturer. The current mileage was 48,000 and failure mileage was 47,800.

2 Service Brakes problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2001

I own a 1997 park Ave ultra with several recall repair issues the following were addressed by gm but not properly repaired: (faulty) abs system (with campaign code sticker) replaced abs system cuts out randomly causing changes in stopping distance (in severe braking situations the abs system has cut out on me getting off of the highway causing me to have to apply excessive pressure to the brakes just to come to a normal stop) front passenger seat belt replacement(no campaign sticker) middle rear seat belt anchor was never fixed or torqued to proper specified standards while in for repairs let alone addressed at all rack and pinion has multiple issues some due to age and miles but regardless the entire assembly is loose and bearings are shot the faulty recall repairs on my vehicle don't instill trust in gm's ability to repair my vehicle a second time.




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