Two problems related to brake electric antilock have been reported for the 2000 Buick Park Avenue. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Buick Park Avenue based on all problems reported for the 2000 Park Avenue.
The incident originally felt like possible warped brake disc (slight throbing in the brake pedal). Whithin two weeks it became a clicking noise in the front end even whithout the brake pedal pressed. Investigatio disclosed a buildup on the inside surface of the right front brake disc. This buildup was radial in nature; about . 375 inch width, about . 010 inch in height, with a length of brake pad width. Its appearance was similar to weld bead. The buildup was removed by hand burnishing. This removal disclosed a crack in the brake disc which ran along one edge of the buildup. My analysis of this problem is; the disc surface just ahead of the crack deflects inward when the brakes are applied, the trailing edge of the crack then acts as a scraper blade on the pad. The brakes do function throb and noise free since the burnishing, but I am sure that the buildup will reoccur.
Brakes were repaired at 16,455 miles and again at 40,149 miles.