general problems of the 2002 Buick Park Avenue

Tl the contact owns a 2002 Buick Park Avenue. The contact stated that on several occasions, the vehicle failed to start-up. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

Tl- the contact owns a 2002 Buick Park Avenue. The contact stated the while traveling 50 mph, the vehicle lost its power steering and the engine light illuminated. Once the contact turned the vehicle back on, the vehicle resumed all power. The failure recurred on 4 different occasions. The manufacturer was contacted and they did not offer a remedy. Replacing the cran sensor was the diagnosis of the private mechanic. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 49,000 and the current mileage was 51,000.

Drove 2. 5 miles from store,parked in driveway ,went in house, 3mins later heard explosion,car engine in flames,burned for 20 mins until fire dept extinguish.

The contact owns a 2002 Buick Park Avenue. The contact stated that while traveling 55 mph, the vehicle suddenly lost acceleration power. The contact continued to drive and the vehicle eventually regained power. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.

There were three systems that had problems, but one of the systems, the door locking system, seems to have cured itself. The other two problems, that of the a/c and the seat memory systems, began to show up as soon as we started driving the car after purchase. The first time that I registered those problems with the dealership, the car had been driven 2886 miles. We purchased the car on July 24, 2002. I spoke to the service manager at least once before taking the car into the dealership on sept. 11, 2002. Air conditioning: after car sits in hot sun for 2 hrs or more, a/c refuses to come on. Auto light is illuminated. Blower does not come on and floor is shown on display screen. Compressor does run. Attempts to make run will sometimes get system operative. Seat memory: after doors unlocked with key pad, driver selects his or her seat memory button. Seat moves forward. When ignition switch is selected to on and before engine is started, seat will move to exit position. This condition intermittent--probably one time in 50 tries. Dealer cannot duplicate either problem and refused to replace any components. Better business bureau has been contacted and we are in arbitration at this moment. We may press for a gm re-purchase of the car. We have given dealer one more chance to find and fix the problems. We like the car very much and want to keep it if gm will fix the problems. Their stone wall approach is not acceptible.