Buick Park Avenue check engine light comes on

Filed Oct 26, 2016 · Engine · 60,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 buick park avenue. While driving at any speed the check engine indicator illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over and noticed oil dripping down on the spark plugs. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the intake manifold gasket was leaking. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 06/02/17*lj updated 06/27/18

Filed Nov 24, 2014 · Engine · 156,270 miles · MN

A 2001 buick park avenue was purchased on april 27, 2014. It ran good until september 19, 2014. On that day my son was driving the vehicle. Suddenly the check engine light started flashing and the car lost all power on a side road. He was able to start it after having to pull over with no lights, power brakes or steering. I took it for a test ride and it did the same thing. We got it home and failed to repair it by ourselves. We took it to a repair garage and they said the problem was the maf sensor. The technician showed me how to tap on the enclosure (with a screwdriver) which housed the part and the engine would sputter and miss. After installing a new maf sensor it now runs fine. We looked at the vehicle history and it needed a new maf sensor two other times. Once at 9/2013 and another at 6/2012. It is surprising and shocking that the failure of this part causes the entire engine to shut down, creating a dangerous situation. A brand new maf sensor from the buick dealer costs $430 which is obviously geared towards selling to repair shops vs. Do it yourself mechanics. This ridiculous high price has created a market for cheaper maf sensors which may or may not be oem parts. The part removed was a delphi sensor which only lasted one year. Gm has got to come up with a solution to this potentially deadly problem. It is putting people at risk. Simply buying an authentic gm part is not enough because it still eventually fails and the car totally shuts down, which is unacceptable. A search on the internet reveals others with the exact same problem.

Filed May 22, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 49,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 buick park avenue. The contact stated that while traveling 50 MPH, the power steering failed as the engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart and resumed as normal. The failure recurred on four different occasions. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the crank sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 49,000 and the current mileage was 51,000. Dr

Filed Apr 18, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 125,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 buick park avenue. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The check engine light illuminated as the failure occurred. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer and the fuel pump was replaced however, the repair did not remedy the failure. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 125,000 and the current mileage was 128,000.

Filed Apr 10, 2013 · Fuel system · PA

Gas gauge quit working and service engine light came on.

Filed Jan 18, 2011 · Engine · 140,096 miles · TN

After 20 miles of smooth driving with no indication of anything going wrong and while pulling into the parking lot of my office my check engine light came on, I always immediately shutoff my vehicle any time such thing happens to prevent any damage to the vehicle, I proceeded to walk into the parts store next to my office to get power steering fluid due to the low fluid level I had, however when I tried to turn over the motor the motor would not turn. My mechanic told me it was "hydrolocked" and that there is a coolant passage which is commonly known to leak into cylinder 6 and locking the motor requiring the intake and gaskets to be replaced. This happened less than 30days after my vehicle passed inspection at a dealership. Also noting that the dealer was told I was losing about a gallon of coolant weekly. A coolant elbow was repaired, then two days later is when the motor locked.

Filed Aug 31, 2007 · Engine · TN

Greetings, I procured a car from the twin city buick dealership on 3046 airport highway [alcoa tn 37701] to purchase a nice used car for my son. The salesman, was nice enough to show me / steer me in the direction of a 1998 buick park ave with 30k original miles. We ran a background check on the miles and car history report and with a handshake called the deal done. My son used the car for one year and put about 10k miles on the vehicle he noticed that the temperature gauge was getting a little warmer than normal. The car was checked out at clifton buick dealership in rockwood tennessee my son was at summer camp in rockwood tennessee as a boy scout leader for the last two summers and it was discovered that the plenum gasket device was defective. In addition, anti-freeze was discovered leaking into the engine as well. The bill to get ben's car back on the road was in $568.06 about two weeks later the engine light came back on and I had to go back to the dealership. It was a faulty sensor discovered and most likely attributed to the anti-freeze leaking through the tailpipe as was suggested by the dealer. This cost was $315.66. Finally, about a week goes by and now the oil light came on. Again we are at the dealer and discovered it was not the anti-freeze but damage to the engine from the plenum issue. The cost to trouble-shoot the car was $82.60. Additional detail provided by the dealer is $3,360.00 to replace the engine with a used engine that has 68k miles and 1 year warranty or $4,453.00 to replace the engine with a rebuilt one that has a 3 year 100k mile warranty. The dealership recommended the rebuilt one. *jb updated 12/12/07

Filed May 7, 2007 · Electrical, Engine · 144,096 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 1992 buick park avenue. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle shut off on four different occasions. On each occasion, the contact waited ten minutes for the vehicle to restart. On may 7, 2007, the contact attempted to start the vehicle and was unsuccessful. Prior to this failure, the service engine light illuminated. The current and failure mileages were 144,096. The dealer states compressor locked up, flush condenser and dealer also installed alternator. Update 05/22/07

Filed May 30, 2006 · Engine · 63,368 miles · SC

On may 6, 2006 we were coming back to spartanburg, sc from the beach. We were about 7 miles from kingsree, sc. After leaving a service station, we started getting "check engine" messages. We went back to the service station to see what was wrong. We had no coolant. I put a gallon of coolant in and decided to go into kingstree, sc in case there was more trouble. Just as we got to kingstree, sc we stopped at another station after getting more "check engine" messages. Again, we were out of coolant and now the car would not start. A wrecker towed it to a garage. The mechanic said he was fairly certain of what the problem was because buick had been having lots of trouble with a particular part. He then confirmed that it was the upper intake. He replaced the upper intake part with a revised part from buick and assured us we would not have any more trouble with the coolant. This cost $571.48 and a 6 hour delay. The consequences could have been much more serious if we had not been near a service station. Buick refuses to pay or acknowledge they have a problem with the intake.

Filed May 1, 2006 · Engine · 63,000 miles · MI

Dt*: the contact stated the engine overheated several times and continuously required additional coolant fluid. This was always preceded by the check engine light illuminating. When the vehicle was taken to a service dealer, they determined there was a pinhole sized leak in the manifold. The service dealer was able to repair the leak.