NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Buick Park Avenue Recalls
The 2001 Buick Park Avenue has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 9, 2002.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Buick Park Avenue. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 57
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Buick Park Avenue, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2001 Buick Park Avenue
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: lock
- Campaign
- 02V328000
- Reported
- December 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,980
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Park Avenue
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 00V346000
- Reported
- October 30, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,302
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 104, windshield wiping and washing
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Park Avenue
2001 Buick Park Avenue complaints by year
NHTSA has received 57 owner complaints about the 2001 Buick Park Avenue, the newest on February 18, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (5%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2001 Buick Park Avenue, the component group named most often is the electrical system (19%), followed by the steering (16%) and the engine (12%).
None of the 2001 Buick Park Avenue's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2001 Buick Park Avenue owners gave the mileage (32 complaints), the median was 64,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Steering9
- Engine7
- Visibility7
- Engine And Engine Cooling6
- Vehicle Speed Control6
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Buick Park Avenue peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 7. 42% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 57 complaints about the 2001 Buick Park Avenue are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Park Avenue by model year
Other 2001 Buick models
Newest record on this page: February 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted