NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Buick Park Avenue Recalls
The 2002 Buick Park Avenue has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on December 9, 2002.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Buick Park Avenue. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Buick Park Avenue, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2002 Buick Park Avenue
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: lock
- Campaign
- 02V328000
- Reported
- December 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,980
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003 Park Avenue
2002 Buick Park Avenue complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2002 Buick Park Avenue, the newest on May 29, 2024. Of these, 3 describe a crash (9%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Buick Park Avenue, the component group named most often is the electrical system (22%), followed by the engine (19%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
The 2002 Buick Park Avenue's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2002 Buick Park Avenue owners gave the mileage (20 complaints), the median was 49,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System7
- Engine6
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
- Air Bags2
- Seats2
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Buick Park Avenue peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 6. 50% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 32 complaints about the 2002 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 2002 Buick models
Newest record on this page: May 29, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted