NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Buick Park Avenue Recalls
The 2003 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 2003 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
- 33
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 Buick Park Avenue
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: lock
- Campaign
- 02V328000
- Reported
- December 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,980
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Park Avenue
2003 Buick Park Avenue complaints by year
NHTSA has received 33 owner complaints about the 2003 Buick Park Avenue, the newest on December 18, 2024. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%).
In complaints about the 2003 Buick Park Avenue, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (21%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the tires (15%).
The 2003 Buick Park Avenue's only recall does not concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2003 Buick Park Avenue owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 52,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
- Electrical System5
- Tires5
- Engine4
- Suspension2
- Electronic Stability Control1
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Buick Park Avenue peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 5. 39% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 33 complaints about the 2003 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 2003 Buick models
Newest record on this page: December 18, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted