1997 Buick Park Avenue Review
Consumer Ratings & Reviews
Shame on GM!
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 7 | Fun-to-Drive: | 8 | Build Quality: | 5 |
| Comfort: | 9 | Interior Design: | 8 | Reliability: | 2 |
| Fuel Economy: | 9 | Exterior Design: | 7 | ||
Vehicle
1997 Buick Park Avenue 4 Dr STD Sedan
Review
Sharp car but GM refuses to make good on all the 3800 engines damaged by plastic intake manifolds (class action lawsuit only gives you $50 or so unless the entire engine is replaced & then what you get won't cover it.) (GM wonders why people are buying other brands?) Replaced alternator, battery, pwr st. pump, transmission parts, warped rotors, Intake manifold, I/M gaskets separately (which are now leaking again for 3rd time) ashtray replaced psgr seat controls replaced, wipers very erratic, Rear air shocks, front strut mounts bad, had to pull engine mount just to replace serpentine belt, repeated problems with rough upshift, (dealer says" no code, no problem") Gets 30-4o mpg highway. Nice ride.
Favorite Features
Radio/heater controls in steering wheel, driver 1 & 2 memory, exceptional interior & trunk room, quiet comfortable ride. exceptional highway mileage for big luxury car
Suggested Improvements
GM must stop lying that there is no problem with their 3800 engines intake manifold! My husbands Bonneville has same engine and had to replace it due to same problem! Too unreliable! My mechanic pulled out the DEXCOOL antifreeze.
Dependable luxury
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 8 | Fun-to-Drive: | 8 | Build Quality: | 9 |
| Comfort: | 8 | Interior Design: | 8 | Reliability: | 8 |
| Fuel Economy: | 9 | Exterior Design: | 10 | ||
Vehicle
1997 Buick Park Avenue 4 Dr STD Sedan
Review
I purchased this car when it was 4 years old for a mere $10,500! At the time it had 71,000 miles and was in a very good shape. This car turned me into strong Buick fan and I don't want to part with it as long as possible. In the last 7 years I had some issues, but they were not serious enough to cost a lot of money. I was seriously considering buying another Park Avenue.
Favorite Features
Comfort - great for long trips. Fuel economy - outstanding. I am averaging 26-27 mpg, personal record is 31.8 mpg on a 340 highway miles trip). Good quality. Interior ergonomics is the best of any car I have ever driven. No central console
Suggested Improvements
These things drive me crazy at times: Automatic windshield wipers - no control over their speed whatsoever. Uncomfortable headrests
Five years.... 208K and counting
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 9 | Fun-to-Drive: | 7 | Build Quality: | 8 |
| Comfort: | 10 | Interior Design: | 7 | Reliability: | 10 |
| Fuel Economy: | 10 | Exterior Design: | 7 | ||
Vehicle
1997 Buick Park Avenue 4 Dr STD Sedan
Review
I bought this car over five years ago for 1000 dollars because it had 152000 miles on it. Now it has 208000 and still going strong. I put rear shocks on it because my wife thinks it's a truck. It's been on countless long trips, with no problems other than a blown tire after I ran over a bungie cord (hardly the cars fault) Rides smooth and I average 21 MPG in the city and 32 MPG on long trips. Been paid for and awesome. Yeah, it's an old mans car, but no monthly payments and pure realiabilty make up for that!
Favorite Features
Heated seats, in dash navigation (added) with sirius radio, automatic HVAC, lights, windows, seats, mirrors, wipers. electronic ride, memory seats, plenty of room.
Suggested Improvements
Bring it back into production!
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Never again
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 9 | Fun-to-Drive: | 5 | Build Quality: | 1 |
| Comfort: | 7 | Interior Design: | 6 | Reliability: | 1 |
| Fuel Economy: | 6 | Exterior Design: | 2 | ||
Vehicle
1997 Buick Park Avenue 4 Dr STD Sedan
Review
This car is absolutely terrible. Everything except the transmission and radiator has been replaced at least once and many components are the third or fourth generation. The trunk leaks, the headlights are as worthless as candles, 3 alternators, 2 steering pumps, 3 fuel pumps, 4 fuel senders, one PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD, one water pump, multiple dash realys, air conditioning controls four times, and a myriad of other componenets. Currently, the rear defogger doesn't work and the fuel guage is out again. Not worth it, even if its given to you.
Favorite Features
Someday getting rid of it, and, it has decent winter traction with snow tires.
Suggested Improvements
Learn from Toyota or Honda how to build a car.
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1997 Buick Park Avenue 4 Dr STD Sedan
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 8 | Fun-to-Drive: | 8 | Build Quality: | 7 |
| Comfort: | 9 | Interior Design: | 9 | Reliability: | 7 |
| Fuel Economy: | 9 | Exterior Design: | 9 | ||
Vehicle
1997 Buick Park Avenue 4 Dr STD Sedan
Review
With 3 children we needed room but didn't want a minivan. Bought this car with 86000 miles. Numerous problems that weren't major but irritating. The accuators on the a/c went out and would not blow through the vents $500. Window switch broke $200. Radiator leaked $250. Harmonic balancer went out $175. We like the comfort of this car. It was made to drive long distances. Good gas mileage and power.
Favorite Features
Comfort and room. My wife was tired of minivans and wanted a car. We love the fact that we can all fit and ride comfortably on long trips.
Suggested Improvements
Fix the minor mechanically problems.
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