Summary:
My beautiful mess
Faults:
According to a computer reading, the throttle position sensor is bad. Was bad when purchased.
The engine electrical is the real problem. I’ve spent months and plenty of money trying to fix it, but it still idles rough.
General Comments:
This car is beautiful to look at. This is easily my favorite year of Park Avenues.
The interior is very comfortable. It’s large, but also surprisingly welcoming.
Now I’m sure it’s just this car, because I’ve owned Buicks before, but this car is a money pit for me. As a general statement, these are some of the best cars you can own, but mine has awful electrical problems. They should be easy enough to fix, but as soon as you replace one set of wires, it says that it’s another set of wires that’s causing the problem.
This car has never died, but it idles very rough and gets lousy gas mileage (~10 mpg). As soon as the car drives a while, the idling doesn’t have a problem so long as I don’t stop for long periods of time (like 5 minutes). If it got better mileage, the idling wouldn’t bother me, but they have to be related, and I can’t keep chasing wires.
Mine is a lemon, but I know that in general, these are wonderful cars.
