Enter the 17-character VIN of your Buick Park Avenue to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
See the factory basics for free, and order a full report for the history behind the VIN.
Use the free decoder to read a VIN of the model Buick Park Avenue: 17 characters go in, and the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture come out. In our database the car Buick Park Avenue covers 1996 - 2012. It has 2 versions in total, is offered as Sedan and lists power of 250 hp. From the 17 characters the decoder reads who built the vehicle, in which model year and in which country. The plant can be derived too when the manufacturer encodes it.
Do not expect the free decoder to show accident damage, odometer history, theft status or past owners; the 17 characters simply do not carry them. For those you need a paid vehicle history report. Take the VIN from the dashboard or door frame of the model Buick Park Avenue and hold it next to the document. Go through it slowly, one character at a time, rather than glancing at the first few.
1996 - 2012
Production years
201 - 250 hp
Power
1
Body styles
2
Versions
Versions and generations in our data. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
| Version | Years | Body | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buick Park Avenue (CW52K) | 1996 - 2005 | Sedan | 205 - 243 hp |
| Buick Park Avenue (Shanghai) | 2007 - 2012 | Sedan | 201 - 250 hp |
The 10th character of the VIN is the model year. For the Buick Park Avenue, with model years 1996 - 2012 in our data, these are the characters to expect. The letters repeat every 30 years, so always confirm the year against the car itself.
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Our data lists model years 1996 - 2012 across 2 versions of the Buick Park Avenue. The VIN of a particular car shows its model year in the 10th character.
It is the 10th character. For the Buick Park Avenue the characters to expect are T (1996), V (1997), W (1998), X (1999), Y (2000), 1 (2001), 2 (2002), 3 (2003), 4 (2004), 5 (2005), 6 (2006), 7 (2007), 8 (2008), 9 (2009), A (2010), B (2011), C (2012).
2 versions, in 1 body style, with power up to 250 hp. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
Check the registration document first, as the VIN is printed there. On the vehicle itself, look at the dashboard under the windshield on the driver's side or at the driver door frame.
No, mileage is not encoded in a VIN. The decoder cannot show it, nor can it show theft entries or owners. Those details require a paid vehicle history report.
Yes, the decoding itself costs nothing and works without signing up. Only the separate vehicle history reports are paid.