2009 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

6/2/15 VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, FULL POWER AND CRANK BUT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. CAR TOWED TO BUICK DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED CAR. CK ECM CODES - NONE CK IGN AND FUEL SYSTEM - NO FUEL PRESSURE - CK FUEL DELIVER SYSTEM FOUND FUEL PUMP FAILURE. REPLACED FUEL MODULE ASSEMBLY. $624.00. 6/08/15 VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. PULLED RELAY FOR FUEL PUMP AND PUT IT BACK IN AND IT STARTED. I DROVE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY CHECKED FUEL PUMP RELAY, FOUND REAR FUSE PANEL DAMAGED DUE TO POOR CONNECTION AT FUEL PUMP RELAY. REPLACED REAR FUSE BLOCK. COST $291.00. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH PROBLEM SEEMS COMMON AND STEMS FROM AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THESE FUSE BOXES. READ THERE WAS A NATIONAL BACKORDER ON THESE FUSE BOXES AT ONE POINT. SOUNDS LIKE THIS SHOULD OF BEEN A RECALL AND REPLACED FOR FREE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE UNABLE TO KEEP THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF AIR PRESSURE AND THAT THE TPMS WARNING LAMP CONTINUED TO FLASH EACH TIME THE TIRES LOST AIR PRESSURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FACTORY WHEEL WELLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIRES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED AND LEAKED CONTINUOUSLY. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE COATING WAS PEELING AND THAT THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BY A TIRE REPAIR SHOP, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE TPMS WARNING LAMP CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE AFTER THE FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. UPDATED 7/16/15*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY LOST POWER. ONCE THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, IT WOULD SHUTTER AND JERK. IN ADDITION, THE SPEED WOULD ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE DURING THE FAILURE BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL. THE ENGINE SERVICE CENTER LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE COULD BE A BAD CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE FUEL BEING SENT TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

ENGINE FAILS TO START. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE, CHECKED FUEL PUMP RELAY FUSE AND SURE ENOUGH RELAY BLOWN AND HAD MELTED TO FUSE BLOCK AT ONE PIN ON RELAY. REPLACED FUSE AND CAR STARTED AND RAN LIKE NOTHING WAS EVER WRONG. WITHIN A WEEK THE SAME THING HAPPENED ONLY THIS TIME THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. HAD CAR TOWED TO BUICK DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE COMPLETE FUSE BLOCK THAT CONTAINS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE REAR CAR SEAT. COST ABOUT $840.00 TOTAL ( $40.00 FOR THE 2 FUEL PUMP RELAYS; $75.00 FOR THE TOWING AND THE REST WAS DEALER CHARGE TO REPLACE FUSE BLOCK). ASKED THEM IF THEY FOUND WHAT WAS CAUSING THIS AND THEY SAID EVERYTHING CHECKED OK AFTER REPLACING FUSE BLOCK. HAVE NOT HAD ANY MORE ISSUES SO FAR ALTHOUGH IT HAS ONLY BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS BUT WOULD THINK SOMETHING HAS TO BE CAUSING TOO MUCH AMPERAGE TO BE DRAWN TO HAVE CAUSED THIS. DON'T KNOW IF FUEL PUMP CAN CAUSE TOO MUCH AMPERAGE DRAW. AGAIN, DEALER SAID NOTHING SHOWED UP AFTER REPLACING FUSE BLOCK

POWER STEERING FAILURE WHEN DRIVING THROUGH WATER. WAS TURNING OFF MAIN HIGHWAY INTO SHOPPING AREA AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO WORK FOR A FEW MINUTES. VERY SCARY FEELING. HAD TO STOP CAR AND BACK-UP TO MAKE MY TURN. *TR

MY FUSED BOX MELTED AND STOPPED THE FUEL THE FROM GOING TO MY ENGINE. THE FUSED BOX WAS HEATED TO THE POINT OF BURNING AND MELTING. *TR

AFTER RETURNING FROM A TWO HOUR TRIP I PARKED MY CAR AT HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD ONLY TURN OVER.A MECHANIC FOUND THE FUEL PUMP DEFECTIVE, FUEL PUMP RELAY BURNT AND THE POWER PANEL BURNT AS WELL.

WHILE DRIVING IN PETOSKEY THE CAR STARTED TO MISS AN BACKFIRING THEN THE MOTOR STOP RUNNING. I COULDN'T STOP OR STEER THE CAR. AFTER I GOT THE CAR FINELY STOPPED THE CAR WOULDN'T START UP AN I COULD SMELL LIKE WIRE BURNING. I HAD THE CAR DELIVERED TO AN AUTO SHOP BROWN MOTORS IN HARBOR SPRINGS MI. AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS THEY FOUND THAT THE FUSE BLOCK UNDER THE REAR SEAT WAS BURNED UP AT THE FUEL PUMP FUSE, AN WAS ON FIRE AT ONE TIME.. THE FUSE BLOCK WAS BEYOND FIXING AN NEEDED A NEW ONE INSTALLED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT THIS ISN'T WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE CARS, I DON' BELIEVE THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH ON THERE RECALL ARE WHAT IS WRONG, I BELIEVE THAT THE FUSE BLOCK IS WHAT WRONG WITH THERE RECALLS WHEN THE FUSE SHORTS OUT THE FUEL PUMP STOPS AN SO DOES THE CAR MOTOR. STRANGE THAT THE CAR DEALERS FOR SOME REASON HAS THEM IN STOCK, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL CAR WITH THIS TYPE OF FUSE BOX, THIS IS WHAT CAUSING THESE CAR TO STOP RUNNING AN GET IN A ACCIDENTS. TO DAY I GOT LUCKY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL OF WIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT REAR FUSE BOX HAD MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 7/7/15*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 01/20/15*LJ UPDATED 10/5/2015*JS