2008 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DID NOT LOCK INTO PLACE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ UPDATED 05/04/18*JB

THIS CONCERNS MY 2008 BUICK LUCERNE, IT HAS THE CASHMERE INTERIOR COLOR. SOMETHING I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT. GM DOES NOT MAKE AN IMPORTANT REPLACEMENT INTERIOR PART ANYMORE. PN: 20954443 IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM ANY DEALER IN THE U.S. THIS IS A SEAT TRIM PART FOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. IT CRACKS FROM NORMAL USE BECAUSE IT IS FORCED TO FLEX WHEN A PERSON SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, OVER TIME THIS FLEXING CRACKS THE PART. THE CRACKED PART THEN HAS SHARP EDGES WHICH CATCHES CLOTHING, AND COULD CAUSE LEG CUTS. AS A SIDE NOTE, THE SHALE COLORED PART IS PN: 15273992, AND THE TITANIUM PN: IS 15273994 (THIS PART I WAS ABLE TO STILL FIND, AND I WILL HAVE TO PAINT IT CASHMERE TO MATCH MY CAR). THESE PARTS FIT ALL THE "NOT HEATED SEATS" LUCERNE MODELS FROM 2006 TO 2011, THOUSANDS OF CARS I SUSPECT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE TRIM PART (MIRROR OPPOSITE) IS STILL AVAILABLE FROM A FEW SOURCES. IT ALSO FALLS AND CRACKS FOR THE SAME REASON. HAS GM PULLED THIS PART FROM INVENTORY FOR A REDESIGN? IT HAS BEEN JUST FOUR YEARS SINCE THAT LAST BUICK LUCERNE WAS SOLD, THE 2011 MODEL; IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO FIND REPLACEMENT PARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO EMIT SMOKE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,200.

WE WERE OUT OF TOWN WHEN CAR FAILED TO START, NOT BATTERY RELATED. HAD TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED, INSPECTED, AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. ON 10/01/2015, 2000 MILES LATER SIMILAR INCIDENT EXCEPT THIS TIME MY LOCAL MECHANIC. HE CLEANED ALL CAVITIES, APPLIED DIELECTRIC GREASE, CHECKED THE FUEL PUMP AMPERAGE AT 7.5, TIGHTENED ALL RELAY CONTACTS AND REPLACED RELAY. BAD RELAY HAD SCORCH MARKS AROUND SEVERAL PINS. ON 10/07, 500 MILES LATER, SAME SCENARIO EXCEPT THIS TIME REPLACED FUEL PUMP MODULE. ON 10/10, AGAIN NO START, SIMILAR, SYMPTOMS. MECHANIC CAME TO MY HOUSE ON 10/12, COULD GET CAR TO START AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, TESTING AND MANIPULATION OF COMPONENTS , BUT IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT DOWN SINCE RELAY WAS VERY HOT. CONCERNED OVER SAFETY, HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE MODULE. REPLACEMENT MODULE WAS DEFINITELY AN UPGRADE TO ORIGINAL AND WAS SUCH BECAUSE OF, I UNDERSTAND, THE FAILURES EXPERIENCED WITH THE ORIGINALS AND CONCERN OVER STARTING A FIRE. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT SEVERAL FIRES RESULTED FROM THIS PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY, ALTHOUGH TREMENDOUSLY INCONVENIENCED BOTH IN TIME AND EXPENSE, NO ONE IN OUR FAMILY WAS INJURED NOR WERE WE THE CAUSE OF ANY ACCIDENT WHICH ON THE HIGHWAY COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS.

HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING. IT WAS STATIONARY IN THE GARAGE. HAD IT TOW TO GARAGE. THEY DIAGNOSED IT WAS A FUEL RELAY BURNING UP. A NEW RELAY DID START THE CAR.WE TOOK A SHORT TRIP OUT OF TOWN AND THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING...LEFT US STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RELAY GAVE OUT AGAIN. A MECHANIC WILL NOW LOOK INTO THE FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. AND ELECTRICAL BOX UNDER THE SEAT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT HAD BECOME INOPERABLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. UPON TRAVELING OVER A PUDDLE OF WATER, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMING EXTREMELY TIGHT UPON TRYING TO TURN LEFT AND RIGHT WHEN THERE WAS EXCESSIVE RAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER MORE THAN TWICE. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. MA 09/25

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES, THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE ENGINE DID NOT START. THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE RELAYS AND THE ENGINE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING, REPLACED THEN FOUND OUT FUSE BOX UNDER BACK SEAT WAS MELTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE.