2006 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

FREEZE PLUG FAILED (NOT DUE TO FREEZING). DEALER INDICATED NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE. WAS NECESSARY TO TEAR OUT TRANSMISSION TO MAKE REPAIRS WITH A NEW TYPE OF REPLACEMENT PLUG. DEALER HAD CAR FROM WEDNESDAY NOON TO FOLLOWING TUESDAY EVENING. NEW TYPE OF SEAL COST $24.50 AND THE LABOR WAS $1,114.00. GATEWAY BUICK IN DALLAS, TEXAS. INDICATED THAT IF SEAL WAS NOT REPLACED I COULD LOOSE ALL COOLANT AND HOT ENGINE COULD CAUSE STEAM THAT WOULD HINDER MY VISION AND LEAVE ME STRANDED ALONG THE ROAD. THE NEXT MORNING AFTER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW. HAD TO RETURN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ORIGINAL FREEZE PLUG WAS BADLY DESIGNED AND THAT GM HAD TO DEVELOP A NEW TYPE OF SEAL IN ORDER TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND DAMAGE.. *TR

WE WERE SLOWING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN WE LOST ALL POWER WE COASTED TO THE CURB AND WHEN I TRIED TO START IT THERE WAS A CLICKING AS IF IT WAS A LOW BATTERY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT STARTED BUT RAN ROUGH BUT WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. A WEEK LATER IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE DEALER WHO COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. WE HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS FOR FOUR MONTHS AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR THE FOURTH TIME AND AGAIN THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. WE HAVE CONTACTED G.M. CUSTOMER SVC. TWICE AND BUICK CUSTOMER SVC. WHO HAVE OPENED A CASE FILE [XXX]. AND SUGGESTED WE CONTACT A BUICK DEALER IN OREGON WHEN WE GET HOME. WE LIVE IN OREGON AND SPEND WINTERS IN CALIF. SO NOW WE MUST DRIVE A 1000 MILES NOT KNOWING WHEN OR IF OUR CAR WILL SUDDENLY DIE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN DRIVING AND ACCELERATING, VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE SPEED DOES NOT PLAY A PART IN THIS PROBLEM NOR DOES THE AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WILL LOSS POWER AND HAVE A BIG JERK AND BANG WHEN ACCELERATING OUT OF A PARKED POSITION. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE STALL WHEN TURNING ONTO A STREET AND START BACK UP. THIS MORNING IN PULLING OUT ONTO A BUSY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,THE CAR LOST POWER, BUT REGAINED POWER BEFORE I GOT HIT. THIS IS DANGEROUS. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD IF THERE IS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN NO CODES WILL BE SET TO FIND THE PROBLEM. SO WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS CAR? I KNOW I HAVE PASSED THE LEMON LAW. I HAVE NO WARRANTY LEFT. BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS SAFETY, NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT FOR OTHERS. JUST SAYING WHAT IF THIS MORNING MY CAR HAD NOT REGAINED POWER AND THAT FAMILY IN THE CAR WITH THEIR BABIES COULDN'T STOP AND HIT ME. I DON'T WANT TO THINK THAT THOSE BABIES COULD HAVE BEEN HURT BECAUSE I HAVE A CAR THAT HAS A MYSTERIOUS PROBLEM. SO MORALLY WHAT DO I DO, TRADE AND LET SOMEONE ELSE DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM? KEEP ON PAYING ON A VEHICLE, THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING? ALSO, I WAS A SERVICE ADVISER FOR 12 YEARS IN A GM AND CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF VEHICLES. PLEASE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION, DON'T BLOW SMOKE AT ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

BOTH REAR PASSENGERS DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THIS HAS BEEN AN RECURRING PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR, IT IS SUCH A SHAME HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE FILLED FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT AND THERE IS NOT ANY RECALLS. *TR

2006 LUCERNE SUDDENLY LEFT CITY ROADWAY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. LUCERNE COLLIDED WITH TWO TELEPHONE POLES POSITIONED NEXT TO EACH OTHER. DELTA V OF COLLISION BETWEEN 22 AND 25 MPH. POLE TO DRIVER SIDE FRAME IMPACT WITH DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL PUSHED INTO DRIVER FLOOR BOARD SO FLOOR PUSHED AGAINST BRAKE PEDAL POST COLLISION. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PDOF WAS NEAR STRAIGHT AHEAD OR 12 O'CLOCK. DRIVER BELT SPOOLED OUT ALLOWING DRIVER'S HEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY DEFORM THE UPPER STEERING WHEEL RIM. DRIVER BELT CUT A NOTCH IN THE B-PILLAR TRIM EXITING THE D-RING HOLE. GM LOOKED AT THIS CAR IN LITIGATION AND AGREED THAT THE DRIVER WAS BELTED. DRIVER SUFFERED JAW FRACTURES, RIB FRACTURES AND LUNG INJURY. DRIVER DIED OF COLLISION RELATED INJURIES 6 MONTHS POST COLLISION. GENERAL MOTORS MAY DISPUTE WHETHER THE DEATH WAS RELATED TO THE AIRBAG NON-DEPLOYMENT, BUT IT CAN NOT DISPUTE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE JAW AND RIB FRACTURES TO THE NON-DEPLOYMENT. DOWNLOAD OF SDM SHOWED NO "EVENTS RECOVERED". THAT APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE 2006 COBALT IGNITION RECALL ISSUE. THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAS A STRING OF KEYS AND OTHER ITEMS HANGING DOWN SEVERAL INCHES FROM THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, ALSO SEEMINGLY CONSISTENT WITH THE 2006 COBALT IGNITION RECALL ISSUE. DRIVER WOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED FROM SERIOUS INJURY BE A TIMELY AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT IN THIS COLLISION ACCORDING TO BIOMECHANICS RETAINED BY THE DRIVER'S FAMILY IN LITIGATION AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS. THIS COMPLAINANT SUSPECTS THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH IN THE 2006 IS SIMILAR TO THE 2006 COBALT IGNITION SWITCH, BUT DOES NOT HAVE DEFINITIVE CONFIRMATION OF THAT. COMPLAINANT CAN SEND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGE TO THE LUCERNE AND THE LUCERNE BOSCH CDR CRASH DATA RETRIEVAL REPORT BY EMAIL OR OTHER MEANS AT YOUR REQUEST. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE CX WITH 40,000 MILES. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED TO GO DEAD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS JAN 15, 2014 WITH MY WIFE DRIVING. THE NEXT SHUTDOWN ON MAR 4, 2014, OCCURRED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THERE WAS AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL ACCOMPANIED BY A "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" WARNING, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING AND COMPLETE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS 2 TRAFFIC LANES INTO A PARKING AREA WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY WHILE STEERING AND BRAKING WITHOUT POWER ASSIST. TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT GOT ?THROTTLE DISABLED? MESSAGE. AFTER 2-4 MINUTES WAS ABLE TO RESTART WITH NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE LAST SHUTDOWN WAS ON MARCH 10, 2014, ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. I HAD DISABLED TRACTION CONTROL EARLIER IN HOPES OF AVOIDING ANOTHER UNEXPECTED SHUTDOWN. AFTER COASTING OFF THE INTERSTATE, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART NORMALLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED AFTER THE RESTART. TWO GM DEALERS CHECKED THE CAR ON MAR 11, 2014. THE FIRST WAS A CHEVROLET DEALER, AND AFTER SOME DIAGNOSTIC WORK THEY SENT ME TO A BUICK DEALER DOWN THE STREET. BOTH DEALERS SAID THERE WERE NO ERROR MESSAGES AND THEY COULD NOT REPAIR. THEY SAID WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO BRING IT BACK IN IMMEDIATELY FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE 3 SHUTDOWNS HAVE BEEN ON COLD MORNINGS, TEMPS LESS THAN 40 DEGREES. I BELIEVE IN ALL THREE CASES THE WARNING ?WATCH FOR ICY CONDITIONS? HAS APPEARED PRIOR TO FAILURE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FAILURE MODE THAT LEAVES NO TRACKS IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT! MY WIFE NOW REFUSES TO DRIVE THE CAR, AND I AM VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT IT. *TR

MY PARENTS WERE INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION. THEIR CAR WAS TOTALED; THE FRONT END WAS SMASHED IN SO THAT THEY HAD TO PRY OPEN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT TO REMOVE THEIR PERSONAL PAPERS AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED; THE FRONT AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. MY FATHERS MOST SEVERE INJURIES WERE DUE TO THE FRONT AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. THIS MODEL IS NOT PART OF THE GM RECALL OF CARS WHOSE FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN FRONT-END COLLISIONS. IT'S TAKEN GM 10 YEARS; 13 FATALITIES; AND COUNTLESS OTHER INJURIES; TO FINALLY RECALL SOME MODELS; BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL. SHAME ON THE NHTSA FOR NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH. UPDATED 05/12/14

TRAVELING AT 20 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE COLLAPSING THE SUSPENSION PUSHING THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT HIT A MAILBOX AND A TREE. *TR

HAD JUST GOT HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WAS NOT ALL THE WAY SHUT. SO I SHUT IT AND THEN LOCKED IT. WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY AND SAME DOOR WON'T OPEN EVEN THOUGH THE VISIBLE LOCK IS UP IN THE UNLOCK POSITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE HYDRO-PLANED THREE TIMES, SWERVED OFF THE ROAD AND THEN CRASHED INTO A TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO FACILITY TEMPORARILY. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT TIRE CENTER THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.