2008 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

I WAS STOPPED WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND AIR CONDITIONER FAN ON HIGH. I TURNED THE WIPERS ON TO CLEAN WINDSHIELD. IMMEDIATELY I WAS OVERCOME WITH EXTREME BURNING IN MY EYES I COULD NOT OPEN THEM. I REACHED FOR DOOR HANDLE AND GOT OUT. I WAS IN A PANIC, HAVING NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED. I ASKED 2 PEOPLE FOR HELP,THE SECOND PERSON CAME TO MY CAR AND WE SEARCHED CAR FOR SOMETHING BURNING AND FOUND NOTHING. I WAS AFRAID TO GET BACK INTO MY CAR.I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A BURNING IN MY EYES AS THIS. I FELT HELPLESS BECAUSE NO ONE WITNESSED THIS FREAK INCIDENT. FINALLY I USED WET PAPER TOWELS AND COVERED ALL THE AC VENTS AND DROVE HOME IN FEAR THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THERE IS NO DOUBT WHAT SO EVER IF I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WOULD OF CRASHED. I COULD NOT SEE. WHEN TUBING BROKE THE FLUID LANDED ON A HOT ENGINE PAET AND THE WATER EVAPORATED AND THE METHANOL VAPORS CAME THROUGH THE AC VENTS DIRECTLY INTO MY FACE. THE BUICK DEALER DIDN'T MENTION OR DISCUSS THIS PLASTIC TUBING BE REPLACED. HE JUST PUT A PIECE OF RUBBER TO HOLD THE ENDS OF BROKEN PLASTIC TUBING. IM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE USING WIPERS NOW BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING I MIGHT AS WELL BE BLIND. I WANT TO KNOW IF THE TUBING IS NOT SUPPOSE TO EVER BREAK AND MORE SO, WHY DID IT COME THROUGH THE AC VENTS THAT WAS ON HIGH.? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. *TR

WHEN MY WIFE WAS PARKING THE CAR IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, THE ENGINE ROARED (EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE) AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED OVER THE CURB AND STRUCK SMALL BUSHES AND TREES IN THE MEDIAN BETWEEN THE STEIN MART AND HOME DEPT PARKING LOTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT GRILL AND DRIVER SIDE FRONT FENDER. MY WIFE WAS NOT INJURED LUCKILY. HAD THIS EVENT OCCURRED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND OR KILLED DEPENDING UPON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAD A SIMILIAR INSTANCE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN THE CAR SURGED FORWARD WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A INTERSECTION. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND I GOT THE CAR STOPPED. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A STUCK ACCELERATOR LINKAGE THAT CLEARED. I'VE SINCE LEARNED THE NEWER VEHICLES ARE DRIVE BY WIRE CONTROLLED. THEIR IS NO DIRECT THROTTLE LINKAGE FROM THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A BUICK DEALERS BODY SHOP BEING REPAIRED.. THEIR SERVICE MANAGER STATED THEY WOULD READ THE COMPUTER CODES AND USE A SCAN TOOL TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. AN ACCIDENT REPORT WAS RECORDED BY THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD PERIODICALLY COME ON WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT ALL. IT ALSO CONTINUALLY TRIPPED MY CRUISE CONTROL. GM DEALERSHIP DID THE REPAIRS. *TR

AS I WAS TURNING A CORNER IN THIS VEHICLE THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING. AS I WAS ON A LIGHTLY TRAVELED STREET INSIDE A DEVELOPMENT I WAS ABLE TO STOP NEAR THE CURB. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE CAR BUT IT WOULD NOT START. I CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE AND A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK CAME AFTER 1 HOUR. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A BUICK DEALER THAT I NORMALLY USE. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE FAILURE OF THE IGNITION MODULE AND 3 IGNITION COILS THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY DAMAGED BY THE FAILING IGNITION COIL. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AS THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER CAUSED THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKING TO CEASE. IF I HAD BEEN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN CRASH AS A RESULT OF THE LACK OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ON A LIGHTLY TRAVELED ROAD INSIDE A DEVELOPMENT. *TR

THREE DOOR LOCKS CEASED WORKING AT VARIOUS TIMES REGARDLESS OF USING A KEY FOB OR THE SWITCH ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR. TWO WERE REPAIRED AT A GM REPAIR FACILITY (DEALER). THAT GM REPAIR FACILITY ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE 3RD ONE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. IT IS AGGRAVATING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL 4 DOORS EACH TIME THE CAR IS UNLOCKED OR LOCKED TO CHECK THE POSITION OF THE LOCK KNOB. HAZARD: IF THE DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK WHEN THE CAR IS LEFT PARKED, IT MIGHT BE EASILY BROKEN INTO, OR IF THE DOOR DIDN'T UNLOCK IN AN EMERGENCY, IT MIGHT TRAP SOMEONE INSIDE. *TR

BRAKES LIGHTS WOULD COME ON BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING OR WHILE PARKED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. ALSO CRUISE CONTROL WOULD BE DISABLED WITHOUT USING THE BRAKE OR ANY SWITCH TO DISABLE IT. TOOK IT TO A GM REPAIR FACILITY (DEALER) WHO RECALIBRATED THE BRAKE PEDAL SWITCH, BUT THE CONDITION RETURNED. TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY WHO RECALIBRATED THE BRAKE PEDAL SENSOR. THAT INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY THOUGHT THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS COMING ON BY THEMSELVES. HAZARD: SOMEONE DRIVING BEHIND COULD CONFUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS COMING ON AS A SIGN THAT THE CAR WAS SUDDENLY STOPPING, WHICH MIGHT CAUSE THE CAR FOLLOWING TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR, THE ONSTAR SYSTEM KEPT STATING THAT WE WERE OFF COURSE (IT DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WHERE THE CAR WAS). ONSTAR ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR IT REMOTELY, WHICH DIDN'T WORK. TOOK CAR TO A GM REPAIR FACILITY (DEALER) WHO ATTEMPTED A REPAIR. AFTER THAT, ONSTAR WOULD OCCASIONALLY DIAL A NUMBER BY ITSELF USING THE BUILT IN CELL PHONE WITHOUT MY INITIATING THE CALL, AND ALSO WOULD HANG UP BY ITSELF WHILE I WAS TALKING TO AN ONSTAR REPRESENTATIVE. THE GM REPAIR FACILITY (DEALER) SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, BUT ONSTAR VERIFIED THAT THEY CALLED THE DEALER AND ADVISED THEM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *TR

INSIDE CENTER PILLAR (COLUMN BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR) TRIMS HAD GAPS WHERE TRIMS DIDN'T COVER THE OPENING. TOOK CAR TO A GM REPAIR FACILITY (DEALER) 4 TIMES. THEY INSTALLED CLIPS BUT STILL THERE IS A GAP ON ONE. *TR

OUTSIDE DRIVER'S CHROME DOOR HANDLE PULLS OFF WHEN OPENING THE DOOR. TOOK IT TO A GM REPAIR FACILITY (DEALER) WHO REPLACED IT, BUT SAME PROBLEM RETURNED WITH THE NEW HANDLE. WAS TOLD BY AN EMPLOYEE AT A GM DEALER THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHROME DOOR HANDLE. HAZARD: IF A THIEF PULLS ON THE HANDLE WHILE CAR IS IN A PARKING LOT, OR WHEN CAR IS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE HANDLE WOULD COME OFF AND EXPOSE THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE LOCK, POSSIBLY ALLOWING THE DOOR TO BE OPENED. *TR