2006 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

MY 2006 BUICK LUCERNE DASH INSTRUMENTS ARE ALSO UNREADABLE DURING SUNNY DAYS. I HAD A REPAIR KIT INSTALLED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT IT DID NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. NO MORE BUICKS FOR ME. *TR

CHROME WHEELS CORRODING IN VALVE STEM OPENINGS CAUSING TIRES TO LEAK AIR PRESSURE. VALVE STEM OPENING CORRODING AWAY AND NOT ENOUGH MATERIAL LEFT TO SEAL VALVE STEM IN PLACE! *TR

2006 BUICK LUCERNE XL - BOUGHT NEW 2006 - THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS UNREADABLE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS ON A BRIGHT DAY. HAVE TALKED TO BUICK ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAY NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. OTHER BUICK OWNERS I HAVE TALKED TO HAVE INDICATED THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

06 BUICK LUCERNE PURCHASED 12-3-09, DIES OUT COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY 3 TIMES WITH A CHILD IN THE CAR. IT HAS OCCURRED A TOTAL OF 7 TIMES BETWEEN1-08-10 AND 4-17-10. THE CAR IS UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY AND HAS BEEN SERVICED 7 TIMES BY 3 DIFFERENT BUICK DEALERSHIPS. *TR

ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY '06 BUICK LUCERNE (3.8 L)WENT INTO UNCONTROLABLE EXCELLERATION. ON LONG ROAD TRIPS, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AND DOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, WHEN I EXCELLERATEDHARD, INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO THE CRUISE SPEED IT SEEMED TO LOCK INTO A PASSING GEAR. BRAKING DIDN'T STOP IT, PUTTING IT INTO DID NOT SLOW THE ENGINE REVS., HOWEVER TURNING OFF THE KEY AND RESTARTING AFTER COASTING A LITTLE WHILE WORKED ONCE OR TWICE TO STOP THE REVS.. THE OTHER TIMES I HIT THE BRAKES REALLY HARD AND IT DISENGAGED THE CRUISE AND EXCELLERATION PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE, SINCE I HAD ROOM ON THE HIGHWAY TO DO THIS. THE BUICK DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE WHEN THEY TRIED. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN THE LAST INCIDENT OCURRED. PS TURNING OFF THE CRUISE SWITCH DIDN'T HELP EITHER.

MY 2006 LUCERNE WITH V-6 ENGINE HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY IT HAS DEVELOPED A PRONOUNCED "BUMP} IN THE STEERING WHEN I DRIVE SLOWLY IN MY DRIVEWAY OR IN A PARKING LOT. I HAVE INSPECTED THE TIE RODS AND OTHER LINKAGE UNDER THE CAR BUT SEE OR FEEL NOTHING OBVIOUSLY AMISS. MY LOCAL TIRE STORE SAID THIS IS CHARACTERISTIC OF SEVERAL GM CARS HE SERVICES. HE SAID THE PROBLEM IS A WORN PLASTIC BUSHING IN THE STEERING COLUMN MECHANISM. ALSO, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO READ IN THE DAYTIME! *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 BUICK LUCERNE CXL IN 2006. I HAVE NUMEROUS TIMES EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION IN MY VEHICLE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A BUICK DEALER AND THEY DROVE IT AND SAY THEY DIDN'T NOTICE IT. I HAVE ALSO TALKED TO A GMC DEALER IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND ASKED IT ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD A VEHICLE THAT JUST SPEEDS UP ON IT'S OWN. I AM FROM A VERY SMALL TOWN IN MISSOURI AND 3 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED THE SAME BUICK LUCERNE AS MINE AND ONE OF THEM SAYS HE THINKS HIS VEHICLE MAY HAVE SPED UP BEFORE, BUT HE THINKS HE MAY HAVE LET THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. THE FIRST TIME THIS VEHICLE DID THIS TO ME WAS ON MY WAY TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. I COME FROM A SMALL TOWN THERE IS REALLY NO WHERE THAT I CAN USE THE CRUISE CONTROL EXCEPT ON LARGER TRIPS. WE HAVE A LOT OF HILLS AND CURVES. GOING TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70. I USED THE CRUISE CONTROL. I GOT BEHIND A TRAILER THAT WAS GOING VERY SLOW AND TRAFFIC WAS A LITTLE BUSY, SO I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND WHEN TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR I PASSED THE TRAILER. I WAS GOING TO RESUME THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT BEFORE I EVEN TOUCHED THE BUTTON, MY CAR TOOK OFF AND I WAS AT 93 MILES AN HOUR AND I HIT THE BRAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP. I THEN TAPPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES QUICKLY AND IT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN I GOT THE SPEED DOWN TO 55, I THEN APPLIED MY FOOT BACK TO THE GAS PEDAL AND WHEN I DID, THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT DOWN OR STUCK, BUT I COULD FEEL A LITTLE SOMETHING IN IT. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DO NOT FEEL IN IT ALL THE TIME. I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND TOLD MY HUSBAND ABOUT IT AND HE SAID YOU MUST HAS HIT SOMETHING WRONG. I SAID NO I'M TELLING YOU IT DID IT ON IT'S OWN. I GO TO WORK AT 4:00 AM IN THE MORNING. WHERE I LIVE THERE IS A LOT OF DEER, SO I DO NOT DRIVE FAST FOR ABOUT 3 MILES TO WORK. ONE MORNING I WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH AND WHEN I CAME TO ABOUT THE TOP OF A LITTLE HILL MY CAR AGAIN DID THE SAME THING. IT JUST TAKES OFF AND IT CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD. *TR

I PULLED UP TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING WHERE I WORK TO PARK. AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO BRAKE, THE CAR SHOT FORWARD OUT OF CONTROL. PUTTING BRAKES TO THE FLOOR DID NOT STOP IT. THE BUILDING STOPPED IT. WHEN I BACKED AWAY, THE CAR SHOT BACKWARD OUT OF CONTROL AND STOPPED WHEN IT HIT A STORAGE UNIT. THE LOCAL BUICK DEALER CONDUCTED A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE 2006 BUICK LUCERNE AND COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *TR

WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN MY BUICK LUCERNE'S EXTERIOR DRIVER-SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS USELESS DUE TO THE WASH OF WATER STREAMING ACROSS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE AND IN ORDER TO CHANGE LANES I MUST RELY ON THE INTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR. THIS LOSS OF VISIBILITY OCCURS WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A WIND CONDITION, BUT IT IS MOST DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF NEAR MISSES DURING DAYLIGHT DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

HOOD SUPPORT WORKS INCORRECTLY, HAD TO OPEN BUT EASY TO CLOSE. WITH WIND HOOD CAN CLOSE. *TR