2008 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

I keep fixing this car for the last 11 months , and still can not drive it after $5,000 in repairs, the car stops in the middle of the intersection , on the freeway several times. I went to different mechanics, the dealership to, they keep fixing it, charging me, but the car is still not fixed. I'm afraid to drive it because I don't wanna lose my life and to jeopardize another's people lives.The car just stops while I'm driving.

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR OVER A YEAR AGO THERE WERE 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THAT MY CAR WOULD NOT START SO I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL FOR THE FUEL PUMP RELAY TO GO OUT AND AFTER A COUPLE TIMES OF IT GOING OUT IT WOULD ULTIMATELY FRY THE FUSE AND RELAY BLOCK AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED SO THAT IS WHAT THEY DID AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN THEY YEAR THAT I HAVE OWNED IT I HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY 3 TIMES AND DRIVING TO THE PARTS STORE LAST WEEK THE CAR JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND HAS NOT STARTED SINCE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO THE HINGE ON THE SEAT RUBBING THE SIDE OF THE FUSE AND RELAY BOX SPECIFICALLY THE FUEL PUMP RELAY THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE FUSE AND RELAY BLOCK TO SHORT OUT

RECENTLY REPLACED FUEL PUMP. AFTER REPAIR, CAR WAS STILL A CRANK/NO START. REPLACED FUEL PUMP RELAY WHICH HAD OBVIOUS BURN/SCORCHING EVIDENCE, AS WELL AS MELTING AROUND FEMALE PORT ON THE FUSE BOX. SINCE THEN HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 OTHER NEW FUEL PUMP RELAYS DUE TO PROBLEM OF EXCESSIVE HEAT OR ELECTRICAL SURGE FRYING THE RELAY. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLED COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE TOP OF THE FUSE BOX CAUSING THE RELAY TO MOVE, CAUSING THE RELAY TO WORK HARDER TO MAINTAIN A CONNECTION, WHICH IN TURN CREATES MORE CURRENT AND THE RESULTING HEAT INCREASE MELTS THE CASING IN THE FUSE BOX AND KILLS THE RELAY. WHEN THE RELAY IS COMPROMISED IN SUCH A WAY THE FUEL PUMP STOPS OPERATING AND THE ENGINE GETS NO GAS THUS CREATING A CRANK/NO START IF THE CAR IS PARKED OR CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL OUT IF THE CAR IS IN MOTION. IN REASEARCHING THIS MATTER, IT IS CLEAR THAT GM HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS SITUATION FOR OVER 10 YEARS. THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF INDIVIDUALS EFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THEM HAVING SMOKING OR BURNING ISSUES WITH THE RELAY. PERSONALLY, I HAVE HAD STALL OUTS WHILE GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE CONTROL ISSUES SUCH AS BRAKING AND STEERING AND EXCELLERATION, GM HAD EXTENDED REPAIR PERIOD FOR THE ISSUE BUT FAILED TO NOTIFY OWNERS SO MANY WERE UNAWARE OF THE REPAIRS OR EVEN THE ISSUE UNTIL THE PROBLEMS OCCURRED. NO RECALL HAS BEEN INITIATED BY GM EVEN THOUGH IT IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE CONTROL ISSUES WHEN STALL OUTS OCCUR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES UNDER THE SEAT AS THE PROBLEM PROGRESSES. GM REFUSES TO COVER REPAIRS TO AFFECTED VEHICLES SINCE THE COURTESY REPAIR ORDER EXPIRED AND THE VEHICLES ARE TYPICALLY OUT OF WARRANTY. VEHICLE INVOLVED IS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE BUT THE ISSUE EFFECTS OTHER GM CARS. GM TSB 15-NA-051 FOR TECH DIRECTIVES

FUEL SUPPLY LINE AT FIREWALL RETAINER SEVERELY RUSTED, COULD LEAK SPRAYING FUEL ON ENGINE OR EXHAUST CAUSING FIRE

CAR WOULDN'T START KEPT TRYING TO START IT AND IT WOULD MAKE A CLICKING NOISE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE STAFFED IN THE FUSE BOX IN THE REAR SEAT OF CAR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, A BURNING PLASTIC ODOR WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE FUSE BOX LOCATED UNDER THE REAR SEAT WAS HOT TO THE TOUCH AND THE RELAYS INSIDE HAD MELTED CAUSING THE FUEL PUMP TO OVERHEAT AND FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER COURTESY BUICK LOCATED AT 7 AUTO CENTER DR. LOUISVILLE KY WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

FUEL RELAY WENT OUT 2X, THE SECOND IT ALMOST CAUGHT THE CAR ON FIRE. THE CAR FILLED WITH SMOKE. ITS LOCATED UNDER THE REAR SEAT OF THE CAR. CALLED DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS A RECALL TO BRING IT IN, NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, AND WANTS $1700 TO FIX.IF I'D BEEN DRIVING IT WOULD'VE BURNED THE CAR, AND WORSE HOW ABOUT IF MY GRANDBABY WOULD'VE BEEN BUCKLED IN THAT SPOT. THE CAR ONLY HAS AROUND 80,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THE CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED WITH AN ABNORMAL THUD BEFORE RESPONDING. MIKE HAGGERTY BUICK GMC, INC. (9301 S CICERO AVE, OAK LAWN, IL 60453; (708) 762-9813) WAS CONTACTED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE MOTOR MOUNT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.*DT *TR

CAR CRANKED BUT DOES NOT START. JUST REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WITH OEM AND FUEL PUMP. WORKED. ONE DAY LATER, DOESN'T WORK. THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS BURNT. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE CHAT BOXES FOR THIS CAR. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A TECH NEW BULLETIN ON THIS.

THE ENGINE IT'S SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, AND AFTER IT GETS COLD IT WILL RESTART, BUT AFTER DRIVING AGAIN ANOTHER FEW MILES IT WILL SHUT OFF AGAIN. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON, SO NO MECHANIC TO TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I EVEN CALLED THE DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE CAR BECAUSE IS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON.. I TRIED FEW DIFFERENT AUTO SHOPS WITH NO ANSWER, SO MY CAR IS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT, I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHEN THE ENGINE WILL STOP.. ANOTHER MECHANIC TOLD ME TO DROP THE CAR TO HIS SHOP BUT IT MAKE 2 WEEKS OF WORK TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR 2 WEEKS, AND THAN TO PAY TO FIX IT. IT USUALLY STOPS WHILE IN MOTION WHEN CLOSE TO THE A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHEN I MAKE A TURN AND ALWAYS WHEN I SLOW DOWN