2006 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN ALTHOUGH IT IS UNLOCKED. THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE AND THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE BOTH SEEM TO FUNCTION NORMALLY, BUT NEITHER WILL OPEN THE DOOR. THE DOOR ISN'T STUCK. THE CHILD LOCK IS NOT ENGAGED. I HAVE SEEN FROM ONLINE SOURCES THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE FOR A LONG TIME. IT PRESENTS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2006 BUICK LUCERNE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO KEY IGNITION SWITCH ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE IGNITION SWITCH WENT FROM THE RUN POSITION TO THE OFF POSITION, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES. *JB

BOTH REAR DOORS DO NOT OPEN. THE LATCHES HAVE FAILED. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF THE BACKSEAT, UNLESS YOU CRAWL THROUGH THE FRONT. THE LATCHES HAVE LATCHED FOREVER. THE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. IT STARTED INTERMITTENTLY WITH ONE DOOR THEN THE NEXT. THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED NOW FOR OVER YEAR WITH BEING UNABLE TO OPEN THEM. WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO WILL BE STUCK IN THE BACK IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT. THIS NEEDS TO BE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

HTTP://BUICKFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/THREADS/25659-2006-LUCERNE-REAR-DOOR-LOCK MY BUICK HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM EXPERIENCED BY OTHERS. THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR STOPS WORKING. APPARENTLY A MECHANISM PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE. THIS WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR PASSENGER'S IN THE REAR SEAT WHO CAN NOT EXIT THE CAR INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. WITH THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THEFT LOCKS ACTIVATED ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH PREVENTED THE REAR DOORS FROM UNLOCKING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. ....UPDATED 04/23/15 *BF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $900 BOTH REAR LOCKS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 04/24/15*JB....UPDATED 06/09/15*BF UPDATED 06/16/16*JB

LATCHES LOCKS LINKAGES -- STARTING AT 52000 MILES, MY BUICK LUCERNE 2006'S REAR PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND ALTHOUGH THE KEY FOB VISIBLY ACTUATES THE LATCH, IT DOES NOT ASSIST IN OPENING THE DOOR. NOW AT 53000, THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. I NOW HAVE NO ACCESS TO HALF OF THE INSIDE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. AFTER INVESTIGATING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT APPARENTLY THIS IS DUE TO A LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILURE IN EACH DOOR. THE BUICKFORUMS.COM PROVIDED ADVICE: CHISEL OPEN THE BACK DOORS, THEN PULL THE DOOR PANEL OFF. AT THAT POINT, APPARENTLY THE VISIBLE LINKAGES ARE NOT THE ISSUE. INSTEAD, IT IS THE INTERNAL MECHANISM OF THE LOCK HOUSING. PROBLEM NOT RESOLVED. *TR

ATTEMPTED TO OPEN PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR AND IT DID NOT OPEN. ATTEMPTS TO SHAKE THE HANDLE DID NOT WORK AND LOCKING/UNLOCKING DID NOT FREE UP DOOR. PASSENGER HAD TO EXIT THE CAR ON THE OTHER SIDE UNABLE TO EXIT ON PASSENGER SIDE. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME FOUND ONLINE WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT EXIT VEHICLE. DOOR LATCH ISSUE IN THIS MODEL ACCORDING TO REPAIR SHOP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A GROANING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSES NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V105000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 4/29/15*CN THE POWE STEERING HOSE WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 05/05/15

I PUT MY CAR IN PARK, 5 MINUTES LATER I GO TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARK AND IT DOES NOT SHIFT. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE I GOT THE CAR IN 2013. THE GEAR SHIFT IS GIVING ME A BIG PROBLEM AND OF COURSE ONLY THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V35500 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.