2008 BUICK LUCERNE Complaints

VEHICLE STALLED OUT ON A HIGHWAY (AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED) AND WOULD NOT RESTART. OBVIOUSLY THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR ME AND THOSE AROUND ME AS I TRIED TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER (ESP WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES). THE PROBLEM CAME WITHOUT ANY WARNING, AND WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN ISOLATED TO THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE. MILEAGE ON THE CAR IS ONLY 43K

CRANK NO START. BACK SEAT HOUSING WAS PUSHING AGAINST FUSE BOX IN BACKSEAT CHUSHION CAUSING FUEL RELAY TO NOT WORK. RELAY WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT. FUEL PUMP WAS ALSO DAMAGE

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ON VARIOUS DOORS HAVE FAILED REPEATEDLY. THIS PROBLEM HAS REQUIRED ENTIRE REPLACEMENT OF THE DOOR LOCK/LATCH ASSEMBLY'S WHICH IS QUITE EXPENSIVE. FAILURE OF DOOR LOCKS IS SOMETIMES NOT IMMEDIATELY NOTICEABLE SINCE IT IS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST, UNTIL IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. CHILDREN OR PERSONS COULD FALL OUT OF CAR AS RESULT OF FAILED LOCKS THAT YOU THINK ARE LOCKED BUT THEY ARE NOT. YOU RELY ON THE DOOR LOCKS TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE FROM ACCIDENTALLY OPENING THE DOORS.

THE CAR SHUT DOWN AND WILL TURN OVER BUT WON'T START AGAIN THE RELAY FOR THE FUEL PUMP IS MELTED AND THERE IS NO VOLTAGE GOING TO THE FUEL PUMP FUSE IN THE FUEL BOX UNDER THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO A FIRE COULD START OR THE VEHICLE COULD SHUT DOWN AT ANY MOMENT AND CAUSING A ACCIDENT AND OR DEATH

BUICK LUCERNE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS - ONSTAR SUSPECTED. I 'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS OR ISN'T A SAFETY PROBLEM, BUT AFTER COMPLAINING TO BUICK I WAS ADVISED BY THEM TO FILE A CLAIM(?) WITH YOU. ABOUT A MONTH TO 6 WEEKS AFTER AN IN-TOWN ACCIDENT (10/22/16) THAT WAS REPAIRED IMMACULATELY BY THE LOCAL GM DEALER, THE CAR SAT IN A PARK AND FLY LOT FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS WHILE WE HAD GONE VISITING OUT EAST. WHEN WE GOT BACK THE CAR WAS DEAD AS A STONE. AFTER A TRIPLE A CALL WE GOT HOME AND IMMEDIATELY GOT A NEW BATTERY (12/20/16), EVEN THOUGH I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT HAD GONE DEAD BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARNING (SLOW STARTING, ETC). HOWEVER, IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS OR SO, TWO MORE NEW ONES WENT DEAD (2ND 1/3/17, 3RD 3/13/17) AND WERE REPLACE BY THE DEALER AT NO CHARGE. HOWEVER, IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, NOT ONLY DID THE ONSTAR GO DEAD, THE BRAKES LIGHTS QUIT AND WAS REPLACED, THE CRUISE CONTROL QUIT, THE STABILTRAK QUIT, (AND BOTH WERE REPLACED). MY INSURANCE COMPANY - AMERICAN FAMILY - INFORMED ME THAT THE ACCIDENT IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS. SO FINALLY I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP CAS (COMPLETE AUTO SERVICE - AUSTIN) THAT DOES THE CITY'S POLICE CARS, AND THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC ON IT AND EVEN THOUGH THE ONSTAR HAS QUIT WORKING, BY REMOVING THE FUSE IN IT THAT 'SEEMS' - AFTER SPENDING OVER $1300 AND STILL NOT REPLACING THE ONSTAR FOR ANOTHER $650, - TO HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. AT LEAST SO FAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE FAILURE ONLINE AND FOUND COMPLAINTS RELATING TO THE FUEL PUMP RELAY BEING BURNT. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS BURNT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 81,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. WINEGARDNER BUICK GMC (15113 CRAIN HWY, BRANDYWINE, MD) DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP CIRCUIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE STARTED TO STUTTER,HESITATE , THEN TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING BRAKES DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY. WE WERE ON AN OVER PASS DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BUSY INTERSECTION. FINALLY AFTER ABOUT 1 HR WE MADE IT TO AUTOZONE LIMP MODE ALL THE WAY. PURCHASED COILS X 3 , COIL IGNITION MODULE, SPARK PLUG WIRES,SPARK PLUGS, CAMSHAFT SENSOR,CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. THEN FIND OUT IT WAS ONLY A FREAKING FUSE UNDER SEAT THAT WAS BURNT AND MELTING AWAY. NOT VERY HAPPY. GM SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR KNOWING ABOUT THIS AND NOT OFFERING TO FIX IT.

DOOR LATCH ISSUE ON CAR THE SAME AS FORD DOOR LATCH RECALL. HAVE FOUR DOOR VEHICLE AND BOTH BACK DOORS WILL NOT OPEN DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING DOOR LATCHES. REAR PASSENGER SIDE STOP WORKING 2 YEARS AGO AND NOW DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR HAS FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE THE KEY WAS PLACED IN THE IGNITION, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FAILED TO CRANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BURNS FORD INC. (188 N BROADWAY AVE, BURNS, OR 97720 (541) 573-6014) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RELAY THAT GOES TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD MELTED AND THE RELAY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT NO RECALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. *LN CARFAX CANNOT PROCESS VIN UPDATED 7/26/18*JB