2005 BUICK TERRAZA Complaints

I WANT TO REPORT A VERY UNUSUAL INCIDENT THAT MY WIFE AND I EXPERIENCED JANUARY 7, 2014 INVOLVING OUR 2005 BUICK TERRAZA AUTOMOBILE. IT WAS A SCARY EVENT OF WHICH I AM STILL TRYING TO FIND THE EXACT CAUSE. WHILE DESCENDING FROM THE COCOA BRIDGE CROWN, AT AROUND FORTY FIVE MPH, I LIGHTLY APPLIED THE BRAKES TO ADJUST TO THE TRAFFIC SPEED. WHEN BAM THE LEFT WHEEL LOCK UP JERKING US TOWARD THE CEMENT RAILS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, THEN THE CAR TRACTION CONTROL' CUT IN AND SLOWED THE VEHICLE. OTHER CAR TIRES WERE SQUEALING AROUND US AS THEY WERE TRYING TO AVOID HITTING US. I WOULD SAY THE WHEEL LOCKUP WAS ONE SECOND OR LESS AND THE WHOLE INCIDENT LASTED FROM THREE TO FIVE SECONDS. THEN THE CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION WITH NO FURTHER HINT OF THIS PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT FORTY MILES. I'VE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND SEVERAL REPORTS OF THIS SAME EXACT INCIDENT INCLUDING MANY COMPLAINTS ON YOUR SYSTEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO OUR LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY SAID THE ABS COMPUTER SYSTEM SHOWED NO FAULTS AND FOUND NO MECHANICAL REASON FOR THIS WHEEL TO LOCK UP. MY NEXT STOP WAS THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR TWENTY FIVE MILES AWAY. LANE BUICK GMC CHECKED IT OUT AND REPORTED THE SAME THING EXCEPT THE MECHANIC WROTE 'CORRECTED BY SUSPENSION REPAIR' WHICH SUGGESTS THAT HE FIXED SOMETHING, WHAT EVER IT WAS. YET I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS UNHEARD EVENT. I NEXT CALLED BUICK IN DETROIT, MI THEY WERE OF LITTLE HELP SAYING IF IT DIDN'T LEAVE ANY CODE ON THE COMPUTER, IT NEVER HAPPENED. THEN ASK IF I WOULD CONSIDER BUYING A NEW CAR AND TRADING THIS ONE IN. UNTIL I KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM IS FOR THIS CAR BEHAVIOR, I WOULD NEVER UNLOAD THIS PROBLEM ON SOMEONE ELSE. IT IS LIKE THE EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES STORY, NO ONE AT GMC HAS EVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING TO CAPACITY, THE FUEL GAUGE ERRONEOUSLY PROVIDED AN EMPTY READING. THE LOW FUEL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL LEVER SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 08/27/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING NOISE BEING EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V110000 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

RANDOMLY, WHILE DRIVING THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES THE BRAKES, PULLING THE CAR TO ONE-SIDE. IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT. AFTER THIS HAPPENS, THE CAR'S "TRACTION CONTROL ACTIVE" MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PARKING THE CAR, TURNING IT OFF, AND RESTARTING THE CAR CAUSES THE MESSAGE TO GO AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS AT SPEEDS VARYING FROM 5-35 MILES PER HOUR. I FEAR THAT IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS.. THE CAR HAS BEEN CHECKED, PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, BY AN ASE CERTIFIED SHOP AND BOTH FRONT WHEEL HUBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHIN THE PAST 18 MONTHS, WHICH HAVE INTEGRATED WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. I HAVE READ THAT MOST SHOPS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PINPOINT ANY REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT I DO PLAN TO HAVE MY MECHANIC INVESTIGATE AND SEE IF THE COMPUTER IS REPORTING ANY ERROR CODES. *TR

AS WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WE HAD TO SLAMMED THE BRAKES AND THEY GOT LOCKED UP. WE TRIED TO UNLOCK THEM AND AT THE TIME WE DID. ABOUT TWO DAYS LATER THEY GOT LOCKED UP AGAIN THIS TIME SMOKED CAME OUT OF THE FRONT WHEELS. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TRIED TO UNLOCK THEM WHICH HE DID. THEN AGAIN THAT SAME DAY THAT IT WAS FIXED IT GOT LOCKED UP. THIS HAPPENED WHILE ON VACATION. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK AS IT WAS FOR ABOUT 2000 MILES WITH LITTLE TO NO BRAKES AT TIME. WE KNOW THIS NOT NORMAL AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I AM SENDING YOU INFORMATION ON MY 2005 BUICK TERRAZA, I AM ALSO THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THIS INFORMATION IS REGARDING MY REAR BRAKE PROBLEM THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON YOUR DEFECT LIST. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE ALREADY COVERED UNDER THE NHTSA RECALL ID 05V287000. HOWEVER, GENERAL MOTORS BUICK DIVISION FEELS DIFFERENTLY AND CLAIMS MY VEHICLE ID NUMBER WAS NOT A PART OF THEIR RECALL. CONSEQUENTLY THEY HAVE DENIED MY REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT CLAIM IN THE AMOUNT OF $452.60 TO CORRECT MY BRAKE PROBLEM ON THE VEHICLE. SINCE THIS DISPUTE HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED TO MY SATISFACTION; I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU PUT THIS INFORMATION ON FILE IN THE NHTSA DATABASE AS "UNINTENDED BRAKING WHEN ACCELERATING AND THE CAUSE IS LEVER SLIPPAGE AT EACH REAR BRAKE CALIPER".I HAVE MAINTAINED A FILE FOLDER ON THIS BUICK,TERRAZA BRAKING DEFECT AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE ALL MY INFORMATION WITH NHTSA. BUICK, GM OWES ME $452.60. THIS IS THEIR SAFETY ISSUE THAT I HAD TO HAVE CORRECTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. ON ONE OCCASION THE LIGHTS FAILED COMPLETELY AND ILLUMINATED AGAIN SEVERAL MOMENTS LATER. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEATED SEAT OVERHEATED AND BURNED ONE OF THE CONTACT'S LEGS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. UPDATED 4/5/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS, AND THE PARTS STILL HAS NOT ARRIVED.

MY PASSENGER DOORS WILL NOT LOCK ALSO DOOR OPEN WHY DRIVING AND MY T/C COME ON WHY DRIVING 55 TO 60 MILES A HOUR ITS FEELS LIKE U ON BRAKES SLOW DOWN. *TR

THERE ARE SEVERAL DEFECTS THAT I AM EXPERIENCING WITH THIS VAN. THESE ISSUES ESCALATED THIS WEEKEND, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND SYSTEM STABILITY INDICATORS CAME ON AGAIN AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO LOCK I CHANGED THE BRAKES BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CAUSE IT WAS NOT. ALSO THE REAR SLIDING DOORS WILL OPEN WHILE DRIVING ON THEIR OWN. THIS VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LOU FUSZ SAINT LOUIS, MO SEVERAL TIMES AND IT IS STILL NOT OPERATING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I AM LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THE DOORS. I CANCELLED A TRIP TO THE ZOO WITH MY KIDS BECAUSE THE DOORS OPENED ON THEIR OWN WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE, THEY ARE NOW AFRAID TO RIDE IN THE BACK SEATS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG. ABOUT 20MPH. STARTED TO GO OVER SOME REALLY BAD RAILROAD TRACKS. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING. I DIDN'T RUN INTO ANYTHING. AND NOTHING HIT ME. IT WAS JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN. BECAUSE OF THE POSITION MY ARM WAS ON THE STEERING WHEEL I HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT IT SNAPPED MY ARM IN TWO. HOWEVER. IT ISN'T BROKEN. BUT I DO HAVE VERY MINOR BURNS FROM THE CHEMICAL FROM THE AIRBAG. I CONTACTED BUICKS MAIN CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE BUT THEY ACT LIKE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR