2006 BUICK TERRAZA Complaints

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE BRAKES LOCK UP WHILE AUTO IS IN MOTION HAPPENED 3 TIMES 1 TIME AT MODERATE SPEED 35 MPH IN MAJOR INTERSECTION WITH LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR

WARNING LIGHT SYSTEMS (ABS, STABILITY, TIRE TRACTION, ENGINE) ALL ILLUMINATING FOR 10 WEEKS; HAVE TAKEN INTO BUICK DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES AND SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE; THEY CANNOT FIX PROBLEM & GM WAS NOTIFIED WITH COMPLAINT FILED AND STILL NO ACTION; THIS IS A HANDICAPPED EQUIPPED VEHICLE USED TO TRANSPORT FAMILY MEMBER. *TR

2006 BUICK TERRAZA HAS VIBRATION IN THE SEATS, FLOOR AND STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES WHEN REACHING ABOUT 40 MPH. THE VIBRATION HAS NOW AFFECTED THE WHOLE VEHICLE. *KB THE DEALER HAS MADE 5 REPAIR ATTEMPTS AND WILL NO LONGER ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VIBRATION PROBLEM. AT 13,000 MILES THE ABS AND STABILITY SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACTS FATHER OWNS A 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE DOOR WOULD SLIDE, HOWEVER; IT WOULD NOT LATCH. THE DEALER ALIGNED THE DOOR AND CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 4,800 MILES.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND LEFT ME AND MY FAMILY STRANDED 1.5 HOURS FROM HOME AND WAS TOWED BY DEALER. ONCE I GOT IT BACK THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS THAT I HAD FACED BEFORE THAT WERE NOW OCCURRING AGAIN. THE SLIDING DOORS MALFUNCTIONED ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY. THE VEHICLE HAS GIVEN US TROUBLE STARTING ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS ,AS WELL. THESE WERE NOT REPORTED AS WE ASSUMED THAT BEING A BRAND NEW VEHICLE THAT WE MUST HAVE LEFT A LIGHT OR SOMETHING ON. WE KNEW THAT THE PROBLEMWAS WITH THE VEHICLE AND NOT OUR NEGLIGENCE. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REMOTE, VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND A SENSOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES POSSIBLE BAD ROTORS ON FRONT BRAKES. THE CONSUMER STATES ABS LIGHT ON AFTER REPAIRS, PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION HARD TO SHIFT GEARS, HORN SOUNDS WHEN REMOTE STARTING IS USED, DOME LIGHTS GO DIM. UPDATED 05/23/07 *TR

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA LAST YEAR, AND WOULD LIKE TO FILE ANOTHER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE IS STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEMS WITH HER 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT FOR 2 COMPONENTS ON HER VEHICLE. THE FIRST PROBLEM IS FOR HER SLIDING DOOR. SHE STATED THAT WHEN OPENING THE SLIDING DOOR IT STAYED OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED SHE HAS HAD 4 INJURIES WITH THIS DOOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR HER DOOR NOT STAYING OPENING ON AT LEAST 5 OCCASION. THE DEALERSHIP, ALLEN TILLERY BUICK GMC STATED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURE AND WILL SUBMIT THE FILE# WITH THE HARD COPY. THE DEALERSHIP DID CHECK OUT OTHER VEHICLES ON HIS LOT AND FOUND THAT NONE OF THE BUICK TERRAZA HAVE THE SAME FAILURE. THE SECOND ISSUES IS WITH HER FUEL LINE. SHE STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE IS ON A HILL AND HAS LESS THAN A HALF OF A TANK OF GAS THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED OUT ON AN INCLINE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 AND PRESSURIZED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC DID INFORM THE CONTACT THAT THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE. *NM UPDATED 02/27/07*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT'S HARNESS BUCKLE WAS EASILY UNBUCKLED BY THE CONTACT'S CHILD. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE PLACE WHERE THE SAFETY SEAT WAS PURCHASED, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE NHTSA BE CONTACTED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO EXPRESSED THAT THERE WERE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND OFFERED TO SEND A REPLACEMENT HARNESS BUCKLE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE CHILD COULD EASILY UNLATCH THE HARNESS BUCKLE, WHICH MAY POSE A SAFETY RISK IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR CLOSED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING SHOULDER AND HIP BRUISING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.

THE POWER SLIDING DOORS ON THE BUICK TERAZZA VAN CONTINUALLY REOPEN WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED. THIS IS A SECURITY ISSUE AS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE DOOR HAS OPENED AS WE WALKED AWAY FROM THE VAN ON A PARKING LOT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMED THEY CLEANED THE CONTACTS AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OPERATION OF THE DOORS. THIS PROBLEM OF THE DOORS REOPENING STILL EXISTS. *JB