BUICK Complaints

THE GEAR SHIFT CONSOLE IS COMING APART. UNABLE TO DRIVE. WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE THE CAR I NOTICED THE GEAR SHIFT BUTTON/LATCH FELL OFF. WAS UNABLE TO PUT IT BACK, HAD TO TAPE IT BACK ON UNTIL IT GOT TOWED.

MOTOR MOUNT BROKE POTENTIALLY CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OR MORE. UNKNOWN WHEN IT BROKE, WAS NOTICED IN ROUTINE CHECK. REAR AC AND FRONT AC HAVE BOTH QUIT WORKING PROPERLY TWICE IN 2 YEARS: 1ST IN 2018 AND AGAIN JULY 2020. REAR OF VEHICLE ABOVE WHEEL WELL KEEPS SEPARATING FROM VEHICLE FOR UNKNOWN REASONS.

THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT, I WAS STARTING TO GO FROM SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND IT JUST SHUT ITSELF OFF! I'VE JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR AND ALREADY IT'S A HUNK OF JUNK. ALSO THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY WATER ENTERING THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT IS RIDICULOUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT'S JUST A BAD DESIGN. THE AC FAN MOTOR LOCATED ABOVE THE PASSENGER FLOOR FILLS WITH WATER AND RUINS THE MOTOR. THE CAR SHUT OFF TODAY BECAUSE OF SHODDY SOLDERING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS HEADLAMP HOUSINGS CONSTANTLY FILLED UP WITH CONDENSATION CAUSING THE BULBS TO FAIL PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE BALLASTS AND BULBS WERE REPLACED AND THE HEADLAMP HOUSINGS RESEALED. MCGUIRE BUICK GMC (1625 US-46, LITTLE FALLS, NJ 07424 (973)200-6699) WAS CONTACTED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE OF $3,000 TO REPLACE THE HEADLAMPS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS FILLED WITH MOISTURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT MOISTURE IN THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING MAY CAUSE THE HEADLIGHT TO BECOME INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. KARP BUICK (400 SUNRISE HWY, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 11570, 515-665-1739) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE BUT PROVIDED NO REPAIR ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,500.

IF THE VEHICLE DETECTS A TURBO UNDER BOOST CONDITION, ENGINE POWER IS IMMEDIATELY REDUCED (LIMP MODE) WITH NO INDICATOR LIGHT OR WARNING TO THE DRIVER. THIS HAPPENED ON A MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY, I DID NOT KNOW THE VEHICLE WAS IN LIMP MODE AND AS I ACCELERATED INTO TRAFFIC I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A TRUCK FROM BEHIND. I LEARNED THROUGH EXPERIENCE, IF NO TURBO BOOST ERROR OCCURS DURING THE NEXT DRIVE CYCLE, (IE COMING HOME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ROAD) THE PENDING CODE IS CLEARED AND THE SAME CONDITION CAN HAPPEN AGAIN, AGAIN WITHOUT SETTING A CEL.

MY DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL NOT LIGHT UP ORANGE FOR A SIGNAL. THE DEALERSHIP BUT A NEW LIGHT ON THE ENCORE AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR HOW TO FIX IT. THE LIGHT WORKS FINE EXCEPT THE TOP LIGHT THAT LOOKS LIKE AN UPSIDE DOWN CHECK MARK WILL NOT LIGHT UP ORANGE FOR THE SIGNAL.

UPON BRINGING MY CAR IN FOR A P10011 CODE (THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON), THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN ON MY CAR WAS STRETCHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT COST OVER $1900 TO FIX.

CAR WAS SOLD TO ME IN 2018. FIRST DAY DRIVING AFTER PURCHASE, OVERHEATED AFTER GOING MAYBE A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS REPLACED. HEAD GASKET, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, RADIATOR FLUSHED/FILLED, MOTOR MOUNT AND LEFT STRANDED SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO THIS ISSUE. TWICE HAVING TO WALK IN THE WINTER WITH MY DAUGHTER. VEHICLE OVERHEATS IN MOTION, STATIONARY AND REGARDLESS OF CITY OR HIGHWAY.

THE TIMING CHANGE IS LEAKING IT WAS FIXED BACK IN 2019 IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A YEAR NOW SINCE I HAD IT AND IT'S LEAKING AGAIN I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I NOTICED A SMELL LIKE OIL BURNING AND WHEN I PARK THE VEHICLE IT STARTED LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THE TIMEING CHANGE IS HOUSED