BUICK Complaints

THE VEHICLE'S THROTTLE APPARENTLY BECOMES STUCK OPEN, WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO STOP. IT HAS OCCURRED WHILE THE CAR IS IN PARK OR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP ON CITY STREETS OR WHEN ACCELERATING ON AN INTERSTATE RAMP.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70MPH AND CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND DASH BOARD WENT HAYWIRE BRAKES LOCKED AND SERVICE STABILIKTRACK SYSTEM AND ABS ASSIST WARNINGS AND IT SMELLED LIKE MY CAR WAS ON FIRE BRAKES LOCKED STEERING AND LOST POWER TOTALLY SHUT DOWN GLAD SOMEONE WAS IN CAR TO HELP ME STEER TO SIDE OF ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC HAD TO HAVE TOWED AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BEFORE APPARENTLY GM DIDNT GET IT RIGHT I COULD HAVE DIED AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO REPAIR PROBLEM SINCE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD IT DONE BEFORE I PURCHASED IT AND THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS HAVING SAME ISSUES AGAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 BUICK VERANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTED SO HARD THAT THE VEHICLE JOLTED AND CAUSED THE FRONT PASSENGER TO STRIKE THE DASHBOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (HIRNING BUICK GMC, POCATELLO, ID, 208-232-8900) WHERE A ROAD TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER (WACKERLI BUICK, IDAHO FALLS, ID, 208-522-606) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SENSORS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,500.

THE ANTI BRAKE LOCKING SYSTEM IS BECOMING ACTIVE WHEN DRIVING WITH UNBEARABLE SQUEAKING HAD BRAKES AND ROTORS LOOKED AT AND THEY ARE GOOD

SUNROOFS HAS BEEN LEAKING SINCE WE BOUGHT IT AND NOW ALL THE ELECTRICAL STUFF IS GOING BAD. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD. NO ONE WILL HELP

CAR SHUDDERS AND HAS PROBLEMS ACCELERATING WHEN GEARS SHIFTS. DIAGNOSIS=REPLACE BANK 1 CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR WORN TIMING CHAINS, REPLACE ALL SPARK PLUGS AND 3 IGNITION COILS AGAIN. (PERFORMED PFI SYSTEM DIA TEST. CODES FIRED P0017 AND P0300 STORED. CORRELATION AND MISFIRE COES).

PASSED MULTIINSPECTION TRANSMISSION DOES NOT NOT SHIFT FROM TOURING TO SPORT MODE UNDER POWER ALSO GEARSHIFT FEELS ELASTIC LIKE A RUBBER BAND. IN MANUAL MODE PULLS WITH GEAR CHANGE ON ITS OWN VIN NUMBER DOESN'T PULL SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON VEHICLE TRIM LEATHER/CSX/PREMIUM/BASE/HL HID OR HALOGEN 9012 CURRENT BULBS NO GOG LAMPS

HARD SHIFTING NOTED IN GEARS. CAR ACTS LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL WHEN IN REVERSE. BUICK DEALERSHIP SAYS THE WAVE PLATE IS DEFECT. OTHER 09 BUICK ENCLAVES ARE COVERED BY SPECIALTY POLICY. 14404 A. BUT NOT MY VIN VIN. SAME MAKE MODEL AND TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD BY GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE TO COMPLAIN HERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND RAN INTO FERRY FACILITY TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE WHETHER A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE REMNANT WAS TOWED AWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 170,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *BF *JS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN OUR LOCAL EXPRESSWAY WITH OUR CHILDREN AND THE TILT STEERING LOCKING LEVEL GAVE WAY AND MY STEERING WHEEL BECAME UNSTABLE, MOVING ABOUT. LOST CONTROL OF TILT AND TELESCOPIC LOCKING ON THE WHEEL.