BUICK Complaints

SITTING IN CAR WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND IN PARK THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STARTS BLINKING AND THE AUTO DOOR LOCKS STARTS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING BY THEMSELVES. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME JUST ONCE IN A WHILE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHED THE ODOMETER MILEAGE OF 99,999, IT FAILED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 106,000.

IF SOMEONE SITS IN THE FRONT SEAT THEN SNAPS SEAT BELT THEN GETS OUT OF CAR THE SEAT BELT LITE STAYS ON AS IF THE WEIGHT IS OFF.

67K, POWER STEERING LEAKING, DIFFICULTY TO STEER; 72K, ENGINE TORQUE STRUT MOUNTS TORN, VIBRATES WHEN MOVING; 77K, ENGINE OIL LEAKING, VALVE COVER GASKET, STATIONARY; 77K, ENGINE OIL LEAKING, FRONT TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET, STATIONARY; 78K, HARD TO START CRANK SENSOR, STATIONARY; 79K, WONT START, STARTER MOTOR, STATIONARY; 79K, TRUNK LEAKING WHEN RAINS, TAIL LIGHT PANEL SEAMS AND INTERNAL BUMPER SEAM HOLES, SPARE TIRE WHEEL WELL FILLED WITH WATER, STATIONARY; ENGINE OIL LEAKS, GASKETS, AND ENGINE MOUNTS, MOST LIKELY RELATED; ALL ISSUES ARE POOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN, OR WORKMANSHIP!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START AND VARIOUS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RIZZA CADILLAC BUICK GMC (8425 159TH ST, TINLEY PARK, IL 60487) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE BACK SEAT HAD SUFFERED A SHORT AND MELTED. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF A FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FUSE BOX WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE CABIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY HAD OVERHEATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION SWITCH EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ROTATION, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LINWOOD BUICK DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE FUEL PUMP RELAY OVERHEATED AND MELTED. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE FUSE/RELAY ENCLOSURE MELTED. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE FUSE/RELAY ENCLOSURE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVER INFOTAINMENT CENTER HAS MANY ISSUES, REMAINS BLANK WHILE RADIO IS PLAYING AND CAN BE CONTROLLED BY STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS AND HVAC VIA EXTERNAL BUTTONS. ALSO BACKUP CAMERA INTERMITTENTLY JUMPS THE VIDEO FROM CAMERA BUT NOT THE CGI LINES. THIS MAKES YOU STOP DUE TO REFLEXES THINKING SOMETHING RAN OUT IN THE WAY OF BACKING UP. ON OCCASION THE DISPLAY HAS SHOWN SYSTEM ERROR AND ALSO HVAC CONTROL NOT OPERABLE. ALSO HAVE SEEN THE CGI DIRECTIONAL LINES NOT SHOW UP UNTIL PLACED IN FORWARD GEAR JUST BEFORE THE DISPLAY TURNS OFF THE CAMERA. DEALER AND BUICK HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SO THEY WILL NOT REPLACE ANY COMPONENTS YET THIS PROBLEM OCCURS DAILY BETWEEN TRIPS BUT CANNOT BE REPLICATED TO SHOW DEALER. WE HAVE VIDEOS OF THE PROBLEM AND PHOTOS OF THE ERROR MESSAGES. DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED THE SYSTEM MULTIPLE TIMES NO FIX YET. BUICK WAS OF ZERO HELP ON THIS LEMON OF A PROBLEM AND REMINDED US THE LEMON LAW DOES NOT APPLY TO ACCESSORIES SUCH AS THIS BACKUP CAMERA. LANE CHANGE AND COLLISION DETECTION ALSO HAVE ISSUES OF FALSE REPORTING BUT NO SOLUTION EITHER. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SYSTEM AS IT IS FLAWED AND NO HELP FROM BUICK OR DEALER. DEALER ACTUALLY SUGGEST TAKING THE ISSUE TO ANOTHER DEALER - WOW VERY NICE AFTER SALE SUPPORT.

WE WERE DRIVING AND HEARD IT MISSING AND IT STARTED OVERHEATING, SO WE PUT MORE WATER IN AND DECIDED TO COME HOME. SO WHEN WE TURNED AROUND IT DIED 2X THEN THE CYLINDERS LOCKED UP AND IT WOULDNT START. WHEN WE GOT HOME MY HUSBAND FOUND WATER IN THE INTAKE AND THE OIL. SO WE REPLACED THE INTAKE GASKET AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND IT DID IT AGAIN, BUT THEN IT MADE A LOUD NOISE AND WE FOUND THAT THE BAR CONNECTION THE PISTON TO THE CRANK SHAFT BUSTED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 103,K MILES ON IT.. DONT UNDERSTAND HOW ITS EVEN POSSIBLE. THE ONLY OTHER PERSON THAT OWNED IT WAS AN OLD GUY. WE ONLY PUT 300MILES ON IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED.