BUICK Complaints

AIR CONDITION DIRVER SIDE COOL PASSENGER AND BACK WARM. TOOK CAR TO INTEGRITY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP THEY SAID A/C CONDENSER LEAKING FOUND LEAK FROM REAR AUX. CONDENSER.FOLLOWED PIP16_NA-046. REMOVED AND REPLACED REAR A/C CONDENSER AND BLOWER MOTOR ASSEMBLY. CLEANED CASE AS NEEDED,EVAC & RECHARGED SYSTEM & ADDED DIE AND 134-A AS NEEDED COST $567 9996 STANDARD 67 CPC

WHILE MERGING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. IT LOST POWER AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS WARNING OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WITH LITTLE ROOM TO MERGE, I ATTEMPTED TO SPEED UP WITH TRAFFIC WHEN IT FAILED. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER AND LIMP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN SECOND GEAR UNTIL THE NEXT EXIT WITH CARS FLYING BY AT 70-80 MPH. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE "WAVE PLATE" IN THE TRANSMISSION COMING APART ACCORDING TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY ALSO SAID THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. BUICK KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS LISTED IN 2007-2009 RECALLS BUT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING FOR 2011 MODELS. THERE IS ALSO A PIA BULLETIN PI0780A FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND MODEL YEAR. GM REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL FORUMS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IT GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED.

MY 2009 BUICK LUCERNE WOULDN'T START..THOUGHT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP HAD IT CHECKED OUT..THE FUEL PUMP WAS GOOD SO WE CHECK THE RELAY FUSE AND IT WAS BURNT OUT. I PUT A NEW RELAY FUSE IN AND DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON..SO WE RECHECKED THE RELAY FUSE AND IT WAS BURNT OUT AGAIN..THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE RELAY AND FUSE BOX.THIS COULD START A FIRE..I HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN I NEED MY CAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME I NEED IT SAFE..I LOOKED ONLINE AND ABOUT 10 OR MORE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM..PLEASE RECALL THESE PARTS..

THE LEFT REAR DOOR LOCK DOES NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK UNLESS DONE SO MANUALLY. THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR DOES NOT WORK.

LAST NITE, 9:30 PM WE CAME OUT OF PUBLIX PARKING LOT DOING AN EASY LEFT. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, ALL LIGHTS LIT UP ON DASH AND CENTER CONSOLE LIT UP SAYING "LOWER DRIVER WINDOW.." FOLLOWED BY "LOWER PASSENGER WINDOW"!! WE COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK THEN IT STARTED AND WE GOT HOME. THIS MORNING, A EASY RIGHT ONTO HIGHWAY AND LOCKS OPENED AND CLOSED BY THEMSELVES AT ABOUT 30 MPH! DURING THE HWY DRIVE, AT 75MPH CAR STUTTERS, ENGINE WHINES THEN CATCHES ITSELF, ALL DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT BLINKS 3 TIMES THEN GOES OUT! WHAT THE HE**.. COULD HAVE DIED!

GAS ,PUMP AND RELAY STOPPED WORKING . REPLACED PUMP THREE TIMES, PUMP RELAY ONCE. CAR WILL NOT START AGAIN. ANOTHER PUMP . NUMBER 4.CALLED GM CHECKED ON RECALL NOTHING .THIS ALL WITHIN A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

A/C NEVER BLOWS COLD. ONLY HEAT, THE DEFOGGER DOESNT WORK PROPERLY AS A RESULT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK REGAL. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING SENSOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE LOCAL DEALER (NEW MEADOW MOTORS LOCATED AT 390 STATE RD, WEST BATH, ME) AND WAS REFERRED TO A CONTRACTOR FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS JUST A SENSOR, WHICH DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED NOT TO PLACE HER PURSE ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT LOCATED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V417000 (AIR BAGS), BUT WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

12-1-10 86587M, BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. 1-21-15 119486M, RIGHT FRONT OUTER TIE ROD REPLACED.