BUICK Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECURITY AND ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRACKET MODULE AND COALS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 137,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 BUICK REGAL. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH HEADLAMPS GOING DARK WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT FORCING ME TO USE MY HIGH BEAMS. DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS APPEAR TO WORK ALTHOUGH I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NOTICE IF THEY GO DARK DURING THE DAY. I UNDERSTAND GM HAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WANT TO KNOW IF MY VEHICLE QUALIFIES. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICE FROM GM ALTHOUGH I READ THEY HAVE STARTED TO SEND NOTICES OUT IN MAY 2016.

WELL FOR STARTERS THE CAR HAS 131,000 MILES ON IT AND CLEAN INTERIOR. BUT....THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT INCLINE DOESN'T WORK, THE BLEND BOX OR AN ACTUATOR IS BAD, THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK, AND THE AC COMPRESSOR IS LOCKED UP. BUT.... THE WORST PART IS THE OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE FRONT VALVE COVER. IT IS SPILLING OUT ON MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND SMOKES BADLY. I JUST READ GM HAS A RECALL ON ALL THE L67 3.8L SUPERCHARGED MOTORS IN GRAND PRIX AND REGALS AMONGST OTHER MODELS WITH THE 3.8L BUT NOT THE RIVIERAS. CAN THE RIV GET SOME LOVE TOO. I LIKE THE CAR BUT ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND A HIGHWAY SHUDDER AT 65-73.....👎👎😢😢👎👎👎😩😩😩😩😩

WHILE DRIVING, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY DASHBOARD / RADIO WENT COMPLETELY OUT...ONLY FOR A FEW BRIEF SECONDS, BUT THAT HAS ME CONCERNED NOW SEEING A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED RE SIMILAR ISSUE,

AT APPROXIMATELY 157800 MILES, DRIVERS' SIDE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK BECAME INOPERABLE, UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE WITH MANUAL CONTROLS, UNABLE TO UNLOCK DOOR WITH REMOTE AND UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR WITH KEY FROM OUTSIDE. CANNOT OPEN DOOR TO EFFECT REPAIRS AS DISCOVERED ONLINE (YTUBE) AS INSIDE PANEL MUST BE REMOVED WITH DOOR OPEN. MUST MAKE ENTRY FROM PASSENGER SIDE. IF PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK FREEZES OR IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS ON PASSENGER SIDE WOULD BE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. AND NOW THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS DONE THE SAME AND CANNOT BE OPENED OR UNLOCKED. OBVIOUSLY THE CAR IS STATIONARY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN OR UNLOCK THE DOORS.

TWO KUMHO TIRES WERE INSTALLED IN AUGUST 2015 AT 178,000 MILES. IN AUGUST OF 2016 AT 190,000 MILES VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. RETURNED TO TIRE DEALER AND WAS TOLD ONE OF THE TIRE WAS SEPARATING AND NEEDED REPLACED. TIRES HAVE 12,000 MILES ON THEM. NO REASON TO BELIEVE THE OTHER ONE WILL NOT DO THE SAME THING. MADE IN CHINA.

THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FOR 45 MINUTES ON TWO-LANE PAVED COUNTRY ROADS. I DROVE THE FIRST 15 MINUTES, WITH ONE OF MY SONS DRIVING THE OTHER 30 MINUTES WHILE I WAS A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. WE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SWITCHED DRIVERS SO ANOTHER SON COULD BEGIN A DRIVING LESSON WITH ME. WHEN HE BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE HE SAID THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT FEEL RIGHT AND NOTICED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS STEAM COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I TOLD HIM TO PULL BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE AND RELEASE THE HOOD SO I COULD CHECK FOR AN OVERHEATING ENGINE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS IN THE CENTER OF THE VISIBLE RANGE. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD I SAW A SIX-INCH WIDE AREA OF FLAMES TO THE RIGHT OF THE ALTERNATOR. I TOLD MY SONS TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND ASKED ONE OF THEM TO CALL 911 ON HIS CELLPHONE AND THE OTHER TO GO TO THE NEAREST BUILDING, ABOUT 75 YARDS AWAY, AND LOOK FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. IN THE MEANTIME, I OPENED THE REAR VEHICLE HATCH TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING I COULD USE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. FINDING NOTHING USEFUL, I RAN TO THE BUILDING MY FIRST SON HAD APPROACHED FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND FOUND HIM INSIDE THE OUTER DOOR OF A LOCKED LOBBY AREA. WE BOTH RAN TO THE NEXT BUILDING ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY WHERE WE LOCATED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE. I ESTIMATE THIS TOOK LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE THE FLAMES WERE ABOUT TWELVE INCHES WIDE, STILL ONLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE ALTERNATOR. I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY PUT OUT THE FIRE, BUT HAD TO AIM MUCH DEEPER INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THAN THE VISIBLE FLAME AREA TO STOP ALL FLAMES. WHEN THE DEALER LATER CHECKED THE VEHICLE I WAS TOLD IT APPEARED THAT A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE HAD SPRAYED BRAKE FLUID ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND STARTED THE FIRE. THERE HAD BEEN NO PRIOR LEAKS OR BRAKE ISSUES OBSERVED.

VEHICLE CUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. LOSS ALL CONTROL WHILE TURNING A CORNER IN TOWN

CPSC:2014 BUCK REGAL:HAND HELD REMOTE GARAGE OPENER : CONSUMER STATED THE HAND HELD REMOTE SHOULD ONLY OPERATE WHILE ENGINE IS ON, NOT OFF. *SS UPDATED 03/29/2017 *JS