BUICK Complaints

REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE WHEN HANDLES ARE ACTIVATED. IT WILL UNLOCK WITH FOB AND STEM AT DOOR BUT IS STUCK SHUT. APPEARS TO BE LOCKED ALL THE TIME. WOULD BE UNSAFE IF ONE WAS IN A EMERGENCY SITUATION. IT HAPPEN WHEN I STOPPED AND WAS TRYING TO EXIT. IT HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY DURING A STOP ON SHOULDER.

MY 2004 BUICK REGAL ALWAYS HAD OIL DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE CAR RAN BEAUTIFULLY FOR THE 1ST YEAR WITH REGULAR MAINTENCE. DURING A SNOW STORM I NOTICED OIL WAS LEAKING WORSE AND STARTING TO SMELL AND SMOKE. IMMEDIATELY I TOOK IT TO GET REPAIRED. AT THIS SERVICE THE OIL SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH SOMEOTHER MAINTENCE ON THE FUEL INJECTORS I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT OIL WAS DRIPPING FROM MY ENGINE GASKETS AND CAUSING THE SMELL. HE INFORMED ME THAT IT WASNT A PROBLEM FOR NOW AND ILL BE OK. MONTHS LATER I NOTICED THE CAR RUNNING AND IDLING ROUGH WHILE PARKED AND ACCELERATING. AFTER INSPECTION I NOTICED OIL AGAIN FROM OIL SENDING UNIT LEAKING AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE OFF THE TEMP GAUGE WAS AT HOT AFTER MAYBE 5 MILES MOST. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND BROUGHT IT FOR REPAIRS. AT THIS TIME I WAS INFORMED I HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. HE RATTLED OFF MANY THINGS WRONG MAINLY MY VALVE COVER GASKETS AND INTAKE GASKETS AND SUPERCHARGE GASKETS ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH NO CHOICE I HAD IT REPAIRED. FROM THAT DAY MY CAR NEVER RAN RIGHT AGAIN. THE GASKETS STILL LEAKED AND THE ENGINE HAS A REALLY LOUD NOISE WHILE STARTED. FINALLY IVE PARKED IT AND USE MY OTHER CAR FOR NOW. I HAVE RECIEPTS FOR ALL OF THIS AND STILL MY CAR NEEDS REPAIRS. IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SOLUTION FOR THIS IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT WITNESSED ENGINE OIL DRIPPING ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V755000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,374. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IT HAD WORKED FINE THE DAY PRIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS CRANKING AND CLEARLY HAD POWER BUT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I NOTICED THAT I COULD NOT HEAR THE FUEL PUMP PRIME WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED. LIKE MANY OTHERS, I FOUND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY TO BE CHARRED LIKE IT HAD BEEN BURNING. THE FUSE BLOCK WAS ALSO MELTED AT PIN 30. THIS IS SUCH A FIRE HAZARD BEING UNDER THE BACK SEAT, DEALING WITH THE FUEL PUMP, AND OVERHEATING LIKE IT DOES. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMONLY REPORTED PROBLEM AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. CURRENTLY WAITING ON PARTS TO REPLACE THE MELTED FUSE BLOCK AND THE RELAY.

TRIP CHECK SHOWED: FUEL LEAK UNDER ENGINE COVER, FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT OIL LEAKING FLUID, POWER STEERING LEAKING FLUID. AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE HORN WAS HIT HARD, AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES IT WENT OF, TECHNICIAN COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.

1999 BUICK REGAL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DEFECT AND REPAIR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER DID NOT STATE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. *JB THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE SENT IN A RECALL NOTICE, REGARDING THE ENGINE. UPDATED 04/12/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR OF FUMES EMITTING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VENT CONTROLS HAD BEEN USED FROM A/C TO HEAT. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT UPON THE WEATHER CHANGE WHEN THE HEAT WAS ACTIVATED, THE ODOR WAS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO DEALERS, WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A THIRD DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS AND THEY CHANGED AN AIR FILTER BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED WITH A RANDOM UNKNOWN STRONG ODOR, WHICH WAS AFFECTING THE CONTACTS EYES AND NOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

POWER STREERING PUMP WENT BAD HAD TO REPLACE AT 79,000 MILES ALSO UNDERSEAT FUSE BLOCK BURNED OUT FUEL PUMP RELAY STOPPED WORKING THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY. *JS