BUICK Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY COULD NOT BE INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TUMBLES IN THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,485.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED WITHIN A FEW HOURS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT HE COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD READ INACCURATELY, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V110000 (SUSPENSION:REAR) RECALL, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER ALSO REPAIRED THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE AND THE EMISSION CONTROL VALVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR TO THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

2011 BUICK REGAL. CONSUMER STATES ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE STALLED *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RESTART. THE LAST TWO INSTANCES, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE ECM AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP ON JULY 22, 2011. HOWEVER, THE STALLING CONTINUED WELL INTO THE NEXT MONTH. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE BRAKES UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING NORMALLY. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

FUEL GAUGE WILL DROP TO EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WILL COME ON, THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WILL SOUND AN AUDIBLE ALERT AND WILL SHOW LOW FUEL INDICATOR. WHEN YOU HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS IT WILL SHOW A FULL TANK AND STAY THERE UNTIL YOU USE ABOUT 1/8TH OF A TANK AND THEN THE FUEL GAUGE START MALFUNCTIONING. SOME TIMES THE FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW FULL AND SOME TIMES IT WILL SHOW EMPTY AND ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES WILL ACTIVATE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND THEY TOLD ME GM WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT GM WOULD PAY 1/2 OF THE REPAIR COSTS WHICH ARE ABOUT $145.00 AND THE VEHICLE OWNER WOULD PAY THE OTHER 1/2 OF THE COSTS. IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 2 HOURS TO REPAIR. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY GM. *TR

2000 BUICK CENTURY. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH ABS CONTROL MODULE BRAKING SYSTEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE 1999 MODEL FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM. ON OCTOBER 23,2007, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND A TROUBLE CODE OF C1218 APPEARED. THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AND THE HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM WAS PURGED AND FLUSHED AND THE CODE WAS CLEARED. THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2007 INTERMITTENTLY, AT THAT TIME A CODE CAME UP AS B0041. THE ABS COMPUTER MODULE WAS REPLACED AND THE HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM WAS PURGED AND FLUSHED AGAIN. IN JULY 2010, THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN, BUT INTERMITTENTLY AND AS OF AUGUST 2011, IT IS ON ALL THE TIME. THE MECHANIC RECEIVED A CODE OF C1218 AGAIN. *JB

HI, THERE WAS NO INCIDENT, BUT I DID CALLED GM ABOUT THE FOLLOWING AND THEIR RESPONSES, THERE WAS NO "U.S. POWERMASTER RECALL" ON MY VEHICLE. CAN YOU PLEASE RESEARCH THIS LINK (HTTP://WWW.GNTTYPE.ORG/TECHAREA/BRAKES/USRECALL.HTML) AND SEE IF MY VIN # I ADDED IS INCLUDED IN THE POWERMASTER RECALL? THANK YOU *TR

I HAVE A 1998 BUICK LESABRE. THE CAR STOPPED WHEN IT WAS PULLED INTO THE GARAGE AND WHEN I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, IT MADE A SCREECHING SOUND. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE STARTER "EXPLODED" BECAUSE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE PLENEUM INTO THE CYLINDERS AND STARTER. THE MECHANIC ADVISED IT WOULD COST OVER $800.00 TO REPAIR. *TR

VERY HARD TRANSMISSION SHIFTING RETURNING FROM A LONG-DISTANCE TRIP / "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. MECHANIC REPORTS DTC P1811 ERROR CODE AS WELL AS OTHER ERROR CODES. MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH TCC SOLENOID AND PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID TO RESOLVE SHIFTING PROBLEM. *TR