BUICK Complaints

I HAVE A 2003 BUICK LESABRE THAT THE DASH HAS COME UNGLUED AND HAS BUCKLED UP HALF WAY ACROSS THE DASHBOARD. THE DASH IS MAINLY AFFECTED IN THE AREA INFRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL, BUT IS GETTING WORSE AND SPREADING TOWARDS THE CENTER AND PASSENGER SIDE. I'M REALLY SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR. SO AFRAID THE AIRBAGS MAY NOT WORK CORRECTLY IN AN EMERGENCY, OR EVEN WORSE, THAT THE AIRBAGS GO OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON! I HAVE FRIENDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS AN INTERNET LINK WITH A BUICK LESABRE FORUM WHERE MANY OTHER DISSATISFIED LESABRE OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM. THEREFORE, I KNOW MINE IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR. THEY TOLD ME GM WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. AN ESTIMATE OF $525.49 WAS GIVEN JUST FOR A NEW UPPER DASH. THIS DID NOT INCLUDE LABOR. PLEASE HELP!!! *TR

I WAS PARKED ON A HILL FACING UP WARDS. I MADE A U TURN IN THE STREET TO GO DOWN THE HILL AS I ALWAYS DO. AS I APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN I LOST ALL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WENT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN BUT NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A VERY SLOW STOP. WHILE I CONTINUED DRIVING TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND NOW THE "LOW BRAKE FLUID" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WARNING CHIMES WERE RINGING CONSTANTLY. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID HITTING HOT ENGINE COMPONENTS CAUSING THE SMOKE. I COULD SEE BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING UNDER THE VEHICLE TOO BUT UNDER THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE LINE AND SAID THAT THE LINE RUNS UP TO THE FIRE WALL BEHIND THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO WORK ON IT. "REAL NICE". I HAVE TO FIND A SHOP WHO IS COMPETENT TO DO THIS JOB. I WOULD HAVE NO DOUBT BEEN IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD I BEEN ON THE FREEWAY WHILE THIS HAPPENED. FROM READING SOME OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES ONLINE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. APPARENTLY ALL THESE BRAKE LINES RUN UP TO THE FIRE WALL WHERE INSTALLATION HOLDS MOISTURE AND CAUSES FAILURE. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE. IF THE LINE WASN'T IN OR CLOSE TO INSULATION THIS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. *TR *KB

MY SON WAS ON HIS WAY TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER ON THE 16, OF SEPTEMBER, 2011 AND AS HE WAS DRIVING THE CAR SHUT OFF. THANKFULLY HE WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 35 BUT HAD IT BEEN ELSEWHERE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE CAR CUT OFF HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND MADE IT HOME AFTER PICKING UP HIS SISTER. EVER SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TURN MY CAR ON. I ASKED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I SHOULD INSERT THE KEY TURN IT ON WAIT A MINUTE AND THEN TURN KEY OFF. WAIT 10 MINUTES AND TRY TO START MY CAR. I DID JUST THAT AND MY CAR IS NOT GOING ON AT ALL. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS IT THAT I SHOULD DO NEXT? VERY FRUSTRATED I NEED MY CAR FOR WORK. *TT

I BOUGHT THIS CAR MAY 2010 FROM GREGORY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP IN NEW CASTLE DE. I IMMEDIATELY HAD A PROPBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER THE DAY I BOUGHT IT, TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WASNT A BIG DEAL, THIS PROBLEM WAS COVERED BY BY WARRANTY AND I WOULD JUST NEED TO PAY A $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL BUICK DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY I BOUGHT FROM THE DEALER AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIRS. MY NEXT ISSUE IS THE GAS GAUGE STARTED TO MESS UP; WRONG READINGS AND GAS LEVELS LEFT ME OUT OF GAS AND VERY UPSET. I WILL BE TAKING THIS BACK TO BUICK TO SEE IF I AM AT ALL ELIGIBLE TO RECIEVE RECALL BENEFITS OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THE AMOUNT TO FIX THESE ISSUES ARE GREATER THAN I CAN AFFORD WITHIN THE YEAR AND SOME CHANGE OF OWNING THE VEH. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY I DID RESEARCH AND DO A CARFAX ON THE CAR AND IT CAME BACK WITH ACCURATE MILEAGE, ONE OWNER AND NO ACCIDENTS AND I JUMPED ON IT, ONLY TO HAVE A NICE CAR WITHOUT A WORKING SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE. I THOUGHT BUICKS WERE GOOD SOLID CARS...... *TT

FUEL GAUGE HAS BEEN GROSSLY INACCURATE SINCE ABOUT THE FALL OF 2009. WE ARE NEVER SURE IF WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND BE STRANDED. MY WIFE IS AN REGISTERED NURSE WHO'S WORKED NIGHTS AND GETTING OFF AT 2:00 A.M. AND RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON THE FREEWAY COULD POTENTIALLY PUT HER LIFE IN DANGER, NOT TO MENTION HAVING TO LOOK FOR GAS IN CRIME RIDDLED NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE ALREADY, WHERE THE GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK BUT WAS IN FACT EMPTY, AND CAUSED A STALL. FORTUNATELY THIS WAS DURING THE DAYTIME ON A LIGHTLY TRAVELED RURAL ROAD ALTHOUGH WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. VERY DANGEROUS. 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CXL AWD. *TT

THIS CAR BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF FRONT END WOBBLE A FEW MONTHS AGO. THIS MEANS IT FEELS LIKE THE WHEELS SHAKE FROM SIDE TO SIDE MOSTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 30 TO 45 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ABOUT A MONTH AGO BUT HE SAID HE ONLY FELT IT ONE TIME WHILE DRIVING IT SEVERAL BLOCKS AROUND THE DEALERSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE IMMEDIATELY AFTER I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY BALANCED THE BRIDGESTONE TIRES AND THE WOBBLE SEEMED TO BE LESSENED. I THEN TOOK IT HOME AND REPLACED THE REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AS THEY SEEMS TO VIBRATE WHEN WE PUT THE PARKING BRAKE ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS SEEMED TO HELP SMOOTH IT OUT AT THE TIME. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR SO SHE DRIVES IT AND IN LESS THAN A MONTH SHE SAID IT IS WOBBLING AGAIN. I DROVE IT AGAIN TONIGHT AND IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN BEFORE SO I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS SUSPENSION. THIS CAR HAS BEEN UNDER A WARRANTY FROM WARRANTY WAREHOUSE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AND WE HAVE HAD SOME REPAIRS MADE AT THE DEALER AND EACH TIME WE ASK THEM TO CHECK THE FRONT END AS IT MADE GRINDING NOISES AND NEVER SEEMED TO HANDLE AS IT SHOULD. EACH TIME THE DEALER SAID IT WAS OK. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY REPORTS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING FRONT END ISSUES WITH BUICK LESABRES. WE ALSO HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND IT HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE IT WAS REPAIRED. WE HAVE HAD IT BACK FOR THIS ISSUE AT LEAST THREE TIMES. UPDATED 10/4/11 *CN UPDATED 10/31/11 *BF *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS CON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD FAIL SPORADICALLY, CAUSING LIMITED VISUALIZATION OF THE GAUGES WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

DASH BOARD SEPARATION. THE DASH BOARD IS BUCKLED AND SEPARATING IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS AREA, AND IS STARTING TO SEPARATE IN FRONT OF PASSENGER SEAT, JUST ABOVE TRIM ABOVE GLOVE BOX. FRONT OF DASHBOARD IS RAISING, NEARING LINE OF SIGHT. *KB

PURCHASED A 2007 BUICK TERRAZA IN 2008 WITH 10000 MILES ON IT. ONE OWNER. NOW I KNOW WHY. I AM ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT TRIES TO FIX MY PROBLEMS. THE POWER SLIDING DOORS ARE UNSAFE AND A NIGHTMARE. HAVE STOOD IN POORING RAIN,FREEZING TEMPS,AND SNOW TRYING TO GET A DOOR TO CLOSE. HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES WHICH ISN'T MUCH FUN WITH 4 KIDS AND 4 CARSEATS.HAVE BEEN STUCK ALONG HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES WITH A DOOR THAT WONT CLOSE.NOT SAFE!!!!!! I AM ALSO ON MY 3RD OR 4TH RADIO IN THIS VAN. EVERYTIME IT GOES OUT THE DVD PLAYER WONT WORK SO I HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK AGAIN TO HAVE THIS FIXED.TIME IS WAY PAST DUE FOR A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE LOOKING FOR A SLIGHTLY USED VEHICLE I HAVE A 2007 TERRAZA FOR SALE...LOL. *KB

DASH MAT SEPARATION BULGE IN FRONT OF STEERING WHEEL MOVING TOWARD PASS AIRBAG. *KB