BUICK Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH WHEN HE A DEER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. UPDATED 01/24/11 *BF THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRAIN HIM PROPERLY AND HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. UPDATED 02/03/11

BATTERY EXPLODED WHEN IGNITION WAS TURNED ON. ORIGINAL BATTERY WHEN THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN 2004. WENT BACK TO CAR DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. NEED TO KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. HAVE NOT GOT A STRAIGHT ANSWER. ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CHECKED OUT GOOD WHEN THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY. BATTERY IS UNDER BACK SEAT AND I'M CONCERNED WHEN I DRIVE MY GRANDCHILDREN. DO NOT KNOW THE MAKE OF THE ORIGINAL BATTERY NOR THE NEW BATTERY THAT WAS INSTALLED. JUST LOOKING FOR SOME ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY BACKFIRED AND WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND REFERENCED RECALL 96V116000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM) BUT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 146,874.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. ON ONE OCCASION, WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO COULD PROVIDE NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES BUT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,591.

TURNING ON THE NIGHT LIGHTS IS NOT TURNING ON THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE BACK OF THE CAR. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, EMERGENCY AND THE SIGNALS ARE WORKING FINE. *TR

PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR MODULE FAILURE/INTERMITTENT IN 2005 BUICK LACROSSE CX. *TR

ENGINE WOULD NOT IDLE BELOW 3000 RPM, AND ONCE ALMOST 4500 RPM CAUSING EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE, HAD TO ACTUALLY PUT AUTO IN NEUTRAL AT STOPLIGHTS. THIS CONDITION WOULD OCCUR AT RANDOM TIMES, SOMETIMES IT WOULD SEEM TO OCCUR 5 OR 6 TIMES IN A ROW, AND THEN SOMETIMES IT WOULD ACT NORMAL WHEN ENGINE WAS STARTED AGAIN. UNLIKE THE IDIOTS IN THE TOYOTA'S I DID PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, HOWEVER THERE ARE APPARENTLY A LOT OF DRIVERS THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SEVERE PROBLEM FOR. THIS CONDITION STARTED MAY 24, ( I REMEMBER BECAUSE IT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING TO MY BIRTHDAY DINNER) 2010 ONLY OCCURRING ONCE IN A WHILE, UNTIL ENGINE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED, THEN BY SEPT IT WAS EVERY WEEK. I HAD IT CHECKED AT THE DEALER ON 10/5/10 AND THEY ORDERED A THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND INSTALLED IT ON 10/11/10. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BEEN A SAFETY RECALL, AND FUNNY THIS KIND OF PROBLEM WAS NEVER MENTIONED AS A POSSIBILITY DURING THE BIG TOYOTA SCANDAL. THE AUTOMOBILE IS A 2004 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CXL WITH A 3400 CC ENGINE. WITH 57,000 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. *TR

ON SEPT.21, 2010, WHILE DRIVING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL. I PULLED OUT INTO THE HIGHWAY WHERE MY 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS STALLED OUT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SOON CAME ON. ON SEPT.22, 2010 I TOOK MY RENDEZVOUS TO THE BUICK SHOP WHERE THEY SCANNED FOR CODES THAT CAME BACK AS THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAULTY. A NEW SENSOR WAS INSTALLED AND CODES CLEARED ON SEPT.23, 2010. ON SEPT.23, 2010 MY RENDEZVOUS STALLED AGAIN AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SOON CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. ON SEPT.24, 2010 I RETURNED MY RENDEZVOUS TO THE DEALER, THEY SCANNED FOR CODES AND THE CODES CAME BACK AS THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAULTY AGAIN. AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE PART #15306175 A CONNECTOR AND PART #15832816 F-HARNESS ON THE RENDEZVOUS HAD A SHORT GROUND AND MELTED WIRES. PART #15306175 CONNECTOR IS AN EGR POWER VALVE SOLENOID CONNECTOR AND PART #15832816 F-HARNESS IS THE HARNESS ASM-ENG WIRES. THE HARNESS IN QUESTION WAS SITTING ON THE TOP OF THE BATTERY BECAUSE OF A FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF ENGINE WIRING AND WHERE THE WIRE IS MADE TO HOOK ON THE ENGINE BELT COVER. THIS CAUSED THE WIRE HARNESS TO BE COVERED IN BATTERY ACID AND CORRODE AND MELT THE WIRES. MY 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS HAD 68,847 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THIS PROBLEM STARTED WITH A REPAIR COST OF $330.64 FOR THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAULTY CODE WHICH REALLY WAS NOT THE PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH TO THE COST OF $1,113.95 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS BEING FLAWED. BECAUSE THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CAN AND COULD BE PREVENTED. I HAVE CHECKED OUT OTHER BUICK RENDEZVOUS ON SALE AND OWNED BY OTHERS IN MY AREA AND THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING ON THESE VEHICLES. THE ELECTRICAL SHORT AND MELTING OF THE WIRES COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY OR OTHER'S ON THE ROAD. *TR

2005 BUICK LESABRE WITH 42,330 MILES WENT INTO THE REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED. ONCE THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED, THE MECHANIC TOOK THE CAR FROM THE REPAIR BAY ONTO THE PARKING LOT TO CHECK THE INTEGRITY OF THE BRAKES. THE MECHANIC APPLIED A HARD BRAKING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINE WHICH GOES ACROSS THE REAR OF THE CAR FROM WHEEL TO WHEEL HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THIS BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE FROM WHEEL TO WHEEL. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN BLED AND BRAKE FLUID REPLACED. THE CAR WAS CHECKED AGAIN AND WAS FOUND TO BE DRIVABLE. *TR

2010 BUICK LACROSSE - SLOW, DELAYED, HESITATION RESPONSE DURING VARIOUS ACCELERATING DRIVING TIMES. *TR