BUICK Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK CENTURY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT BULBS WERE POSITIONED TOO CLOSE TO THE PLASTIC COVER LENS CAUSING THE PLASTIC COVER TO FOG. THE FAILURE WOULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY OF THE ROADWAY AND THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE. THE DEALER ADVISED THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,617. UPDATED 12/21/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, THE ROTORS, TIRES AND SEAT BELTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 12/3/10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK CENTURY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING 35 MPH OR MORE, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD INDEPENDENTLY ACTIVATE AND WOULD CAUSE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SEIZE IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. HE WOULD THEN DEPRESS THE BRAKES AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD DEACTIVATE. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT COMMON IN HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

I HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH CAR STALLING AND WAITING 15 MINUTES OR SO AND IT WOULD START, WE CHANGED THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR AND NO PROBLEMS AS OF YET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, GASOLINE WOULD SPEW BACK OUT FROM THE FILLER TUBE AND ONTO THE CONTACT. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER WINDOW WAS ABNORMALLY SLOW IN OPENING AND WOULD SQUEAK. THE DRIVER SEAT HAS NO PADDING AND WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE WOULD HAVE TO TILT THE STEERING WHEEL UPWARD IN ORDER TO EXIT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,950. UPDATED 12/7/10 *CN THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE TRACTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DOOR LOCKS HAD TO REPAIRED. UPDATED EVOQ 03/01/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK LESABRE. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR PANEL AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE WINDOW WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

WINDOW FALLS INTO THE DOOR WITHOUT INPUT FROM DRIVER OR PASSENGER. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH BUICK LESABRE CARS AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM AS A DESIGN DEFECT. *TR

GAS PEDAL STICKS AT IDLE POSITION. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM IN NEUTRAL BUT IF IN DRIVE CAUSES A SUDDEN VEHICLE ACCELERATION. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE THEN DISCOED THAT THE FLOOR MAT WAS POSITIONED UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ON TOP OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE FLOOR MAT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

MY 2001 BUICK LASABRE, ALL FOUR POWER WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE FAILED IN A 2-3 YEAR TIME, VEHICLEEHAD 55,000 WHEN FAILURES OCCURRED, FAILURE WAS IN THE CONNECTION OF OF THE CABLE ATTACHMENT TO THE WINDOW LIFT REGULATOR. PLASTIC RETAINERS HAD SPLIT ALLOWING CABLE TO PULL LOOSE. WINDOWS CANNOT BE OPERATED WHEN FAILURE OCCURS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TIME, DASH PANEL LIGHTS GO OUT COMPLETELY OR ARE FAINT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR