BUICK Complaints

SET CRUISE CONTROL CAR TOOK OF WIDE OPEN WOULD NOT SHUT OFF HAD TO TURN KEY OFF TO GET IT TO STOP. *TR

SECOND TIME A POWER WINDOW HAS DROPPED WITHIN 4 MONTHS. FIRST WAS THE PASSENGER REAR IN JANUARY 2010, SECOND WAS FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW MAY 2010. SEEMS THE POWER WINDOW REGULATORS ARE RUNNING A METAL CABLE OVER A PLASTIC PULLEY WHEEL AND USING A PLASTIC SPOOL ON THE MOTOR. WHEN THE PLASTIC PULLEY WHEEL BREAKS THE CABLE MISALIGNS ON THE SPOOL AND THE WINDOW DROPS AND IS INOPERABLE. COSTS OF REPAIRS IS OVER $460.00 USD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING FAILED SUDDENLY. THE DEALER WAS ON THE WAY TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT IT AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 3,213. UPDATED 6/19/10 *CN UPDATED 07/2/10.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT DISPLAY THE PROPER SPEED THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 81,000.

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOORS, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. AFTER ABOUT AND HOUR, GOT THE DOOR CLOSED AND NOW THE DOOR ALARM STAYS ON. HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT LOOKED AT. AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE DOORS, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

SPEEDOMETER OFTEN READS THE WRONG SPEED, FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, SOMETIMES THE RPMS ARE ALSO OFF! HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER 6 MONTHS! *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) ACCIDENT 05/02/10 ON ILLINOIS ROUTE 83 AND WASHING TO STREET IN GRAYSLAKE IL. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED A 2004 BUICK LESABRE AND A 1987 DODGE PICKUP. THE IMPACT OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUICK AND TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN OF THE VEHICLE WAS [XXX] . THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN THE PASSENGER OF THE BUICK AND THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL ON ILLINOIS RT 120 IN GRAYSLAKE FOR CHECKUP. OUR CONCERN IS THAT WITH FORCE OF THE IMPACT THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY AND IN OUR ESTIMATION THEY SHOULD HAVE. THE FEMALE PASSENGER OF THE BUICK CONTINUES TO COMPLAIN OF PAIN NEARLY 10 DAYS AFTER THE COLLISION. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF A DEFECT OTHER THAN THE BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE FORCE OF THE COLLISION WAS SUBSTANTIAL. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE COLLISION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER WHEEL. OUR DAUGHTER HAD A SIMILAR COLLISION WITH A FORD TAURUS WAGON IN THE 1990'S WHEREIN SHE WAS BROADSIDED ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR DEPLOYED THE AIRBAGS. ALTHOUGH INJURIES ARE MINIMAL IF THE CENTER OF THE IMPACT WAS ON THE PASSENGER DOOR, THE INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN HORRIFIC. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM. *TR

DRIVER'S WINDOW REGULATOR INOPERABLE. REAR WINDOW ON SAME SIDE SAME THING, BUT REPAIRED IN LATE 2004 - BOUGHT USED BUT REAR WINDOWS NOT USED BY ME AT ALL. DRIVER WINDOW USED OFTEN, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND $500+ BILL TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. IT SEEMS THERE HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING THAT SAYS IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. CAR NOW HAS OVER 100K MILES AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME JUSTIFYING THE EXPENDITURE. ALSO ENTIRE DASHBOARD COVER 'LIFTING' UP MORE THAN SIX INCHES. TOLD BY A REPAIR SHOP THAT THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO TAKE OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD - ANOTHER $500 TO SHELL OUT. ALSO HAS NOISE OF METAL RUBBING COMING FROM REAR, BUT CAUSE CANNOT BE PINPOINTED. SOUNDS LIKE A LARGE PIECE OF SOMETHING. TOOK EVERYTHING OUT OF THE TRUNK TO BE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE CAUSING THE SOUND, EVEN TOOK OUT THE CARPET AND BOARD COVERING THE ONSTAR MACHINERY. REPAIR SHOP CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE EITHER. SHOCKS WERE REPLACED WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE IN EARLY 2007. THIS CAR HAS ONE USER, ME, FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. I HAVE SPENT LITERALLY THOUSANDS IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP IT IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER IS HAPPENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. HE STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, HE NOTICED A FUEL LEAK. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND DID NOT HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000. UPDATED 9/1/10 *CN RECEIVED PICTURED. UPDATED 09/21/10. *JB

MY HUSBAND HAS HAD TO HAVE THE WINDOW OPENING MECHANISMS REPLACED ON 3 OF THE WINDOWS ON HIS 2000 BUICK LESABRE. *TR