BUICK Complaints

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING CAR USED FROM DEALERSHIP, CAR EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF ACCELERATION/SURGING WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED. ALSO SUDDEN HARD VIBRATIONS/JERKINGS AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN DRIVING. MULTIPLE SENSORS COME ON (AIRBAG, ETC) AND DON'T GO OFF. AND ALL ITEMS IN DASH HAVE GONE OUT (OCCASIONALLY FLICKERS BACK ON). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH, THE HORN BEGAN TO SOUND. THE HORN CONTINUED TO SOUND UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE HOOD WAS LIFTED. UPON CLOSING THE HOOD THE HORN BEGAN TO SOUND AGAIN AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FAILURE CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT VEHICLE CARE CENTER AND THE HORN WAS DISABLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,130 UPDATED 06/25/10 UPDATED 07/16/10*JB

MY 20005 BUICK CENTURY, ACCELERATED IN A PARKING LOT WITHOUT MY STEPPING ON THE GAS. THE CAR WENT AIR BORNE, JUMPING THE CURB GOING THROUGH A DITCH AND UP AN EMBANKMENT BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR UNDER CONTROL.. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. *TR

2002 BUICK LASABRE. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 50 MPH AND THE GAS PEDAL MOVED DOWN BY ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY. THE CONSUMER STATED HE MANAGED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. *JB

ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY '06 BUICK LUCERNE (3.8 L)WENT INTO UNCONTROLABLE EXCELLERATION. ON LONG ROAD TRIPS, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AND DOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, WHEN I EXCELLERATEDHARD, INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO THE CRUISE SPEED IT SEEMED TO LOCK INTO A PASSING GEAR. BRAKING DIDN'T STOP IT, PUTTING IT INTO DID NOT SLOW THE ENGINE REVS., HOWEVER TURNING OFF THE KEY AND RESTARTING AFTER COASTING A LITTLE WHILE WORKED ONCE OR TWICE TO STOP THE REVS.. THE OTHER TIMES I HIT THE BRAKES REALLY HARD AND IT DISENGAGED THE CRUISE AND EXCELLERATION PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE, SINCE I HAD ROOM ON THE HIGHWAY TO DO THIS. THE BUICK DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE WHEN THEY TRIED. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN THE LAST INCIDENT OCURRED. PS TURNING OFF THE CRUISE SWITCH DIDN'T HELP EITHER.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER ABNORMALLY INCREASED TO 140 MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER PANEL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,100 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,800. UPDATED 6/1/10 *CN UPDATED 06/04/10.8JB

THE REAR DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE STARTING TRYING TO OPEN ON ITS OWN THE WEEK OF MARCH 15. THE SOONEST WE COULD GET AN APPOINTMENT AT THE MECHANICS WAS MARCH 19. WE TRANSPORT GRANDCHILDREN DAILY TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND OTHER ACTIVIITES AND THEY ARE ALWAYS IN CHILD SAFETY RESTRAINTS. IT IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE MARCH 18 AS WE WERE DRIVING TO DINNER WITH THE CHILDREN, THE DOOR COMPLETELY OPENED AS WE WERE TURNING A CORNER AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED. WE ARE NOT DRIVING THE VAN WITH THE CHILDREN AS WE WAIT FOR REPAIRS. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND GM DEALERS DO NOT SEEM TO BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT. WE ARE!!

HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE DRIVING ON CURVY ROAD, APPROX. 30 MPH, WHEN PASSENGER AIRBAG UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED, HITTING THE WIFE. VEHICLE STARTED FILLING WITH SMOKE. HUSBAND MANAGED TO PULL OFF INTO A PARKING LOT AND THEY EVACUATED THE VEHICLE. WIFE RECEIVED BRUISES AND CUTS ON HANDS AND LEGS FROM AIRBAG, WEDDING RING WAS DAMAGED, AND BOTH INHALED SMOKE. POLICE WERE CALLED BUT WOULD NOT COME TO THE SCENE SINCE THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED. THERE WAS NO IMPACT OR REASON FOR AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. WIFE WAS TREATED BY DOCTOR FOR INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. ALSO, SINCE THAT INCIDENT, THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG HAS ALSO DEPLOYED WHILE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. GM WAS CONTACTED BUT NO RECOMPENSE MADE AS OF MAR 2010.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK REGAL. ON FEBRUARY 10, 2010 THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES AFTER IT WAS DRIVEN AND PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RELATED RECALL 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A REPORT. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR COSTS AS THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 84,000. UPDATED 05/11/10. *LJ UPDATED 06/03/10*BF UPDATED 06/07/10*JB

THE REAR UNI-BODY SNAPED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THEN 1 MILE LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE SNAPED, BOTH SIDES SNAPED IN THE FRONT HALPH, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE JUNK YARD SO I DONOT HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PART ANY MORE