BUICK Complaints

BRAKE LINES ON 1999 BUICK CENTURY RUSTED OUT, RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING. BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED IN MOST LOCATIONS IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. FUEL FILLER LINE IS HEAVILY RUSTED, AS OF YET THERE IS NO LEAKING FROM THIS DEFECT. LOCATION ON LONG ISLAND NEW YORK IS NOT A HEAVILY SALTED AREA. *TR

BOTH FACTORY - EQUIPPED TEMPORARY SPARE TIRES IN MY SON'S 2000 BUICK LESABRE AND MY WIFE'S 2004 BUICK PARK AVENUE TRUNKS HAVE FAILED WITHOUT EVER USING THEM. THE TREAD SIMPLY SEPARATED WHILE IN THE TRUNK, REQUIRING EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENTS . TIRE PRESSURE WAS AT OR LOWER THAN THE 60PSI REQUIRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO RESTART. THE DEALER OFFERED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BUT SHE DECLINED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD IMPROPERLY INSPECT THE VEHICLE. SHE SUSPECTS THAT RAIN ENTERS INSIDE OF THE HEADLIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, AND THE CABIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000. UPDATED 11/12/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED SHE ALSO HAS A WATER PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. WATER CONTINUES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE FLOORBOARD. THE SEATS FAILED AND THE AC WAS NOT COOLING PROPERLY WHICH WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WERE DUE TO WATER BECOME TRAPPED INSIDE THE HEADLAMPS AND REAR ASSEMBLY RECEPTACLES. UPDATED 11/17/09

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT EXHIBITED A NO-START CONDITION. SHE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THEN SMOKE ENGULFED THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE. A MECHANIC CONCLUDED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED. SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, YET NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99773. UPDATED 11/3/09 *CN UPDATED 11/06/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. HE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE INCLUDING FAILURE OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL, THE HEAD-LIGHTS, AND THE DOOR LOCKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $500.00 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC FEE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 56,812.

INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER COMPONENTS (SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAGE) ARE INOPERATIVE. SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES WORKS, AND SOMETIME SHOWS VERY HIGH SPEEDS. MOST OF THE TIME IT SITS ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT (ON ZERO) OR ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT (PAST 120). MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING. THE FUEL GAGE IS COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. I USE THE DIGITAL INFO DISPLAY TO THE LEFT TO SHOW HOW MANY MILES I HAVE BEFORE I RUN OUT OF FUEL TO TELL ME IF I NEED GAS. SO FAR I HAVE NOT RUN OUT OF GAS. TACHOMETER AND WATER TEMP GAUGES WORK FINE. THIS HAS GONE ON FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN FEB 2008. IN NOVEMBER 2008, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDOW STARTED HAVING ISSUES GOING BACK UP AFTER BEING OPENED. IT WOULD GO ABOUT 1/2 WAY UP AND GET STUCK. I WOULD THEN HAVE TO PULL OVER AND FORCE THE WINDOW CLOSED. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WINTER. THEN MORE RECENTLY(10/8/09), AS WEATHER STARTED GETTING COLD AGAIN, THE SAME THING STARTED HAPPENING. EXCEPT THIS TIME, THE WINDOW DOESN'T GO BACK UP AT ALL. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND CAN BE DISTRACTING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD. MY MAIN CONCERN IS GOING THROUGH TOLL BOOTHS IN MID WINTER, 20 DEGREE WEATHER AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE MY WINDOW. THIS HAPPENED LAST WINTER AND I NEARLY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. I WAS QUOTED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR WOULD COST $600 TO REPLACE. I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY AND THEREFORE CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THIS COMPONENT. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 73-80 MPH HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED HIM TO A HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 21,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY BUICK LUCERNE AND WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 80 MPH WHEN I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME I WAS GOING 70 MPH AS PER GM THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE DRIVING ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY ROLLED BACKWARD. HE HAS TO EXERT GREAT FORCE DURING BRAKE APPLICATION TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW. HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,970. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,000.