BUICK Complaints

MALFUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER- THE SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. IT IS DANGEROUS TO ALL TRAVELERS WHETHER IN CAR OR THOSE TRAVELING ALONGSIDE US. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHEN IT GOES OUT. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL JUST STICK AT A CERTAIN SPEED-IT WILL THEN CONTINUE FROM THAT SPEED AND AT TIMES SHOWS THAT YOU ARE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS WELL ABOVE THE LIMIT. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED WHERE IT DROPS 5 MILES EVERYTIME ITS TURNED OFF BUT IT ALSO HAS RESET ITSELF AT TIMES. I DO BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I'VE SEEN SUPPORTING THE SAME FACTS THAT THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL AND FIX. I TOOK THE CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS FOR HELP - SHOP 1 COULDN'T EASILY SEE HOW TO FIX & SUGGESTED IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE, SHOP 2 (*BUICK DEALER) STATED NO IDEA ON PROBLEM BUT WOULD NEED COMPLETE PANEL REPLACEMENT MINIMUM PRICE $700. IN VIEW OF OUR ECONOMY AND DEALERS WANTING SUPPORT I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS A MAJOR PROBLEM DUE TO ALL THE COMPLAINTS BEING VERY SIMILAR. HARD TO PIN DOWN TO A SPECIFIC DATE AND ONCE STARTED NOW OCCURS MONTHLY. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTS DIMMING AND THE HARD TO READ MILEAGE DISPLAY. *TR

I HAVE A 1998 BUICK REGAL WITH REAR SEATBELTS THAT JAM INSIDE AND CANNOT BE RE-EXTENDED. I HAVE PAID $200 TO HAVE THE BACK SEAT REMOVED AND THE SEATBELTS REALIGNED SO THAT THEY WORK. I WAS WARNED AT TIME OF REPAIR THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL CAR AND IT WOULD PROBABLY REOCCUR. DESPITE OUR GREAT CARE IN USING THE REALIGNED BELTS, THE PROBLEM DID IN FACT REOCCUR AND NOW BOTH REAR BELTS ARE JAMMED AGAIN, WITH THE RESULT THAT OUR CHILDREN CANNOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE CAR AND WE CANNOT USE IT WHEN TRAVELING WITH THEM (UNLESS WE PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AGAIN). MY MOTHER HAS A BUICK REGAL ROUGHLY THE SAME AGE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT UNLOCK, THEY JUST CLICK. WAS ABLE TO JIMMY FRONT DOORS BUT THEN THEY WOULD NOT LOCK. HAD BABY BEEN IN BACK SEATS THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET THEM OUT WITHOUT SOMEONE VERY SMALL CLIMBING OVER THE FRONT SEAT INTO THE FAR BACK, VERY DANGEROUS. ON STAR COULD NOT REMOTE OPEN VEHICLE EITHER. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THE REMOTE FOB THOUGHT IT WAS LOCKING THE CAR AND STARTED IT. DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. *TR

2000 BUICK LASABRE WINDOW FAIL TO WORK. I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2004. WITHIN 6 MONTHS ALL 4 WINDOWS FAILED TO WORK. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THEM AND I HAVE TO KEEP PULLING THEM BACK UP. I CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR IN THE RAIN BECAUSE THE WINDOWS SLIDE BACK DOWN AS I DRIVE. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND I CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF REPAIR. MY REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY SEE THIS WITH 2000 BUICKS ALL THE TIME. IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK RIVIERA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FLEX FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 109000.

WHEN TURNING,THE ENGINE QUITS.2003 BUICK REGAL I AM MECHANIC FOUND THE IGNITION SWITCH WEAK AND WHEN YOU ENGAUGE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH THE ENGINE STALLS. *TR

OUT OF THE BLUE BY USING THE TURN SIGNAL OUR 1997 BUICK REGAL'S ENGINE WOULD STALL. IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, WE HAD NO BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLASH. OUR CAR WAS TOWED TO THE GM DEALERSHIP AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. NOW EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE. *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF AFTER I STARTED THE CAR, IT WOULD GO OFF THEN IT WOULD COME ON RANDOMLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. I HAD IT CHECKED AT A BUICK DEALER. I WAS TOLD THAT THE INTERMITTENT MODULE INSIDE THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS WHAT CAME UP ON THE COMPUTER. THEN I NOTICED THAT THE ON/OFF CONTROL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE QUIT READING "ON" WHEN I HAD A PASSENGER. I WAS TOLD THAT AS LONG AS LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS "OFF" ALL MY AIRBAGS ARE WORKING. SOUNDS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IF I DID NOT FIX IT AT A COST OF $1300.00 THE AIRBAGS MAY DEPLOY FOR NO REASON. I READ THE OTHER COMPLAINTS AND HAVE NOT HAD THIS ISSUE DUE TO ANY LOW CABIN TEMPERATURES. IT IS AUGUST AND 80 F. I WAS NOT USING A/C WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED BUT IT HAS OCCURRED WHILE THE A/C WAS ON AS WELL. IT HAPPENS AT LEAST TWICE DURING MY COMMUTE TO WORK (25 MINS) AND THE SAME ON MY WAY HOME. *TR

2003 BUICK RENDEZVOUS...MAKING HUMMING NOISE WHEN TURNING WHEEL. VERY BAD. I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND THEY TELL ME IT IS THE DIFFERENTIAL, THAT IT WILL TAKE 9 PINTS OF FLUID TO FLUSH IT OUT AT 29 DOLLARS A PINT! IF I DON'T GET THIS DONE, IT WILL FREEZE UP AND WILL NOT MOVE. I CAME HOME AND LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM READING. EVERY PERSON THAT HAS HAD A BUICK RENDEZVOUS , THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. I AM NOT TALKING A FEW, THERE WAS ABOUT 300 OF THEM , JUST POSTED ON THE INTERNET. WHY WOULD THERE NOT BE A RECALL ON THIS? I WOULD REALLY CONSIDER THAT ALL OF THEM DOING THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT SOMEWHERE. ONE WOMAN EVEN STATED THAT SHE HAD TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR THAT SHE HAD IT!!! THESE ARE NOT CHEAP CARS TO OWN. I HAVE ONLY HAD MINE 1 YEAR AND HAVE PUT 2000 MILES ON IT. IT NOW ONLY HAS 55, 000 MILES ON IT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT QUALIFIES A RECALL? I AM SURE I WILL BE LETTING IT SIT WHILE I AM STILL MAKING ANOTHER 4 YEARS PAYMENTS ON IT. NO WAY CAN ANYONE AFFORD TO KEEP FIXING THE SAME THING EVERY YEAR. IT IS GOING TO COST BETWEEN 450 AND 625 TO FIX IT...THE MECHANIC TOLD ME AND THEN COULDN'T PROMISE THAT IT WOULD STAY FIXED. I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD REALLY BE INVESTIGATED ON THIS ONE. I HOPE YOU CHECK OUT THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE CONCERNING THIS....THANK YOU! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED A FILM COVERING THE MIRROR. THE FOLLOWING DAY WHEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT A SUBSTANCE WAS LEAKING FROM THE MIRROR ONTO HER CONSOLE AND MELTED PARTS OF THE CONSOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND INSPECTED WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AUTOMATIC DEM SOLUTION LEAKED FROM THE MIRROR AND THE MIRROR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 210.00 AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE, NO COMPENSATION COULD BE OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 61,300.