BUICK Complaints

ENGINE: OIL LEAKING SOMEWHERE, AS SMELL THE HOT OIL AND SOMETIMES SMOKE COMES OUT FROM UNDER HOOD. LOCAL SERVICE DETERMINED MAIN LEAK WAS OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT AND ADDITIONAL LEAK FROM VALVE COVERS. REPAIR COST FOR JUST OIL SENDING UNIT: $167. THE COST ESTIMATE FOR VALVE COVERS: ~$300. DECIDED TO FORGO THAT FOR NOW. *TR

BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO A TON OF RENDEZVOUS OWNERS. PLEASE HELP! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 BUICK LESABRE. THE VEHICLE HAS FOUR COOPER FUTURA 2000 RADIAL LTE TIRES, SIZE P2-05/70R14 (NA). IN DECEMBER OF 2008, THE VEHICLE DROVE ROUGHLY AS IF AN ALIGNMENT WERE NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND, AS A RESULT, TWO BOLTS DETACHED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT REPLACED THREE OF THE FAILURE TIRES AND NOW HAVE ONE MORE TO REPLACE. HE FEELS THAT THE BUMPS IN THE TIRES ARE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 96,000. UPDATED 06/08/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED, BUT YET THEY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE A SHAKE/WOBBLE IN THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 06/18/09*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK REGAL. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO HIM PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. FOUR YEARS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO JERK WHILE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. LATELY, THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME DIFFICULT TO DRIVE DUE TO THE JERKING AND SLIPPING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK REGAL. IN APRIL OF 2009, THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL LEAKS IN HER VEHICLE AND SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE VALVE COVER GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN MAY OF 2009, SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE SPARK PLUG REMEDY WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT BECAUSE THE OIL COULD STILL LEAK ONTO ANOTHER COMPONENT AND CAUSE A FIRE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIR; HOWEVER, AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,023 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 107,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT PLACED OIL IN HIS VEHICLE AND TWO DROPS LANDED ON THE MANIFOLD, WHICH CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE FIRE. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AFTER THE FAILURE, BUT EMITTED A BURNING SMELL WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. THE DAY BEFORE THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000 AND SCHEDULED A REPAIR APPOINTMENT. HE SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND ASKED IF THE ODOR WAS A SYMPTOM OF THE RECALL, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT IT ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 132,000. UPDATED 06/27/09 *BF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO OIL DRIPPING ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. UPDATED 06/24/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 BUICK CENTURY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEY DISCOVERED AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE HEAD GASKET BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 30,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK REGAL. IN 2008, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AT A SCHOOL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE WIRING UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD AND HOOD WERE ALL BURNED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS REPAIRED. RECENTLY, SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR GM RECALL NUMBER 90047 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING ON THE ENGINE). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. UPDATED 07/14/09. *LJ UPDATED 07/15/09.*JB

ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE NOISE LIKE STUCK VALVE LIFTER IT KEEPS GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER DEALER CHECKED AND FOUND "FLYWHEEL CRACKED' REPLACED SAME ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER THE SAME THING OCCURRED WITH ANOTHER FLYWHEEL REPLACEMENT. SOUNDS LIKE THIS COULD BREAK APART AND POSSIBLY INJURE SOMEONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 BUICK CENTURY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WAS TOO TIGHT AND CAUSES HER TO CHOKE. SHE NOTICED BRUISES ON HER NECK. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DEALERS REQUESTING THAT THEY ADJUST OR CHANGE THE SEAT BELT. THE DEALERS STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ADJUST OR CHANGE THE SEAT BELT DUE TO THE DESIGN. THEY FURTHER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THE SEAT BELT. A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT SOMEONE WOULD REVIEW THE REPORT; HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.