BUICK Complaints

2000 BUICK REGAL WITH 50,000 MILES. BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN 2007. ALL 4 WINDOW REGULATORS BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST 1600$ CANADIAN. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I FIND THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON BUICKS.. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GM AT THERE EXPENSE. *TR

GENERAL MOTORS 2002 BUICK LESABRE WINDOW MOTORS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR 5 YEARS AND I HAVE REPLACED 2 WINDOW MOTORS. TWO WERE COVERED BY WARRANTY. TWO I WAS FORCED TO REPLACE AND NOW THE LAST WINDOW THAT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED HAS FAILED. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM IN THE DESIGN. *TR

REAR POWER WINDOW FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. REAR WINDOW MECHANISM MADE LOAD POPPING SOUND AND WINDOW FELL INTO DOOR. DEALER ADVISES IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS MODEL BUT WILL NOT BE COVERED BY BUICK $400 PLUS REPAIR. BASED ON RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TOP BE A KNOWN DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ADDRESS. *TR

THERE IS A RECALL - INVESTIGATION # EA 07-006 THAT DESCRIBES A GAS LEAK NEAR THE INLET OF THE GAS TANK. I SMELL GAS FUMES IN MY GARAGE EVERY DAY AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK AND THERE IS RESIDUE UNDER THE TANK INLET ON THE FLOOR OF THE GARAGE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE BUICK DEALER ON 10/4/08 AND THEY INDICATED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF CRACKS AND THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I AM STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER HAS PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THERE IS GAS RESIDUE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE TANK. WHAT CAN I DO? SO FAR THE DEALER HAS DONE NOTHING BUT INSPECT. *TR

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOWS WILL NOT COME UP AFTER BEING LOWERED. THEY ARE BINDING IN CHANNELS AND THE REGULATOR IS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. HAVE TO BE RAISED BY HAND TO CLOSE WINDOW. *TR

IF YOU USE TURN SIGNALS CAR WILL SHUT DOWN. GAUGES GO CRAZY ALL LIGHTS COME ON. STARTED WITH SEAT BELT LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT COMING ON FIRST TIME - - ABOUT A MILE LATER WHILE IN A PARKING LOT AND STOPPED TRIED AGAIN AND ENGINE SHUTS OFF !!!!!! FINALLY GOT CAR TO START AFTER PLAYING AROUND WITH SIGNALS AND 4 WAY FLASHER AND DROVE HOME OK BUT DID NOT USE TURN SIGNALS. WHEN IN DRIVE TRIED SIGNALS AND AGAIN CAR SHUTS OFF. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR 97 REGAL TURNED 30,000 MILES ON THE WAY HOME. *TR

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL PUSHES UP AGAINST FOOT AND CAR VIBRATES MAKING A CHATTERING NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IT SEEMS THE ABS WAS TRYING TO WORK EVEN THOUGH THE PAVEMENT IS DRY. *TR

JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN FLORIDA AND DROVE IT BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE TUNING IN THE RADIO, I NOTICED THAT THE RADIO/CASSETTE AREA WAS "HOT", VERY HOT....I SHUT THE RADIO OFF AND CONTINUED TO MONITOR THE RADIO SECTION BY FEELING IT. IT STAYED HOT! THE RADIO COMPONENTS ON THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ALSO HOT BUT NOT AS BAD AS THE RADIO SECTION ITSELF. WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH THIS? I HAVE BEEN CHECKING THE BUICK LESABRE RECALLS BUT HAVE NOT FOUND ANY. CERTAINLY THIS PROBLEM IS NOT OK. I HAVE NEVER FELT ANY RADIO IN ANY CAR "HOT" - AND I REALLY MEAN "HOT". I WILL BE TAKING THIS CAR IMMEDIATELY TO A BUICK DEALER. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS. THIS IS A BUICK LESABRE - 2001 WITH 25000 MILES. THE OLDER COUPLE THAT OWNED IT RARELY USED IT AND PROBABLY NEVER USED THE RADIO THEREFORE NEVER NOTICED THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *TR

MY 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS WITH 79,300 MILES ON IT BLEW A HEAD GASKET. THERE WAS NO WARNING ON VEHICLE OVERHEATING. ALL OF A SUDDEN TEMP GAUGE WAS IN THE RED ZONE AND A WARNING LIGHT AND SOUND CAME. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE TO CHECK THE MANUAL. THE MANUAL SAID THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE SERVICED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS ONE MILE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND DROVE STRAIGHT THERE. THEY SAID THE VEHICLE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. REPAIRS NORMALLY APPROX $1,800. DEALER DID IT FOR $950 BECAUSE MY SON-IN-LAW WORKS THERE. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE RENDEZVOUS AND MY INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE SAME. A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AT 79,300 WITH NO WARNING OF THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING. CONTACTED BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO AS VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. *TR

A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE OCCURS PERIODICALLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING ON MY 2004 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM IN THE RECALL NOTICE ISSUED BY NHTSA 05V157000. I CONTACT GM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEIR POSITION IS THE RECALL IS NOT SPECIFIC/COVERED BY MY VIN NUMBER. I SUGGEST ALL 2004 BUICK RENDEZVOUS BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS RECALL AS THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM. *TR