BUICK Complaints

SEATBELT BUCKLE FROZE, WOULDNOT RELEASE, HAD TO CUT THE SEATBELT TO GET OUT OF CAR... *TR

THE INFO ABOVE IS APPROX. YOUR RECALL OF GM CARS WITH RE: TO IGNITION PROBLEMS MAY NOT BE BROAD ENOUGH. I TRADED IN MY 95 RIVIERA IN APRIL OF 2007 AFTER PLOWING $1500 INTO AND STILL NO SATISFACTORY REPAIR ON WHY IT WAS STALLING. THE LAST STALL WAS IN A THREE WAY INTERSECTION IN CHICAGO. EACH TIME IT STALLED I LOST POWER STEERING. I DON'T RECALL IF THE DEALER LOOKED AT IGNITION ISSUES. I DO RECALL THAT THEY WERE AT ONE POINT FOCUSED ON THE CARBURETOR. IT WAS BEING SERVICED BY A DEALER IN SCHAUMBERG, ILL. SORRY I DON'T HAVE BETTER RECALL OF DETAILS. ONCE I TRADED THE CAR, I TOSSED THE DOCUMENTATION. THE LAST STALL WAS SCARY AND THE REASON I TRADED THE CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE APPLIQUES ON THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE BECAME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE APPLIQUES TWICE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE CONTACT STATED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS ,THE APPLIQUES COULD FLY OFF THE VEHICLE AND INJURE A PEDESTRIAN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER WAS ACTIVATED AND OVERHEATED, CAUSING THIRD-DEGREE BURNS TO THE CONTACT'S FOOT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE TURNING OR WHEN A ROAD BUMP WAS DRIVEN OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WAS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ANTI-THEFT MODULE AND THE KEY WAS REPROGRAMMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,744 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

MY 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE STARTED OUT WITH A FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING TO THE LIMITS EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT WHICH WAS CHECKED OUT BY THE DEALERSHIP AS BEING NOTHING. THEN THE POWER STEERING PUMP STARTED MAKING NOISES WHICH WAS DETERMINED BY THE DEALERSHIP AS SOMETHING THE OCCURS IN THIS TYPE OF PUMP BUT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. THEN THE NOISE BECAME LOUDER AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN THE ENGINE IS INITIALLY STARTED AND AT LOWER SPEEDS IE IN A PARKING LOT. NOW THERE FEELS LIKE A DETENT IN THE STEERING AT THE STRAIGHT FOREWORD POSITION AND IT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN TURNING (ON THE HIGHWAY) AND TAKES SOME STRENGTH AND AWARENESS TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER ADVISES THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND THE CAR IS NO LONGER COVERED ON WARRANTY. *TR

UPON IGNITION, THE DASH PROMPTED "SERVICE AIR BAGS." AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY A MILE, IT WENT OFF, THEN REAPPEARED SOON AFTER. IN LIGHT OF REPORTED FATALITIES DUE TO AIRBAG FAILURE, GENERAL MOTORS MUST PROVIDE A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *TR

MY SISTER WAS THE PREVIOUS OWNER. THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY. THIS HAS OCCURRED WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH DOWN A CITY STREET. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OVER OR THE MIRACULOUSLY THE VEHICLE RE-STARTED QUICKLY. THESE SYMPTOMS ARE IDENTICAL TO THE SYMPTOMS OF THE OTHER GM RECALLED VEHICLES. *TR

I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM BUICK WHICH SAID MY BALANCING BELT (TIMING CHAIN) COULD BREAK CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE. THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL IT BROKE. THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY IN CASE THAT HAPPENED. IF THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKS AND THE ENGINE STOPS, I WILL LOSE STEERING CONTROL WHICH IS A COMFORTING THOUGHT. IF I AM ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH AND LOSE STEERING, GOOD BYE! *TR