BUICK Complaints

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL THE LIGHTS AT THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. WENT TO THE NEAREST EXIT AND PARK IN A PARKING LOT. TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AGAIN BUT WOULD NOT. WHEN CLICKING, ALL THE LIGHTS AT THE DASHBOARD COMES AND STARTS BLINKING AND FLASHING. CHECKED AND REPLACED A NEW BATTERY BUT THAT WAS NOT THE SOLUTION. CAN START BUT WHEN YOU ENGAGE OR TRY TO TURN THE TURNING SIGNAL EITHER SIDE, THE CAR TURNS OFF. I HAD TO TOW MY CAR TO THE GARAGE WHERE THEY PUT IT ON THE MACHINE AND FOUND OUT ABOUT A. FAULT IGNITION SWITCH AND THE. COMPUTER. REPLACED ALL OF THE THEM BUT STILL. SOME LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE CX WITH 40,000 MILES. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED TO GO DEAD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS JAN 15, 2014 WITH MY WIFE DRIVING. THE NEXT SHUTDOWN ON MAR 4, 2014, OCCURRED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THERE WAS AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL ACCOMPANIED BY A "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" WARNING, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING AND COMPLETE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS 2 TRAFFIC LANES INTO A PARKING AREA WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY WHILE STEERING AND BRAKING WITHOUT POWER ASSIST. TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT GOT ?THROTTLE DISABLED? MESSAGE. AFTER 2-4 MINUTES WAS ABLE TO RESTART WITH NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE LAST SHUTDOWN WAS ON MARCH 10, 2014, ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. I HAD DISABLED TRACTION CONTROL EARLIER IN HOPES OF AVOIDING ANOTHER UNEXPECTED SHUTDOWN. AFTER COASTING OFF THE INTERSTATE, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART NORMALLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED AFTER THE RESTART. TWO GM DEALERS CHECKED THE CAR ON MAR 11, 2014. THE FIRST WAS A CHEVROLET DEALER, AND AFTER SOME DIAGNOSTIC WORK THEY SENT ME TO A BUICK DEALER DOWN THE STREET. BOTH DEALERS SAID THERE WERE NO ERROR MESSAGES AND THEY COULD NOT REPAIR. THEY SAID WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO BRING IT BACK IN IMMEDIATELY FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE 3 SHUTDOWNS HAVE BEEN ON COLD MORNINGS, TEMPS LESS THAN 40 DEGREES. I BELIEVE IN ALL THREE CASES THE WARNING ?WATCH FOR ICY CONDITIONS? HAS APPEARED PRIOR TO FAILURE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FAILURE MODE THAT LEAVES NO TRACKS IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT! MY WIFE NOW REFUSES TO DRIVE THE CAR, AND I AM VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT IT. *TR

UPDATE: PRIOR ISSUES WERE DUE TO BCM FAILURE WHICH THAT WAS MY ASSUMPTION BASED ON NUMEROUS OWNER REVIEWS. THIS PART IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IF FAILS AND BUICK IS AWARE AND WON'T RECALL. THESE SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. OCCASIONALLY ONE WILL GO BAD BUT SHOULDN'T. THE FACT THAT MANY RENDEZVOUS MODELS FACE THIS ISSUE OF FAILURE PREMATURELY SHOWS THAT IT IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT! MANY HAVE ALMOST DIES DUE TO THIS FAILURE. CAR SHUTTING OFF AND LIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAYS/ EXPRESSWAYS. *TR

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WE HAD TO REPLACE A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH IN OUR 2003 BUICK REGAL. A WEEK PRIOR TO THAT, IT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE "STRANGE" PROBLEMS: THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" AND "ABS" LIGHTS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY; THERE WERE SOMETIMES ODD SOUNDS DURING BREAKING AND WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNAL. THEN, ONE MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK, THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER WITHOUT ANY WARNING. LATER THAT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME IT LOST POWER, I HAD JUST PUT THE TURN SIGNAL ON AND SLOWED DOWN TO GO AROUND A CAR IN ORDER TO GET INTO MY TURNING LANE. IF I HAD NOT ALREADY BEGUN TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, I WOULD HAVE HIT THE BUMPER OF THE CAR IN THE LANE TO MY RIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. FORTUNATELY--- ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS MORNING RUSH HOUR---I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I PROCEEDED ON TO WORK WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT EXCEPT THAT MOST OF THE DASH LIGHTS HAD COME ON AND REMAINED ON. WHEN I PULLED TO END OF THE DRIVEWAY AS I LEFT WORK, THE CAR AGAIN STOPPED. I DROVE HOME AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT THE NEXT DAY. THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THE CAR LOSING POWER AS I WAS DRIVING THAT DAY, AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE BACK TO NORMAL SINCE HAVING THE SWITCH REPLACED.. *TR

I STARTED DRIVING MY CAR AND A FEW BLOCKS AWAY MY LOCKS STARTED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK CONSTANTLY AND THEY WOULD NOT STOP. MY SEAT MOVED ON ITS OWN (HAS ELECTRIC MEMORY SEATING). THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE. AS SOON AS I CAME TO A STOP THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AN "ERROR" MESSAGES DISPLAYED UNDER THE NON WORKING SPEEDOMETER WHERE YOUR MILES USUALLY SHOW". CAME TO ANOTHER STOP AND TRIED TO TURN ONTO A STREET AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND KEPT "JUMPING" ALL THE WHILE THE LOCKS WERE STILL LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AND MY RUNNING DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS KEPT FLICKERING ON AND OFF. I'M LUCKY THAT THE CAR DIDN'T JUST QUIT WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. FROM WHAT I READ, IT'S THE BCM AND THIS CAUSES MAJOR PROBLEMS REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. BUICK IS AWARE AND WILL NOT MAKE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECTIVE PART. (A PART THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LAST FOR THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE).. A PART THAT HAS CAUSED SOME DRIVERS TO LOSE POWER AND HEADLIGHTS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAYS! I'M TAKING MY CAR INTO BUICK TOMORROW FOR A DIAGNOSTIC (WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD MORE PROBLEMS WITH A CAR THAT COST $40K IN 2005 AND ONLY HAS 81K MILES ON IT!!) WHEN THEY SAY LUXURY VEHICLE. I THINK BUICK MEANT "LUXURY EXPENSE" JUST TO OWN ONE! ELECTRICAL ISSUES SHOULDN'T ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY! *TR

WE PURCHASED THIS MODEL IN MARCH 2013 AND THE RACK AND PINION HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. NOW I AM HAVING A ZIP ZIP/RUBBING SOUND IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN I TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. I AM ALSO HAVING TO TURN MY WHEEL MORE AND MORE TO MAKE A TURN, LEFT OR RIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID I NEEDED A NEW STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE THE BUSHING ARE WORN AND YOU CAN NOT JUST REPLACE THEM ALONE. THIS IS AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH MANY ENCLAVES FOR VARIOUS YEARS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK ON A VERY BUSY STREET (HIGHWAY) THE CAR DIED. SINCE THEN I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. SOME DAYS IT DIES 5 OR 6 TIMES. I'M A SENIOR RELIANT ON SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME AND ANY EXPENSE IS "UNWELCOME", HOWEVER, I HAVE SPENT NEARLY $1,000 TO NO AVAIL. SEVERAL TIMES AFTER A REPAIR THE CAR DIED A BLOCK FROM THE REPAIR SHOP. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE TRAINED MYSELF TO FLIP THE SHIFT GEAR INTO NEUTRAL & TURN THE KEY ON(CAR USUALLY RESTARTS - IN 2 INSTANCES IT DID NOT AND I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE INTO A NEARBY DRIVEWAY USING "ARMSTRONG POWER STEERING"). CHARACTERISTICS ARE THE SAME AS THOSE NOTED IN THE CURRENT (MARCH 2014) GM RECALL. I LOVE THE VEHICLE AND AM NOT IN A POSITION TO BUY ANOTHER, THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE SPLENDID FOR GM TO OFFER TO REPAIR IT. IT IS NOT JUST ME, AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP LOOKED ON-LINE @ WWW.CARCRAZY.COM AND DISCOVERED MANY BUICK REGAL OWNERS AS FAR BACK AS 1993 & 94 HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH PREVENTED HER FROM SEEING ANY OF THE GAUGES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000. *TR

2003 BUICK LESABRE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPLACED IN 2009 WITH 50,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. FOUR AND A HALF YEARS LATER, THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING AGAIN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.. ALSO, THE LEVEL RIDE COMPRESSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB