BUICK Complaints

I WAS HAVING INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT ISSUES WITH MY CAR, I WOULD DRIVE AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD RANDOMLY SHUT OFF, I WOULD PULL OVER AND THEY WOULD COME BACK ON ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND TRIED REPLACING THE HEADLIGHT RELAY, THIS SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 13, I WAS AT THE MALL AND WHEN RETURNING TO MY CAR, IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD THE CAR JUMPED AND THE FUSE BOX CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE HEADLIGHT RELAY HAD MELTED AND DESTROYED MY FUSE BOX. I HAD MY FUSE BOX REPLACED AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, WHEN I STARTED GETTING THE INTERMITTENT ISSUE AGAIN. LAST NIGHT, MAY 1ST, MY CAR AGAIN DIED. THIS TIME, ALL FUSES AND RELAYS WERE REMOVED BEFORE JUMP STARTING MY CAR, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RELAY AND SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN MELTING ONCE AGAIN. I'VE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND CAN'T FIND A PROPER FIX FOR THIS. THE RELAY HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IT'S NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY WIFE AND SON HAVE COMPLAINED FOR LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THE POWER STEERING IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO TURN, MAKES FUNNY NOISES, BUMPING/THUMPING SOUND, WHEN TURNING, A LOW SOUNDING SCREECHING NO POWER STEERING FLUID. MY SON WAS DRIVING TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON WHILE TURNING A CORNER, IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. A CLASSMATE WITH HIM, AND TOGETHER THEY HAD TO TURN THE CAR (ALMOST WRECKING THE VEHICLE). I WENT TO GET THE CAR AND CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL, THERE WAS NONE IN THE PUMP. I PUT SOME IN AND CHECKED UNDER THE CAR. POWER STEERING FLUID WAS POURING OUT UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER FILLING IT AGAIN, THEY POWER STEERING WORKED FOR ONLY A MOMENT OR SO, SCREECHING AT THE SAME TIME AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT NO LONGER WORKED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BUSTED POWER STEERING HOSE. MY WIFE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, THEY PUT IT UPON THE RACK AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION THAT WENT OUT. THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND $700 TO REPAIR IT. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AS I AM TYPING THIS - MILEAGE IS AROUND 67,500 - PROBLEM INITIALLY BEGAN (PER MY WIFE AND SON) A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO AGO. I DO NOT DRIVE THAT VEHICLE, OTHERWISE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE PROBLEM MUCH SOONER. THERE ARE SEVERAL BUICK VEHICLES BUILT ON THE SAME TYPE OF PLATFORM AS OUR 2005 BUICK LACROSSE THAT HAVE RECALLS. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE PROBLEMS APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD? ALMOST ALL THE COMPLAINTS I RESEARCHED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH BUICK LACROSSE IS A REPEAT OF WHAT OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. BUICK (GENERAL MOTORS) SHOULD ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT - YES I SAID DEFECT." IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM AND WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO ADDRESS IT. MY BOY ALMOST HAD WRECK BEHIND IT AND GENERAL MOTORS/BUICK WON'T FIX IT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. ENOUGH SAID. *TR

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK ON HIGH AND THEY CUT OFF ON ME ONE DAY IN THE RAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER A HEAVY DOWNPOUR JUST STARTED OUT OF NOWHERE WHICH WAS VERY SCARY AND THEN AGAIN AROUND TOWN ON OTHER RAINY DAYS. ALSO WHEN I DRIVE AND FIRST GO TO ACCELERATE, SOMETIMES IT FEELS AS IF THE CAR IS NOT FULLY IN DRIVE ALTHOUGH IT IS AND I HAVE TO PRESS WAY DOWN ON THE GAS THEN BRAKE THEN TAKE OFF AGAIN TO MAKE IT JUMP INTO GEAR ALL THE WAY. WHEN IDLING ITS HIGH AND LOW SOUNDING AS WELL, SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANY OF THIS IS COVERED UNDER ANY RECALL? *TR

SINCE THE 17TH OF APRIL EACH TIME I START THE CAR THE NAVIGATION SCREEN PUTS A WARNING ABOUT HAVING THE SCREEN ON WHILE DRIVING. YOU MUST PUSH #6 BUTTON TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE. BEFORE THIS IT DID THIS MAYBE ONCE IN 3 MONTHS. I WENT TO THE BUICK GARAGE AND THEY SAID IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE NAVIGATION ON. I'M TO START THE CAR THIS WAY. IF YOU THINK THIS IS THE FIX FOR THIS LET ME KNOW [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE REAR WINDSHIELD DEFROSTING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED, THE REAR WINDSHIELD FRACTURED AND HAD BURNT MARKS ALONG THE FRAME TINTED AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WENT OUT STARTED CAR & WAS GOING TO GO TOWN WHEN TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WITH ENGINE LIGHT. THEN WERE ITS TELLS U HOW MANY MILES ARE ON VEHICLE IT SAID REDUCE ENGINE. *TR POWER SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. ALSO VEHICLE HAS CUT OFF 3 TIMES & WAS GOING INTO DISABLED MODE. HAVE HAD CODES CHECK THERE IS 5 VOLT REFERENCE PROBLEM. PLUS SEVERAL OTHER CODES. OIL PRESSURE WHEN PUT ON CODE TESTER IS 143. WHICH IS HIGH. NOT SURE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT UNLOCK ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000. *TR

I HAVE BOUGHT A BUICK ENCLAVE 2012 THE FIX AIR BAG SIGN IS ON ALL THE TIME I WENT TO FIX IT TO THE DEALER BUT STILL IT'S NOT FIXED. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STALLS- REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP- FUEL FILTER- SPARK PLUGS AND IT STILL STALLS- SEEMS TO BE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND NO CODES COME UP WHEN HOOKED TO A COMPUTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE EMITTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, FUEL WAS VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. IN ORDER TO AVOID THE FUEL LEAK, ONE HALF TANK OF FUEL HAD TO BE DISPENSED INTO THE FUEL TANK AND NOT EXCEED THAT LEVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A LEAK WITHIN THE FUEL TANK AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE IT ORIGINATED. THERE WERE TWO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUEL TANK UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 07V349000 AND 07E021000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT BOTH RECALLS WERE EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.