BUICK Complaints

AFTER FILLING ENGINE TO FULL, UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, FUEL SENSOR DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. LATER, IT CAME BACK UP BUT LEVEL DOESN'T REFLECT WHAT IT SHOULD BE. I HAVE RESORTED TO RESETTING MY TRIP ODOMETER AND FILLING UP WHEN IT NEARS 300 MILES SO I KNOW I WON'T BE STRANDED WITHOUT FUEL. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. *JS

DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT RHS STEERING SPINDLE TO TIE-ROD ATTACHMENT LUG HAD CRACKED THROUGH ONE SIDE OF THE LUG. SPINDLE IS FABRICATED FROM CAST ALUMINUM. FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION FROM INCLUSION OR POTENTIAL CASTING DEFECT WAS APPARENT BEFORE FAILURE. PART NUMBER AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CRACKED SURFACE ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ERRONEOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,035.

TRANSMISSION NO LONGER SHIFTS INTO 3RD OR OVERDRIVE. WITH SHIFTER IN OVERDRIVE AND IN STOPPED POSITION ONCE YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO BEGIN ACCELERATION THE TORQUE CONVERTER SLAMS TO A STOP AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. TRANSMISSION FLUID FULL AT ALL TIMES, ENGINE WARMED UP. REPEATED STALLING, REPEATED TACHOMETER QUITS. REPEATED ENGINE QUITS WHEN YOU PLACE IN OVERDRIVE FROM NEUTRAL. MUST START MOVEMENT BY PLACING IN LOWER GEARS 1 2 OR 3. THIS TRANSMISSION NEVER SHIFTS OUT OF SECOND GEAR. PUT IT ON CODE ANALYZER AND GOT 2 CODES THAT INDICATED PC SOLENOID TORQUE CONVERTER SOLENOID ISSUES. SEEMS LIKE THESE 2000 BUICKS HAVE RECURRING DEFECTS AND GM WON'T STANDBY THEIR PRODUCT. WHY ON EARTH WOULD A COMPANY THAT DESIGNS CARS EVER PUT A BATTERY UNDER A CAR SEAT. ONE SPARK WITH HYDROGEN GAS UNDER THAT SEAT COULD KILL AN INFANT IN A CAR SEAT IF IT EXPLODED.. COME ON!!! *TR

SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION DURING A LOW SPEED (<5 MPH) TIGHT LEFT HAND TURN. FIRST INCIDENT RESULTED IN CRASH AGAINST HOUSE WALL, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. VEHICLE REPAIRED BELOW INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE, NO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE. SECOND INCIDENT IN A PARKING LOT, ON OR ABOUT MAY 16, 2012, ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE WITH NO CRASH. THIRD INCIDENT OCCURRED AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE JUNE 26, 2012, CAUSING CRASH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND GARAGE DOOR. ALL INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHEN LIFTING FROM ACCELERATOR PRIOR TO STEPPING ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE (VEHICLE STILL IN DRIVE, NO BRAKING). AFTER 3RD INCIDENT VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE BUT WAS TOWED TO THE SELLING/SERVICING BUICK DEALER. VEHICLE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED BY DEALER. CONDITION DOES NOT OCCUR EVERY TIME IN THE SAME TIGHT LEFT HAND TURN. TYPE OF TURN IS 90 DEGREES IN DRIVEWAYS TO SIDE LOADING GARAGES AND INTO PARKING SPACES. *TR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS TURNING ON I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS . THEY FIX THE CONNECTORS BUT IT KEEPS HAPPENING. . IT IS NOW THE 5TH TIME THE PREVIOUS TIME WERE AS FOLLOWS. JULY 29 08, NOV 13 08, DEC 13 10, APRIL 25 12, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE A RECALL. THE FIRST 3 TIMES IT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY THE LAST TIME I WAS CHARGED FOR THE FIX. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON THE VEHICLE STARTED BUCKLING AT LEAST 5 YEARS AGO. THE BUCKLING IS SEVERE AND EXTENDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DASH. THE WINDOWS HAVE ALSO BROKEN. I HAVE HAD THREE OF THEM REPAIRED AND ONE IS STILL BROKEN.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MOMENTS AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE IN A GARAGE, THE FRONT END CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FIRE BURNED DOWN HER HOME BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD EXTINGUISH IT. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 36,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS OBSTRUCTED THE VIEW OF THE ROAD FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HEAD RESTRAINTS OBSTRUCTED THE VIEW OF THE ROAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 350 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

AT 10:15 PM JUNE 21 2012 MYSELF THE DRIVER AND MY NEPHEW 12 YEARS IN AGE GOT DONE EATING AT RESTAURANT GOT IN THE 95 BUICK LESABRE ENTERED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION DID NOT TURN THE KEY OVER JUST PUT IT IN THE IGNITION SAT THERE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO NEXT A MINUTE LATER THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM LOOKED OVER TO SEE THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF INJURING MY NEPHEW HE SUFFERED REALLY BAD BRUISES TO BOTH LEGS AND A NASTY BRUISE TO HIS STOMACH. ME THE DRIVER IS HAVING A EMOTIONAL BREAK OVER THE INCIDENT. AND MY NEPHEW SUFFERING FROM INJURIES THAT HINDERS SOME ACTIVITIES HE COULD DO DURING HIS SUMMER BREAK. *TR