Equipment Problems of Buick Lucerne - part 1

Electrical relay/fuse box in the back under the driver's side passenger seat. We thought at first it was the battery. We replaced the battery the connections. The car sometimes starts sometimes doesn't. We've messed with the relays pulling them out and back in and it trys to turn over clicks and doesn't but has full power to the car there is also signs of extreme heat maybe fire from the battery to the metal frame of the back seat insert.

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Power steering leak. Relay in rear fuse box, under back seat, burning out. Possibilty of back seat cushion rubbing on fuse box jarring ps relay affecting connection. Safety issue if lose control of power steering. Safety compromised if unable to start car once relay burns out. Engine has turned over without key inserted/fob pressed.

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Our fuze box is located under rear seat. The relay fuze for the fuel pump melted so bad it was hot and could of caused fire. Am hearing alot of people sayung they have same issue.

The fuel pump relay keeps getting hot and burning, causing the car to not start or loosing power while driving. Lost power going up a hill and around curve with no place to pull over. Could have been hit when car died in blind spot in road. Looked it up and other people on line are saying it is the seat clips hitting fuse box causing short circuit in fuse box and damaging fuse box. People said they thought it was fuel pump but still had same problem after replacing fuel pump. A lot of upset people on line saying there should have already been recall on this problem. Have had 2 mechanics look at it. Have bought 3 relays. Afraid to drive car if it will start, fear of loosing power in middle of road and getting killed. Not to mention could cause fire since fuse box and battery are under back seat. . Genius engineer, I'll tell you! don't know if I can ever completely trust this Buick again. Never had anything like this happen to any car I've ever owned. Something needs to be done. Recall recall recall !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

My power steering went out so my mechanic checked it out and said my pump went out so I bought a new power steering pump and pulley had it put on and that didn't fix the problem. The next day I went out of town to visit family and my car caught on fire due to the power steering fluid leaked all out on the motor and got hot enough to catch on fire. Then my ignition stoped going all the way in park so I would have to disconect my battery cables so that it wouldn't run my battery down. The car wouldn't go all the way up in park making the ignition key wouldn't turn back far enough to shut my car off and lights.

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The front engine mount has broken and been replaced two times in under 100k miles. Loud clunk is present on take off, shaking and vibration when accelerating is present too. The first time was just outside of warranty at 60k miles.

Electronics shut down while driving. Nhtsa# 10972355 NHTSA id# 10908198.

While passing a vehicle, accelerator immediately accelerated the vehicle to over 115 mph quickly, and the speed continued to climb. Could not deaccelerate. Both feet on the brake, no luck, shifted to 1st gear, no luck, pushed many buttons on steering wheel, no luck, accepted the fact that this was going to be a high speed deliberate rollover. Finally at the last possible moment, throttle disengaged.

My battery is located under the back seat and caught flames yesterday with my small children in the back. I dont understand why u would put a battery under a passenger seat where people sit on top of with fabric.

Vehicle stalls unexpectedly while driving and while it's just sitting. There is absolutely no warning sign as to when this will happen. It's stalled on me while driving in all weather conditions and at different speeds. The engine just quits. Sometimes it will restart after a short while, and at other times it's had to be towed. We've had it to different dealers and mechanics and no one can figure it out. Can't drive or sell it in this condition. The same problems occurred when my father owned the car. He took it in several times for repair also, and again, nothing solved the problem.

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The car shut down and will turn over but won't start again the relay for the fuel pump is melted and there is no voltage going to the fuel pump fuse in the fuel box under the back seat of the vehicle this should be a recall due to a fire could start or the vehicle could shut down at any moment and causing a accident and or death.

Back doors are stuck locked. Neither door will open. Have two kids that have to ride back there and if we get in an accident it could be fatal if they are back there and can't get out!!.

The Buick Lucerne 2011 we own had the battery explode upon turning the key. I am wife/caregiver to 100% disabled veteran and his service dog. Normally I would have put them both in the car before turning the key but luckily on this day I did not or we all would have been killed. The car was in the driveway when this happened. We immediately had car towed to mechanic after the acid and smoke in car had cleared. It was deemed that battery exploded as it is under the rear seat and we could not see it until the seat was out. A new battery was put in but the residual acid burning and melting seat had me take it back for further repair. The insurance company finally conceded to replace the 2nd battery and put new foam in back seat as the 1st new one was already corroding after 2 weeks. It was told to me that the insurance company was going to total the car as it is a life threatening fire hazard but they changed their mind and had us pay about $1000 out of pocket for new alternator as they claim it was the cause of the explosion. We were told it would happen again or cause a fire as the entire wiring under the seats from the alternator is defective. It is terrifying to be in this (our only vechicle for transport to va hospital treatments) car daily. We wait another explosion or fire any minute. The dealership refused to examine the car for safety as they must be equally afraid or unable to assure it is safe. Please advise others of this life threatening fire hazard before someone gets killed. I pray it wont be us, or cause an accident to harm others. We still owe $$ on this car as we bought it used 2 years ago and the dealer will not assist in helping us get enough to pay the loan but gladly took many thousands over value from us. Please make this public to save lives.

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I am writing a complaint to inform you about my 2006 Buick Lucerne, VIN number 1g4hd57296u171354. It has a defect. The car has been accelerating at various times. Also, the car has turned off twice while I was driving. The first time was while I was driving in the parking lot at my job and the second time was on may 24, 2017 as I was just starting to pass the blinking lights. I really feel that the car is no longer safe to be driven after the recall in 2015. I honestly would like the problem fixed as soon as possible for my safety and the safety of others. This car is unsafe and I would prefer to have the value of the car instead of the car being repaired. The car was supposedly fixed after the recall and the same problem is still happening. It is my opinion that this car cannot be repaired.

While vehicle was in motion on a city street,approximately 5 days ago and also 1 month prior to this it unexpectedly reduced power and within 5 seconds completely shut down the vehicle!if I was on a parkway or interstate when this occurred it could have resulted in a serious crash. My wife will no longer drive this car for fear it will cause a terrible or fatal accident. The vehicles dash read "starting disabled"service throttle!took it to the local dealer for evaluation and they could not find a solution. This a very serious safety issue that needs corrected before someone is injured or killed. This car only has 36k miles on it.

Problems : a short circuit on the printed circuit board for the washer fluid heater, overheating the ground circuit board. May cause other electrical features malfunction, create an odor or cause smoke increasing the risk of fire. 2. Hwfs harness. Considerable melting has occurred around the hwfs fluid chamber. Possible for the heater washers module to ignite and a fire may occur. 3. On 3 occasions the key has locked out of the run position and caused loss of power, power-steering, and power breaking; increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. I have contacted Buick about this. They stated there are no recalls on my vehicle. Customer complaint number is 8-2700897169. General service number 1-866-608-8080. I drive as little as possible because of the factors. 1st recall # 08v441000 recall date 08/28/2008. Componet: electrical system on all 3 issues. 2. Recall date 06/24/2010 recall #10v240000. 3. Recall number is 14v355000 recall date 06/23/2014. Buick states these are not issues with my car but all these issues have occurred by me. These incidents for some reason these all happened while the vehicle was stopped at a traffic light, fixing to stop, or starting from a low rate of speed.

The car was garaged and hardly driven by the previous owner, and the current mileage is about 43,000. Since the beginning of my ownership the check engine light comes and goes randomly. The car also says on the digital readout "service air bag," pretty much all the time. I have had three different mechanics scan for the error codes and they could find nothing for them to recommend a next step. While I was in white plains, NY, I got a notice for an air bag service recall from the dealer. All they did was to put an insert onto my ignition key after a two hour wait. When I asked what this had to do with the check air bag light, they said, "if you drive with a heavily loaded key chain the pulls down, the service air bag/check engine lights erroneously come on. " it was the most stupid thing I have ever heard, and I can't believe the nhta would have allowed this sham to pass as a recall. Having read the bulletin board of complaints I see a number of complaints about air bags not deploying after an accident. You need to put out a recall---a real recall--on this vehicle for the air bag. Please feel free to contact me.

Fuel pump relay and control circuits . Engine would turn over but wouldn't start. No fuel could get to the engine.

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Veh while driving just cuts off for no reason, speed does not matter. If going fast enough you might be able to cost to the shoulder of the road however there is absolutely no warning it just cuts off. After waiting about 5 minutes you can restart the car but have no assurance that it will keep going. This has happened a total of three times. Once in heavy traffic, and twice when there was enough speed to get the car to the shoulder of the road. The first time was the camshaft sensor and had that replaced and the service man told me there was absolutely no warning for failure. The second and third time no warning but have not found out what the cause s of this problem was. I contacted Buick and there has been no recall for this problem. Got on a Buick forum and found that there are several instances of this happening to other Buick Lucerne's. It is very dangerous for this problem especially when you have not warning of sudden stops. Buick needs to look into this and pursue this with dilligence before there is a car pile up on a freeway. Thanks.

Fuel pump relay burned out 3 times in less than a month, and the car would not start, causing the fuse block to burn. The first time, the vehicle was parked in the garage, and wouldnt start one morning, causing me to have to call off work. The next time, vehicle was in motion, on a city street, on my way to work one morning, and the power steering and acceleration died, causing me to have no control of the vehicle.

67k, power steering leaking, difficulty to steer; 72k, engine torque strut mounts torn, vibrates when moving; 77k, engine oil leaking, valve cover gasket, stationary; 77k, engine oil leaking, front timing chain cover gasket, stationary; 78k, hard to start crank sensor, stationary; 79k, wont start, starter motor, stationary; 79k, trunk leaking when rains, tail light panel seams and internal bumper seam holes, spare tire wheel well filled with water, stationary; engine oil leaks, gaskets, and engine mounts, most likely related; all issues are poor engineering, design, or workmanship!.

Vehicle has numerous issues over the years. 80k miles currently, tires leak air because of corrosion on the rims, this is my 2nd set of tires not counting the set the vehicle came with, breaks have been done twice, rotors have been replaced, both front door handles have come off, problems with the leveler, now door locks lock/unlock while driving but not just once (might happen 6-8 times). Local dealer & service station have performed repairs/replacements. Already been under 2 recalls.

Leased Buick Lucerne 2007, nothing was wrong when I got it and they told me there was a recall on the car but it was fixed, but then 5 weeks later my car won't start. . . They put a fake recall inspection sticker on the car, they told me "don't put anything on the key. . . Now they want me to pay for the payments,deductible,and diagnostic fee. . .

Head light failure due to passenger side relay harness module failure. Low beam lights failed on dark night on mountain road. This problem has been reported by numerous Buick Lucerne drivers. Buick obviously knows there is a problem because they offer a replacement front light harness module that must be spliced into the existing main light harness to replace the original equipment module. This is an obvious manufacturing design defect and a difficult module to replace. The replacement module is approximately $50 and the replacement labor is around 1. 5 hours. With normal use this light module connections shorts out because of the overload on the module. Why hasn't this problem been considered for a recall? gm has admitted it is a design defect with the availability of the replacement light harness module wiring kit. My wife almost went off the road and wrecked when the lights went out.

Rear passenger side door was opened and closed after entering, once we tried to open that door it no longer opened from the inside or the outside. The same thing happened to the rear driver's side door the next day, now neither of the rear doors open from the inside or the outside. The child safety locks were not on prior to this happening so it couldn't have had an effect on why this happened as we were able to exit the vehicle without having to open them from the inside and outside, now it won't open at all from either side. There are 3 children always sitting in the back and have to jump over the center console from the front and this is also a hazard in case of a fire or accident if trying to exit the car.

The passenger side rear door does not unlock from the inside or the outside. My daughter was in the back seat and told me she could not get out. I got out of the car and attempted to open the door from the outside with no success. I tried the electric lock button on the driver side and passenger side without success. This is a very dangerous situation and have read numerous complaints from many individuals. It appears gm has a faulty locking mechanism.

Driver side door handle, cylinder lock and latch mechanism pulls out from the door when opening the door to enter car. The assembly stays loose after the door is closed. It appears that something has broken inside and will require that the door panel will need to be removed and assembly replaced.

No warning car would not crank. Turn over but not crank. After about a hour car cranked. 1 week later car would not crank. But still would turn over. Found a burned fuel pump relay. Changed it out. 30 miles later. Car killed luckily come to a red light. Check relay , it was extremely hot. Located under the back seat where my kids ride. Only vehicle. Is there a recall. As dangerous as ignition problem.

I started the engine and the "low engine power light" came on the dashboard. I pressed the pedal down and had to press the pedal all the way to the floor to get the car to go 5 mph. I had to drive on the shoulder of the road and keep pumping the gas pedal up and down to keep the car going. At traffic lights I had to put the car in neutral and floor it to race the engine in order for the car to move. It is hazard driving on a free way at 5 mph. I was able to make it to tire discounters because they were the only one open on christmas eve as mark sweeney GMC/Buick was not open and normally take my car to brocherding GMC/Buick. The service person at tire discounters discovered it was the throttle switch which was bad. I ended up being able to get a rental car while my car ws being repaired. I picked up my car on December 29, 2014 to find that another person had brought their 2006 or 07 Buick in for the same problem at tire discounter. I will never own another american made car again. This Buick Lucerne is the demon car and I have spent over 10k in repairs the past 3 years to keep it running.

Latches locks linkages -- starting at 52000 miles, my Buick Lucerne 2006's rear passenger door would not open under any circumstances. The door will not open from the inside, from the outside, and although the key fob visibly actuates the latch, it does not assist in opening the door. Now at 53000, the driver's side rear door will not open. I now have no access to half of the inside of the automobile. After investigating numerous complaints on the internet, I discovered that apparently this is due to a latch assembly failure in each door. The Buickforums. Com provided advice: chisel open the back doors, then pull the door panel off. At that point, apparently the visible linkages are not the issue. Instead, it is the internal mechanism of the lock housing. Problem not resolved.

I am writing in regards to the gm recall #14299. Ignition issue. We received a letter from Buick/gm the end of September. I called the local Buick GMC dealer to set up an appt to get it fixed, and she said I would have to call back in 2-3 weeks because the parts were backordered. Last week on the national news gm was complaining because people weren't getting this problem taken care of and they wanted to offer gift cards. I called the local dealer again and now the parts are in but they are booked until December 15 of this year because now everyone wants to get their vehicles fixed. So I have to go a little over another month before I can get this fixed? not real happy about how this was handled. If there's a recall, the manufacturer should have the parts in stock before a letter is sent out telling up to get our vehicle fixed right away.

My daughter drove the car to school and when school was out the car would not go into gear. My husband came and tried to get the car into gear but also had no luck. We had to have the car towed to the garage for work. I looked up recalls and noticed the Cadillac has a recall for the same part. Total cost for dealer parts and towing, installation and labor is $ 360. 00.

After driving the car to school my daughter was unable to shift the car into gear. My husband went to the car and was also unable to shift. We had the vehicle towed to our local garage and received a call this morning that the shifter cable broke. The total price for repair is 360. 00 I noticed there was a recall for a similar gm vehicle for the shift cable breaking and a recall issued in the Cadillac vehicle. The recall claimed the vehicle was unable to shift in or out of gear. This is the same problem we experienced with our Lucerne. I'm thinking the Lucerne should be included in this recall. Thank you for checking.

Background - I just went through the ignition recall on my 2007 Chevrolet cobalt. The ignition switch was replaced and I am comfortable driving the car now. Then I received recall 14299 on my 2011 Buick Lucerne (NHTSA campaign id 14v355) involving a similar ignition issue. It also mentioned the weight issue of items hanging on the key causing loss of engine power, braking, etc. The recall provided the same interim instructions as the cobalt, remove everything from the key including the fob. I took my Buick Lucerne in for the recall and found out all it involved was adding two key rings and an insert in the key. After the recall is performed it is supposed to be safe to add previously removed items back on your key ring. I do not understand how adding two key rings and an insert can correct a weight issue on the key. I haven't had the recall performed yet because I didn't have both keys with me when I went to the dealership. I am trying to understand if I am wasting my time driving 40 miles for what appears to be a general motors sham. Has the national highway traffic safety administration evaluated and approved this fix?.

2007 Buick Lucerne. Consumer writes in regards to rear view cameras and automatic headlights in all cars. .