Buick Regal Complaints

3,261 consumer complaints on file.

#10725904June 18, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000. UPDATED 09/08/15*LJ UPDATED 10/25/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725869June 17, 2015
ENGINE, STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, 78 MPH IN RUSH HOUR AND MY ENGINE DIED/NO POWER, NO BRAKES, NO STEERING. HEAVY TRAFFIC, NO CONTROL. I MADE IT TO SHOULDER, VERY DIFFICULT TO EASE THE VEHICLE OVER. NO WARNING LIGHTS. ENGINE JUST DIED. NO CONTROL. ONCE THE CAR STOPPED AFTER ROLLING AT A HIGH SPEED, I TRIED TO START MY ENGINE. ENGINE STARTED,AND ABLE TO PROCEED. NEXT DAY, SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED I WAS TURNING A CORNER. THE SAME THING HAPPENED, I WAS GOING A LOWER SPEED. I HAD LESS CONTROL AFTER THE ENGINE DIED, NO WARNING LIGHTS ETC.VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. I TURNED THE KEY AND IT STARTED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID NEEDED OIL CHANGE, AND 3 QUARTS LOW ON OIL. AND I WAS 1000 MILES OVER . THEY WERE SENDING ME HOME WITH OIL CHANGE, I PLEADED TO LOOK INTO FURTHER AS I WAS IN FEAR OF MY LIFE DRIVING. THE SERVICE SHEET INDICATED THE CAR HAD MULTIPLE CAM ACTUATOR SYSTEM FAILURE CODES. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID LOW ON OIL, AND WAS SAFE,HE WENT TO GET THE CAR. THE CAR STALLED ON HIM ...NO POWER, NO ALARMS,NO SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHTS, ETC. EVENTUALLY, I CONVINCED THEM TO GIVE ME A VEHICLE TO DRIVE AFTER INITIAL DENIAL. 1 WEEK LATER, THEY HAVE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. SAID EXHAUST CAM SHAFT ACTUATOR WAS BROKEN. THEY REPLACED THE TIMING CHAINS, THE ACTUATORS, AND SELENOIDS. STILL NO EXPLANATION WHY MY CAR DIED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 78MPH THEY SAID SOMETIMES IT TAKES 3 FAILURES OR KEY CYCLES BEFORE AN ALARM WILL BE SET. NOT SURE IF THEY TRULY FOUND THE PROBLEM SO THEY HAVE ASKED TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO SEE IF THE DEFAULT CONTINUES TO SHOW UP. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT AN ENGINE SHOULD STOP WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS 3 TIMES BEFORE AN ALARM SYSTEM OR WARNING WOULD EVER BE GIVEN TO THE DRIVER THAT THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM. I AM STILL VERY CONCERNED AND AM NOT SURE IF I SHOULD BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE OR NOT FOR FEAR OF MY LIFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725396June 15, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR HAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER. ANYTHING ELECTRICAL WOULDN'T WORK. WE COULDN'T REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY, PUT WINDOWS OR ANYTHING. THE SECOND TIME I TRIED TO USE THE VEHICLES SELF JUMP START BUT NOTHING WOULD WORK. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO POWER IN THIS CAR AT THIS TIME. MY WIFE SAID AT ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SHE DID SMELL A BURNING ODOR. WE ALSO HAD THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING. IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN AFTER THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. WE FEEL WE ARE DRIVING A FIREBOMB WAITING TO HAPPEN AND DO NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS CAR ANYMORE. CURRENTLY ITS AT A GM DEALER AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHATS WRONG WITH THIS CAR. BEST PART IS THE DEALERS DON'T WANT THIS CAR BACK AS EVIDENCED BY THE LOW TRADE IN VALUE THAT WAS OFFERED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724092June 8, 2015
ENGINE
ENGINE KEEPS STALLING., IT HAPPENS AT INTERSECTIONS AND RANDOMLLY AFTER ACCELERATING. THE CAR DIES. I HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED BY DEALERS AND SEVERAL MECHANICS. VERY LOUD NOISE WHEN VEHICLE STARTS UP. RUNS ROUGH AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE CORRECTLY. SHAKES WHENEVER IDLE AND TURNS OFF RANDOMLLY. POSSIBLE ECM SOFTWARE UPDATE NEEDED BASED ON INTERNET SEARCH FOR THE SIMILIAR ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST OR EVEN COMMENT ON ANY UPDATES TO SOFTWARE WITHOUT GOING IN AND PAYING FOR INSPECTION AGAIN. FUSES, AIR INTAKE, O2 SENSORS FILERS, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CHECKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721873May 28, 2015
ENGINE
ENGINE STALLING IN INTERSECTION, AND IN A PARKING LOT. WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION AND CAR JUST DIED, STARTED IT AGAIN IT MOVED VERY ROUGHLY AND DIED AGAIN. IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE AND I HAD THE AIR RUNNING. NO DTC CODES PRESENT. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WHILE JUST LETTING OFF THE GAS AND PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT. IT'S VERY RANDOM AND I AM AFRAID TO HAVE MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND HAVE IT DIE IN A CROSS ROAD OR INTERSECTION. LOTS OF POSTS ON SIMILAR ISSUES, BUT NO RECALLS FROM BUICK.....WILL SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10716557May 14, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TURN SIGNAL, BRAKE, AND HAZARD LIGHTING FAILED TO ILLUMINATE SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO FIND A FAILURE. THE LIGHT BULBS WERE CHANGED, BUT THE FAILURES PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,115.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714749May 5, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,546. UPDATED 6/22/15*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714265May 3, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MULTIPLE INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE COMING ON WHEN NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, GRADUAL LOSS OF BATTERY CHARGE. THEN MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START AT ALL. NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STARTER, BATTERY IS STILL GOOD, THE ALTERNATOR IS FINE. MY INDICATOR CONSOLE WILL NOT COME BACK ON WHEN I TRY TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON, CAR WILL NOT START WITHOUT A JUMP, BUT ALL THE LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE ARE ON. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS MODEL YEAR HAS A RECALL ALREADY ON IT FOR THIS SAME ISSUE ID # 13V173000 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. NOTHING ELSE SEEMS TO BE WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. NOT SURE AT THIS POINT IF IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712391April 23, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V527000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,013.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712505April 23, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE FIRST FEW TIMES, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AS I WAS BRAKING FOR STOP SIGNS. THE ANTI-LOCKS ACTIVATED, THE ANTI-LOCK WARNING CAME ON, AND THEN THE ENGINE REFIRED, THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT, AND IT RAN FINE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR A COMPLETE TUNE-UP. THEN IT QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE IGNITION WOULD REFIRE. THEN IT QUIT ON AN ONRAMP AND I HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO RESTART IT. THE LAST TIME IT FAILED, I ATTEMPTED TO START IT IN A PARKING LOT. IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO KEEP IT RUNNING. THE LAST SEVERAL TIMES THAT IT FAILED, ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD BLINK ON AND OFF UNTIL I RESTARTED IT. THAT WAS THE CLUE THAT I SEARCHED FOR ON THE INTERNET. I FOUND THIS PARTICULAR WEBSITE AND I ALSO FOUND VIDEOS AND BLOGS OF MY PROBLEM. MY LOCAL MECHANIC DID HIS OWN RESEARCH AND WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION TO REPLACE THE IGNITION CONTACT BLOCK. SO, I TOOK THE OLD IGNITION CONTACT BLOCK APART. THREE CONTACTS WERE BURNED. TWO WERE MILD, BUT THE THIRD ONE WAS SEVERE. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT CIRCUIT IT WAS FOR, BUT IT WAS THE LAST CONTACT AWAY FROM THE CIRCULAR OPENING ON THE SIDE WHERE THE RED AND THE ORANGE WIRES ENTER THE BLOCK. SINCE THE REPAIR, THE CAR IS RUNNING GOOD. DUE TO THE RANDOM NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, I CANNOT BE COMFORTABLE QUITE YET UNTIL I PUT A FEW MORE MILES ON IT. I FRANKLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM DOES NOT ADMIT THAT THE SCOPE OF THEIR IGNITION SWITCH RECALL IS PROBABLY MUCH LARGER THAN THEY ALREADY ADMIT TO - UNLESS IT INVOLVES THAT MANY MORE CARS. I READ AN ARTICLE WHERE THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO HANG ANY WEIGHT ON THE IGNITION KEY UNTIL THEY CAN GET THEIR REPAIRS DONE. I JIGGLED AND PULLED ON MY KEY WHILE CAR WAS RUNNING OK BETWEEN BOUTS OF FAILURE: IT HAD NO EFFECT. THIS REPAIR COST ME $326.54 AND I AM HOLDING MY RECEIPT JUST IN CASE EITHER THE GOVT. OR GM DOES THE RIGHT THING AND REIMBURSES ME. I THINK I WILL LOOK AT FORD NEXT TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712053April 21, 2015
ENGINE
ON SATURDAY, 4/18/15, I WAS IN THE INTERSECTION WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN; THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING. WHEN IT WAS CLEAR TO COMPLETE THE LEFT HAND TURN, I PLACED MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. BY THIS TIME, THE LIGHT CHANGED TO RED, PERMITTING TRAFFIC IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD. HOWEVER, I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION UNABLE TO MOVE. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME, I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER MY VEHICLE OUT THE AWAY AND COMPLETE MY LEFT HAND TURN. I TOOK IT TO THE BUICK DEALERSHIP LOCATED AT 7400 W CERMAK ROAD IN NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL ON 4/20/15 AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. SO I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE HOME 4/20/15 AND DROVE IT HOME. ON THE RIDE HOME, IT PERFORMED WITH NO ISSUES. THEN ON TUESDAY, 4/21/15, I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN WHICH PERMITTED ME TO MOVE FORWARD, I PLACED MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE JOLTED FORWARD AN INCH OR SO AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ANY LONGER. THE VAN BEHIND ME HAD TO SWING TO THE RIGHT OF MY VEHICLE TO AVOID REAR ENDING ME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND/OR INJURY AND FATALITIES. I ALSO HAD MY 13 YR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME DURING BOTH INCIDENTS. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS THE COULD END SOMEONE'S LIFE OR SERIOUSLY INJURE SOMEONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10706451April 18, 2015
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH AND WAS COMING INTO AN INTERSECTION IN WHICH I NEEDED TO TURN. STOPLIGHT TURNED RED, SO I STOPPED. AS SOON AS I STOPPED, THE CAR JUST DIED. WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR! WE COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY BEEN HURT. SOMEONE PLEASE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. HAVE HAD MY CAR AT DEALER BEFORE AND MENTIONED STALLING, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. WILL BE HAVING IT TOWED BACK IN MONDAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10705712April 14, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10705133April 11, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I USED MY TURN SIGNALS TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND MY CAR TURNED OFF. NO LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, DASH LIGHTS, BRAKES WERE SOFT, AND STEERING WAS HARD. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES NOW AND I AM NOW UNABLE TO START MY CAR AT ALL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? AND WHY HAVEN'T ANYONE FOUND A FIX? HELP ME PLEASE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703946April 6, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PUSH TO START BUTTON WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCIDENTLY BE TURNED OFF WHEN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400. ..UPDATED 05-26-15 *BF UPDATED 10/4/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703743April 4, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY CAR STARTED TO NOT START AFTER BEING DRIVEN AND SHORTLY AFTER DID NOT WANT TO START IN A SIMPLE IDLE. SOMEHOW FUEL HAS BEEN GETTING TRAPPED IN A PRESSURIZED LINE AND I'M HAVING TO RELEASE THE FUEL OUT. OIL LEAKED INTO THE SPARK PLUGS CAUSED A PILOT FLAME. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO THAT SPECIFIC MAKE AND YEAR AS WELL A FEW OF THE OTHER 90 MODELS. EVERY ACCOUNT SAYS IT IS A FLAW IN THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10702988March 31, 2015
EQUIPMENT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 BUICK REGAL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE, THE BACKUP CAMERA FAILED TO OPERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,469. UPDATED 7/7/15*CN THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO WITHDRAW HIS COMPLAINT. UPDATED 07/14/15*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10702048March 26, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I BOUGHT THIS 2011 BUICK REGAL WITH ABOUT 53000 MILES ON IT FROM A PRIVATE SELLER. FROM THE DAY I GOT IT THE STEREO, CLOCK, NAVIGATION HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM. THE CLOCK DOESN'T HOLD THE TIME, STEREO TURNS OFF MY ITSELF OR SOMETIMES MAKES A LOUD POP NOISE AND DOESN'T WORK. THE NAVIGATION IS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, I LIVE IN N.Y. THE DRIVERS HEATED SEAT DOESN'T WORK. THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY WAS UP 3000 MILE AGO, AT THIS POINT. LATER, THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MOTOR MADE A LOUD KNOCK AND WOULD SURGE, HESITATE AND STALL. WITH THE TIMING BEING OFF, THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T DOWNSHIFT AND WAS HARD TO STOP THE CAR. TWO MONTHS LATER THE SAME SYMPTOMS RE-OCCURRED. THE DEALER CHARGED ME TO DIAGNOSE AND TOLD ME IT WAS DOWN 2 QUARTS OF OIL. THEY CHANGED THE OIL 2 MONTHS PRIOR. NOW, I NOTICED THE REAR BRAKES ARE DRAGGING AND DON'T RELEASE SOMETIMES. GM, BUICK AND TWO DEALER WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS. AN EXPENSIVE CAR THAT IS BARELY YEARS OLD WITH ALL THESE PROBLEMS. I'VE SEEN THE SERVICE BULLETINS ON ALL OFF THESE PROBLEMS. NO HELP FROM GM, JUST INDEX CARD READERS FROM THE PHILIPPINES WHO APOLOGIZE EVERY THIRTY SECONDS AND MAKE EXCUSES! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10700992March 22, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON 3-7-15, UPON LEAVING MCDONALD'S ON 14 MILE RD., IN ROYAL OAK, MI. I APPROACHED THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY, STOPPED, WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR. STARTING TO TURN OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR DID START TO GO, BUT SUDDENLY, WITH NO WARNING, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS NOW ON THE MAIN ROAD, WITH CARS APPROACHING, NO ACCELERATION. I GLIDED INTO THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, HARDLY MADE IT SAFELY. I TESTED THE CAR IN DRIVE AND REVERSE, AND THE CAR RESPONDED. I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP, RIGHT LANE, FLASHERS ON. THEY TESTED THE CAR BY COMPUTER CODING "RUNNING LEAN". THEY DETERMINED THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. I WAS CALLED AND TOLD A LOOSE CABLE AND SCREW TO THE BATTERY CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I ASKED AND WAS TOLD "RUNNING LEAN" HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THEY SAID IT CODED PREVIOUSLY "RUNNING LEAN". I NEVER HAD WARNINGS, OR HAD NO GAS TO THE ACCELERATOR BEFORE. I HAVE COMPLAINED OF A HESITANCY WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. TEST DRIVING THE CAR, NOBODY AGREED WITH ME, AT SOMERSET BUICK OR AT SELLERS BUICK. TOLD TO ME BY SOMERSET BUICK, A PROBLEM HAS TO OCCUR 3 TIMES BEFORE WARNING THE DRIVER. I SAID THAT COULD BE "TOO LATE", AND THEY COULD HAVE A FATALITY ON THEIR HANDS. IMAGINE MAKING A LEFT TURN IN AN INTERSECTION, STARTING TO ACCELERATE, AND SUDDENLY NO GAS TO DRIVE THE CAR, IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH CARS COMING? I PONDERED: THE "3 TIME OCCURRENCE" BEFORE A WARNING? WHAT REASON NOT TO WARN A DRIVER? HOW COULD THERE NOT BE A WARNING TO LET A DRIVER KNOW THAT THERE IS A CABLE AND A SCREW LOOSE CAUSING NO GAS TO THE ACCELERATOR? I AM HAUNTED BY WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE DRIVING THE GM CARS THAT HAD THE PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? I REALLY BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SITUATION TO SAVE LIVES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10700804March 21, 2015
POWER TRAIN
DIFFICULT TO SHIFT MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN COLD WEATHER, ALONG WITH GEAR NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON JAN 16, 2015 AND ALL THEY DID WAS GIVE US A COPY OF GM'S CORPORATE BULLETIN 03-07-29-004I: MANUAL TRANSMISSION OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (DEC 19, 2014). THIS DOCUMENT TOLD US TO SHIFT SLOWLY IN COLD WEATHER, BUT THEN WE CANNOT SHIFT IT AT ALL. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER ON FEB 20, 2015. THE SERVICE MANAGER TEST DROVE IT AND AGREED THERE WAS A SHIFTING ISSUE. THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS MUCH EASIER TO SHIFT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE NOW HAVE A VIBRATION IN 2ND GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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