Driver door handle breaks just like the door handle on the cadillac. Why was cadillac recalled but not buick? Let's be fair both are gm cars. Clearly a defect according to service dept. There are so many.
2006 Buick Lucerne body complaints
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Rear passenger door will not open from inside or outside when handles are activated. It will unlock with fob and stem at door but is stuck shut. Appears to be locked all the time. Would be unsafe if one was in a emergency situation. It happen when I stopped and was trying to exit. It happen on a highway during a stop on shoulder.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. When the vehicle was parked, the rear doors failed to open. The contact stated that it took four people to open the rear doors. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000. Ma 10/5 updated 12/04/2017
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated that the rear passenger door did not open from the outside or inside. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure was unable to be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 28,000. Updated 6/18/15
The driver's side rear door will not open although it is unlocked. The inside door handle and the outside door handle both seem to function normally, but neither will open the door. The door isn't stuck. The child lock is not engaged. I have seen from online sources that this has been a problem for this vehicle for a long time. It presents a serious safety issue.
Both rear doors do not open. The latches have failed. It is impossible to get out of the backseat, unless you crawl through the front. The latches have latched forever. The door does not open from the inside or outside. It started intermittently with one door then the next. They have been closed now for over year with being unable to open them. We have three children who will be stuck in the back if there is an accident. This needs to be under extended warranty. This is unacceptable and is a safety hazard.
Http://buickforums.com/forums/threads/25659-2006-lucerne-rear-door-lock my buick has experienced the same problem experienced by others. The rear passenger door stops working. Apparently a mechanism problem that has been around for awhile. This would be a safety issue for passenger's in the rear seat who can not exit the car involved in an accident. With the volume of people experiencing this problem, this is obviously a manufacturing defect.
Attempted to open passenger side rear door and it did not open. Attempts to shake the handle did not work and locking/unlocking did not free up door. Passenger had to exit the car on the other side unable to exit on passenger side. Multiple complaints of the same found online where people cannot exit vehicle. Door latch issue in this model according to repair shop.
I lost engine power as I was driving on i75 approximately 16 miles south of venice florida. One of the tires exploded and the whole wiring system was destroyed due to the tire explosion, as well as the back bumper. My vehicle was towed to the buick dealer in venice florida. Repair costs including towing and rental car for the period my vehicle was being repaired elevated to approximately $1600.00. This does not include replacement of the back bumper which would cost an additional $1400.00 per buick's quote. I was informed of a recall by buick due to the exact reasons that LED to my accident and related costs. General motors is declining responsibility whereas I did experience the problems listed in the reasons for recall number 14299.
Unable to use passenger rear door from inside or out, weather door is locked or unlocked.
Lower front motor support replaced @ about 45,000 miles. Now @ 81,000 replaced torque bar ? (upper front of engine 2 big bolts replaced myself) great idea for a less powerful 3800 engine. Also constant anti-freeze leak. You know the cause. It is all over the I-net...plastic connections.!!!!!! All this is common knowledge, why has nothing been done???? [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
We can be driving down the road and the warning light for the hood comes on and says hood open ,it's not unlatched and we are wondering what would cause this?
My rear doors will not open from the inside or the outside. My 4 door vehicle has been forced to be a 2 door coupe. I have 80,000 miles on the vehicle.
The rig, even after unlocking all other doors. This is a safety hazard as back seat passengers could be trapped inside the car in the event of an accident or fireht rear door locks and will not open from inside or outside. This is a safety hazard as back seat passengers could be trapped inside after an accident or a fire.
While driving home on rereidental street( 31th near charles street) in rockford il. At 8:00pm,crossing over charles street while the intersection light in my direction; and east bound vehicle dis-regared the light and crossed into my path turning left going south causing damage to the entire vehicle from the tires to the bumper. The empact turning the vehicle ( 2006 buick lucrene 4 dr.) completely around. My main concern is that the air bags ( driver/pass) did not deport.... Question to you is there any steps I can take to settle this issue for compensation..the vehicle was a total lost.
Reported this to dealer on 7/2/13 and was diagnosed as inside door lock assy at 58.97$, and 410$ plus tax to repair. Went home banged on in side of door and was able to open until this week when problem recurred and no amount of banging would open door. Went on google and noted this to be prevalent with many owners. This can be fatal in an accident where the passenger cannot exit the vehicle. Do we have to wait for a fatality before the gm acknowledges either a faulty design or faulty part,and repair without customer cost. Please advise.
Both rear passengers doors will not open from the inside or outside. This has been an recurring problem for about a year, it is such a shame how many complaints are filled for this particular defect and there is not any recalls.
The rear passenger doors of the car do not open. The automatic door locks have failed to work. The mechanism design has failed because the manual door lock releases do not work. It is impossible to exit (or enter) the car from the backseat. The rear doors on both sides of the car do not open. There has been no accident and there has never been any prior damage. Since more than two people often ride in this vehicle, this is an extreme safety hazard because it is impossible to access the back seat of the car (especially in an emergency) unless reaching over the front seat from inside the car.
Back door will not open inside or out side just stopped working !!!some one could get stuck in the back because door will not open safety issue !!!!!!!! I was told gm was told about this problem and had no recall because im not the only person this has happened too !!!! This is not fair its a safety issue that should of been fixed with a recall !!!!
Was stopped in a traffic jam on the hwy when a full size van ran into the rear of my car pushing my car into the car in front of me. There was damage to the rear and front of my car. The airbags didn't deploy.
I closed the rear driver's side door. I then locked the car. Later after unlocking the vehicle the door would not open; from the outside or inside. It appears to be locking and unlocking. After checking forums I see that there are many buick lucerne owners that have also experienced this issue. This is a major safety issue! I can't believe there isn't a recall on this car. I'm scared to put my children in the back seat by chance we are in a accident and they are injured.
The rear door locks on the 2006 buick lucerne have a fundamental design flaw. If the rear seat passenger pulls the door handle to open the door while the door is locked, and holds it in place when the power lock mechanism attempts to unlock the door, the mechanism binds internally making the door impossible to open. This has occurred 5 times on our lucerne over the past 4 years. The only way to open the door is remove the inner door panel. Reach into the lock through the access holes and free up the mechanism. Until the door is repaired the backseat passenger sitting next to the frozen door cannot get out. I can't believe that the engineering team at gm has not discovered a fix for this condition. This is very disappointing and dangerous.
Unable to open rear passenger door. Tried from both inside and outside, tried manually unlocking and using remote to unlock. Door will not open. Afraid to use back seat now in case of emergency.
The right rear door is unable to be opened from either inside or outside. It remains that way since the dealer wants $320 to do the work. The left rear had the same problem but that was covered under warranty when the car was relatively new. This is a safety concern. Obviously there are a lot of people with the same problem. Why is this not covered by a recall? My wife's cousin had a lucerne with the same issues. She got rid of hers. As soon as we can afford another car we will be doing the same thing. And I guarantee it won't be a gm!!!!
Unable to open rear passenger door. Tried from both inside and outside, tried manually unlocking and using remote to unlock. Door will not open. Afraid to use back seat now in case of emergency.
I have experienced an issue that seems to be of concern ( reviewed complaints filed for the same issue) for safety. My passenger side back door failed to unlock both from the inside and outside. If I were in an accident and had passengers in the back seat, this could be life threatening. I cannot image that there has not been a recall for such a serious issue. After talking to gm, they will not take any action until notified by the federal safety agency-odl. What does it take for this issue to be addressed?
Tl*the contact owns 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated the front drivers side door handle fractured from the vehicle. In order to enter the vehicle, the contact had to use the front passenger door. The contact also stated that the front passenger side door previously experienced the same failure. The failure mileage was 60,100. The VIN was unavailable.
The rear passenger and/or driver side door(s) will not open from the inside or the outside. It is as though the locking mechanisms are not engaging either door.
Hood support works incorrectly, had to open but easy to close. With wind hood can close.
2006 buick lucerne with instrument panel defects. Consumer states that the instrument panel has chrome plated gadgets and when the sun hits the dashboard it shocks his eyes. *kb the consumer also stated the fake wood trim reflects badly.
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