Buick Lucerne sudden acceleration problems

Filed Dec 29, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 buick lucerne. The contact stated that when the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the catalytic converter and the motor mount needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 3/13/15*cn updated 9/11207

Filed Aug 22, 2014 · Brakes · 45,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 buick lucerne. The contact stated that while engaging the brakes, the brakes malfunctioned causing the vehicle to surge forward. The contact indicated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 45,000.

Filed Apr 6, 2013 · Body, Fuel system · 57,000 miles · NC · crash

When my wife was parking the car in a shopping center parking lot, the engine roared (even though she had her foot on the brake) and the vehicle jumped over the curb and struck small bushes and trees in the median between the stein mart and home dept parking lots causing damage to the front grill and driver side front fender. My wife was not injured luckily. Had this event occurred under normal driving conditions somebody could have been seriously injured and or killed depending upon the circumstances. I had a similiar instance about a year ago when the car surged forward while I was stopped at a intersection. My foot was on the brake and I got the car stopped. I continued to drive the car and did not experience any further problems. I thought it might have been a stuck accelerator linkage that cleared. I've since learned the newer vehicles are drive by wire controlled. Their is no direct throttle linkage from the gas pedal. The vehicle is currently at a buick dealers body shop being repaired.. Their service manager stated they would read the computer codes and use a scan tool to determine what caused the accident. An accident report was recorded by the local police department.

Filed Dec 21, 2011 · Acceleration · OH

2010 buick lucerne. Consumer states problem with vehicle accelerating rapidly on its own. *tgw the consumer stated the sudden acceleration happened when the cruise control was on and off. The consumer stated the sudden acceleration has happened at least 15 times; once while pulling into his garage, several times on the interstate and several times in heavy city traffic. The dealer stated the floor mat became trapped under the accelerator. However, the consumer disagreed with that theory.

Filed Nov 5, 2010 · Acceleration · 4,100 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2010 buick lucerne. While driving approximately 65 MPH with the cruise control engaged, the contact began to drive uphill. While driving up the hill, the vehicle suddenly accelerated beyond the speed at which the cruise control was set. Upon reaching the top of the hill, the speed of the vehicle dropped back down to the intended speed. The failure occurred intermittently so the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on 3 occasions where the contact was informed the vehicle was operating as normal. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 4,100 and the current mileage was 6,100.

Filed Nov 4, 2010 · Acceleration · 13,800 miles · IN · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 buick lucerne. While driving approximately 2 MPH with her foot on the brake pedal the vehicle surged forward, resulting in a crash. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop but the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 13,800. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Oct 14, 2010 · Acceleration · 23,000 miles · NJ

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH when coming to a stop, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. On one occasion, when the contact applied the brake and shifted into drive, the vehicle suddenly reverse. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who could provide no diagnostic codes but stated that the engine was causing the problem. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 23,000 and the current mileage was 28,591.

Filed Mar 4, 2010 · Acceleration · ND · crash

I pulled up to the back of the building where I work to park. As I took my foot off the accelerator to brake, the car shot forward out of control. Putting brakes to the floor did not stop it. The building stopped it. When I backed away, the car shot backward out of control and stopped when it hit a storage unit. The local buick dealer conducted a thorough inspection of the 2006 buick lucerne and could not find out what caused the accident.

Filed Feb 17, 2010 · Acceleration · 600 miles · NC · crash · 1 injury

My wife was stopped waiting for a car to leave a parking spot. She had her foot on the brake ready to put it in park. The car suddenly surged forward and she could not stop it with both feet on the brake. She hit a building and 3 vehicles before she was stopped by the 3rd vehicle. She was headed for another part of the building when she stopped. The air bags did not deploy.there was less than 600 miles on the car. Fortunately no was injured badly. My wife has driven 31 years without an accident. This was not her fault. Someone could have easily have been killed if it happened on the street.

Filed Aug 14, 2009 · Acceleration, Airbags · 4,500 miles · RI · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 buick lucerne. While parking the vehicle with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle surged forward and damaged the front end when it crashed. The air bags failed to deploy, but there were no injuries. The contact refuses to drive the vehicle in this condition. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they will test drive it the next few days. The failure mileage was 4,500.