Buick Lucerne wipers problems

Filed Apr 10, 2026 · Visibility · 147,000 miles · OH

The contact owns a 2009 Buick Lucerne. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed in rainy weather, the windshield wipers became inoperable, causing the driver's visibility to be significantly reduced and severely rendering the safe operation of the vehicle. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 147,000.

Filed Nov 26, 2021 · Body, Brakes · WA

I purchased the car from Buick Spec dealership in Prosser WA on Aug. 2, 2021. The car was sold to me with rocket panel damaged, the rear brakes- rotors needed replaced and one side brake completely gone..the pins frozen. The cars transmission fluid dark dirty..low on oil..no coolant or wiper fluid at purchase. They brought car to me during covid. The door didn't shut properly I assumed the rubber around door needed replaced and I planned to have it repaired until I seen a bulge under my driver's side door.took it in and was told by 2 certified auto body places the rocker panel was damaged. My Car started to shimmy when stopping and now the prior recall of fuse relay box burning caused my car to be currently sitting. I don't understand how they could sell me a car like this and this is my complaints. I want my repairs done and money reimbursed I've already paid for. The dealership said because I purchased car AS IS. they aren't responsible to fix. I've owned the car a little over 3 months. This seems unfair and I want answers!!!

Filed Aug 10, 2020 · Body, Electrical · 134,000 miles · MI

Intermittent failure of windscreen wipers on a random basis

Filed Dec 11, 2015 · Electrical · 32,362 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated that the doors locked independently, and the interior and exterior lighting and windshield wipers failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the body control module failed and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 32,362.

Filed Jan 8, 2015 · Visibility · 45,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated that the windshield wiper fluid feature failed to work. The contact stated that the failure progressed without warning. The contact was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v240000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.

Filed Jul 29, 2013 · Tires, Visibility · 178,069 miles · OH

The wiper pump stopped working out of no where and the tires keep losing air in them.

Filed Jul 9, 2013 · Suspension, Visibility · 48,000 miles · MO

I was stopped with engine running and air conditioner fan on high. I turned the wipers on to clean windshield. Immediately I was overcome with extreme burning in my eyes I could not open them. I reached for door handle and got out. I was in a panic, having no idea what happened. I asked 2 people for help,the second person came to my car and we searched car for something burning and found nothing. I was afraid to get back into my car.I have never experienced a burning in my eyes as this. I felt helpless because no one witnessed this freak incident. Finally I used wet paper towels and covered all the AC vents and drove home in fear that it was going to happen again. There is no doubt what so ever if I was driving when this happened I would of crashed. I could not see. When tubing broke the fluid landed on a hot engine paet and the water evaporated and the methanol vapors came through the AC vents directly into my face. The buick dealer didn't mention or discuss this plastic tubing be replaced. He just put a piece of rubber to hold the ends of broken plastic tubing. Im very uncomfortable using wipers now because as I mentioned if it were to happen while driving I might as well be blind. I want to know if the tubing is not suppose to ever break and more so, why did it come through the AC vents that was on high.?

Filed Dec 8, 2012 · Visibility · 12,000 miles · OH

Bought car with rain sensitive windshield wipers 7/09. Replaced windshield with rain sensitive glass 7/10 due to large crack in windshield from a stone or rock. Sept. 2010 I noted that the automatic wipers didn't always come on when it started raining but I could make them work manually in the high speed setting only. When car in for service at gm dealership, they could not replicate the problem, therefore could not fix it. In march 2011, service tech noted that windshield glass was not stamped as gm glass. Said they could not call gm tech support or check the switch until windshield is replaced with oem glass. I elected not to purchase as new windshield at this time. The intermittent wiper problem continued and became increasingly dangerous in ice and snow driving. In march 2012 I had a new windshield installed at the gm dealership. That did not correct the wiper problem. Took car back to dealership and this time they called gm tech support and were advised to replace the motor, which they did. The automatic wipers worked correctly until oct. 2012 when I took the car in for an oil change. I was advised that my windshield wipers needed replaced and I told them to go ahead and do it. Two days later while driving in the rain, the wipers again didn't come on automatically. Again, I could manually swipe the windshield on high speed only. In nov. 2012 I took car back to service dept at dealership and they could not replicate the problem as the wipers were working correctly on that day. They said they could not call gm tech support for advice. Which leads me to feeling like I'm driving an unsafe vehicle---never knowing if the wipers are going to work correctly..

Filed Dec 16, 2010 · Visibility · 16,000 miles · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 buick lucerne cxl. The contact noticed that the windshield washer was inoperable. The dealer was informed and advised the contact to leave the vehicle in his garage. The manufacturer was notified but offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 16,000. Updated 03/25/11*lj updated 05/03/11*lj the consumer stated the windshield wiper fluid freezes and there is no way to prevent it. Updated 08/05/11 updated 09/19/11

Filed Jun 9, 2010 · Visibility · MN

This complaint is an exact copy of another one because we experience the exact same issue. During freezing rain or snow conditions there is a build-up of ice at the base of the windshield below the point of the defrosters. Heat from the defroster system cannot reach the area of build-up causing the wipers to constantly pass over the ice and become clogged with ice which is then dragged across the windshield causing poor visibility and a potential driving hazard. In just a few miles of driving it was necessary to pull over and scrape the windshield and clear the ice from the wipers in order to have adequate visibility. This is a potential safety condition due to the limiting of visibility and the repeated stops to clear the ice.