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Buick Lucerne

Every Buick Lucerne model year on file, 2006 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years943132 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72006 to 2012
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins6,689Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 330, 35% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

01002003004002006330200720082009201020112012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Buick Lucerne complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
399
Fuel system
137
Engine and cooling
106
Structure
101
Steering
83
Airbags
79
Brakes
53
Speed control
45
Wheels
38
Visibility and wipers
35
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Buick Lucerne model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Buick Lucerne by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Not decoded0NoneNone001,039
2011Sedan4912.2245201,136
2010Sedan549.3257201,100
2009Sedan12819.545720956
2008Sedan21817.960631906
2007Sedan16414.639541831
2006Sedan33010.068841721
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Buick Lucerne

  • 14V-355 Jun 23, 2014
    This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system
    Electrical system · 3.14M vehicles
  • 10V-553 Nov 5, 2010
    Starter or alternator cable is in contact with the power steering return line
    Electrical system · 14k vehicles
  • 10V-240 Jun 4, 2010
    Recall was implemented in 2008 to add a fuse to the control circuit harness to address the potential consequences of a printed circuit board (pcb)…
    Electrical system · 1.37M vehicles
  • 08V-441 Aug 28, 2008
    Short circuit on the printed circuit board for the washer fluid heater may overheat the control-circuit ground wire
    Electrical system · 858k vehicles
  • 07V-468 Oct 4, 2007
    Certain vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 118, 'power operated window, partition, and…
    Structure · 17k vehicles
  • 06V-105 Apr 5, 2006
    On certain vehicles equipped with a v8 engine,the power steering hose connectors may have been inadequately crimped which could result in a fluid leak
    Steering · 13k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.