2009 Buick Lucerne

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL RELAY FUSE MELTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING FUEL DOWN THE SIDES OF THE GAS TANK AND THERE IS POOLING OF FUEL AROUND THE FUEL PUMP ON THE TANK , ALSO ON THIS VEHICLE THE EXHAUST PIPE RUNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAS TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND DIAGNOSED WITH A LEAKING GAS TANK, AFTER HEARING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GM DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED. THE GM DEALERSHIP IS STATING THAT THE GAS TANK IS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK! THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS MATTER, AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS THE FUEL LINES GOING TO THE FUEL PUMP THAT SITS INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK THAT ARE LEAKING, NOT A CRACK TANK. LEAKING OR CRACKING FUEL TANKS ON VEHICLE SHOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC RECALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME: *TR

FUEL PUMP RELAY BURNED OUT 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN A MONTH, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START, CAUSING THE FUSE BLOCK TO BURN. THE FIRST TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, AND WOULDNT START ONE MORNING, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO CALL OFF WORK. THE NEXT TIME, VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET, ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING, AND THE POWER STEERING AND ACCELERATION DIED, CAUSING ME TO HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL RELAY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL RELAY MELTED PART OF THE FUSE BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER BEING FILLED WITH FUEL AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE FUSE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IT HAD WORKED FINE THE DAY PRIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS CRANKING AND CLEARLY HAD POWER BUT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I NOTICED THAT I COULD NOT HEAR THE FUEL PUMP PRIME WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED. LIKE MANY OTHERS, I FOUND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY TO BE CHARRED LIKE IT HAD BEEN BURNING. THE FUSE BLOCK WAS ALSO MELTED AT PIN 30. THIS IS SUCH A FIRE HAZARD BEING UNDER THE BACK SEAT, DEALING WITH THE FUEL PUMP, AND OVERHEATING LIKE IT DOES. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMONLY REPORTED PROBLEM AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. CURRENTLY WAITING ON PARTS TO REPLACE THE MELTED FUSE BLOCK AND THE RELAY.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR QUITS AND CRANKS BUT NO START. FOUND FUSE BOX AT FUEL PUMP RELAY MELTED TOGETHER. CLEANED TERMINALS AND REPLACED RELAY DROVE CAR 20 MILES TO HAVE IT DO IT AGAIN. FUSE BOX GET HOT AND IT IS LOCATED UNDER REAR PASSENGER SEAT NEXT TO BATTERY. I HAVE READ WHERE OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND AROUND THE 70,000-80,000 MILEAGE. I FEEL THAT IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM IN BOTH ACCIDENTS AND FIRE.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START IN THE GARAGE. HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS FAILED FUEL PUMP RELAY. FUEL PUMP RELAY OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE FUSE BLOCK. THE 20 AMP FUSE FOR THE FUEL PUMP RELAY DID NOT FAIL. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RELAY SHOWS AN INTERNAL BURN MARK BETWEEN PINS 85 & 86. SINCE THIS BLOCK IS UNDER THE REAR SEAT, ON WHICH MY GRANDCHILDREN OUR STRAPPED IN I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHANCES OF FIRE. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THEIR IS NO RECALL, BUT A QUICK SEARCH OF THE INTERNET INDICATES AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

MY 2009 BUICK LUCERNE THAT I USE IN MY DAILY COMMUTE TO WORK DID NOT GIVE ME ANY ISSUES UNTIL THAT FRIDAY,10/23/2015. I TRIED TO START MY VEHICLE THAT MORNING AND IT SEEM AS IF IT WAS NOT GETTING ANY FUEL. HAD THE VEHICLE TOLLED AFTER CONTACTING MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY. MONDAY I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSIS AS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY HAS NOT ONLY OVERHEATED BUT HAS MELTED THE FUSE BOX. MY CONCERNS ARE THAT THIS COULD HAVE OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, ALSO THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN BUT NOT PUBLICIZED ISSUE BY BOTH THE MANUFACTURER AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOO MANY IDENTICAL INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AND HAS BEEN REPORTED, YET NO ONE HAS RECEIVED ANY REPORTED ACTION TO CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT TAKE A MECHANICAL EXPERT TO KNOW THAT A DEVICE THAT CAN CAUSE FIRE TO SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN. HOPEFULLY THIS PROBLEM WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BEFORE SOMETHING FATAL HAPPENS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING. LUCK HAD IT I WASN'T ON AN INTERSTATE, THIRTY MINUTES LATER I WOULD HAVE BEEN. (I'M A RETIRED MECHANIC OF 48 YEARS.) UP ON CHECKING THE CAR I FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL PRESSURE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GM AUTO CENTER IN LARAMIE, WY. I TOLD THE SERVICE WRITER THAT I PRESUMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD WENT OUT. WHEN THE TEC. RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND A VISUAL CHECK THEY FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE AND FUSE BOX WERE BURNT. THE TEC. TOLD ME THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE AND SHOWED ME ANOTHER FUSE BOX WITH THE EXACT DAMAGE. AFTER RETURNING HOME I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AS ALL THESE ITEMS GET MELTING HOT AND ARE LOCATED UNDER THE BACK SEAT JUST IN FRONT OF THE GAS TANK WHICH IS PLASTIC AND THE SEAT IS NOTHING BUT FOAM CREATING A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD. I HAD THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH DONE. AFTER MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY CAR I THINK IT WAS A SMOKE SCREEN FOR THE REAL PROBLEM THE FUSE BOX, FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE OR FUEL PUMP. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. THIS ALL STARTED ON 09/25/2015 CAR MILLAGE 61855. I HAVE THE ITEMS IN QUESTION.