2013 Buick Verano

Airbag system failure and warning constantly on the vehicle. GM knows of the issue but will not offer a recall, instead only an expired special coverage adjustment. The part involved is the passenger present sensor (PPS)module. That reference number is : N15202352 Release date November 2016. Airbags on Buick veranos will not deploy with this well known issue. Gms own words. Force a recall, my family could die in this car.

2013 Buick Verano engine ceased after excessive oil consumption (which was NOT indicated by the oil light). Multiple lawsuits have been filed for cars with the SAME engine, but my specific car has not been included - and GM shut down my car-specific lawsuits due to "design" flaws that they don't take credit for. NO warning signs, and my car stopped in the middle of the road, putting my safety at risk. Oil change notification DID NOT work, and oil light did not come on at all. In addition, a "service passenger airbag" light comes on whenever anyone sits in the passenger seat (I have seen recalls regarding this as well, but are not specific to my car). Very disappointed.

ON 10/6/2020, I WAS RIDING AS THE FRONT PASSENGER IN OUR 2013 BUICK VERANO. WE WERE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY (70 MPH) AND HIT A BUMP AT THE START OF A BRIDGE. A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE ENGINE RPM SUDDENLY INCREASED AS IF THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED, THE CAR DECELERATED AND MY WIFE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER. WE STOPPED, CHECKED THE GEAR SHIFT AND IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE, THE WARNING LIGHT DISAPPEARED, AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL.

FIRST, MY CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN GOING UP MY DRIVEWAY AND I HAD TO GIVE IT THE GAS SO IT WOULDN'T STOP ON ME. THEN, MY CAR WOULD STOP ON ME AS I WAS DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR EVEN STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS. I ALMOST GOT HIT SEVERAL TIMES FROM BEHIND DUE TO THIS. THEN, I NOTICED THAT WHEN MY OIL WAS AT 50% I WOULD HAVE TO ADD OIL AND IT WOULD FIX THE ISSUE UNTIL MY OIL LEVEL GOT LOW AGAIN. I WENT FROM CHANGING MY OIL EVERY 5,000 MILES AS TOLD BY THE SALES PERSON TO EVERY 3,000 MILES TO WHAT SEEMED LIKE EVERY 1,500 MILES. THE LAST INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A MAIN HIGHWAY AND MY CAR JUST KILLED ON ME. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER BUT HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS STORES AND HAD THEM RUN THE MACHINE TEST ON IT AND I WOULD NEVER GET A CODE. MY WIFE HAS BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO HER ATTENTION THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THERE IS A COMPANY WHAT CAN GIVE US A NEW ENGINE FOR $5,000 AND THEN THEY MAKE A CLAIM AND GM BUYS THE OLD MOTOR FROM THE COMPANY. I WOULD BE NICE IF GM WOULD PAY FOR A NEW MOTOR FOR EVERYONE THAT TRUSTED IN THEIR VEHICLES. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT CHEAP AND THERE IS NO WAY ANYONE SHOULD HAVE THIS TYPE OF ISSUE AND GM NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR DEFECTED MOTORS THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF. I NOW HAVE A BROKEN CAR THAT JUST SITS AND I HAVE TO MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS TO GET TO AND FROM WORK UNTIL I CAN FIX MY CAR WHICH IS BUY A NEW ENGINE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GM PERSON BUT LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO START TO LOOK OTHER PLACES. THE SAD PART IS I LIKE MY CAR AND OTHER THAN THE ENGINE I HAVE HAD NO OTHER MAJOR ISSUES. *TR

MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, STABILITRAK LIGHT CAME ON, MIDDLE CONSOLE WENT OUT AND YANKED THE ENTIRE CAR TO THE RIGHT. LUCKILY BOTH HANDS WERE ON THE WHEEL AND NO CARS IN THE LANE TO THE RIGHT, WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR IN THE LANE BARELY. STOPPED AT THE CAR WASH, FELT THE CAR JUMP A BIT. DROVE ANOTHER 3 MINUTES HOME AND AS I WAS BACKING INTO THE MY PARKING SPOT MY MIDDLE CONSOLE WENT OUT AND CAME BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES WITH APPROX 4 SEC DELAYS BEING OFF, CARS POWER STEERING WAS OFF AND ON CONSTANTLY, TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT TO PULL FORWARD A LITTLE THE CAR KEPT JERKING FORWARD AS I KEPT TRYING TO TURN LEFT BUT THE WHEEL KEPT ACTING LIKE IT WAS HITTING A WALL, THE STABILITRAK LIGHT KEPT FLASHING. TRYING TO TURN IT RIGHT AND BACK UP THE MIDDLE CONSOLE KEPT FLASHING AND THE WHEEL KEPT JERKING. FINALLY GOT THE CAR PARKED AND THE NEIGHBOR HEARD ME ON THE PHONE AND STEPPED OUT TO ASK IF I WAS OK, WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PARK SHE HEARD A HUGE CRASH AT THAT TIME AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT OF SOME SORT. TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY FOR ALL OF THIS. THE MIDDLE CONSOLE HAS BEEN FLASHING ON AND OFF FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THE STABILITRAK LIGHT STARTED COMING ON LAST WEEKEND. *TR

SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IT CONSUMES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL, IT MAKES IT CLICKING NOISE IF IT GETS SLOW TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST TWICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS JUST WHAT THESE ENGINES SOUND LIKE AFTER DOING RESEARCH I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, NOW I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR JUST SHUTTING OFF ESPECIALLY IF I AM COMING TO A STOP OR AT A RED LIGHT, TODAY I WAS MAKING A LEFT OVER A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY TO GET ONTO MY ROAD THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF AND I ALMOST GOT KEEP ON BUYING AN ONCOMING CAR BECAUSE IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, AFTER DOING SOME ONLINE SEARCHING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM APPARENTLY, IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND DEALERSHIP TOLD ME NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNLESS I WANT TO PAY FOR IT, THERE'S 54,000 MI ON THE CAR SO THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE IS SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE THAT EVEN THOUGH MY GUT TOLD ME OTHERWISE BUT HEY THEY ARE THE PROS RIGHT, ALSO THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THAT THE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NOT A PROBLEM, JUST TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND TOP IT OFF IF IT GETS LOW...WHAT'S COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS WHAT THEY TOLD ME WHEN I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME BECAUSE IT'S FULL SYNTHETIC THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE OFTEN, ME ALMOST GETTING T-BONED BECAUSE MY CAR OWED IS IN MY OPINION A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS CAR IGNORING THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO CAUSE SOMEBODY TO GET KILLED