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2011 Buick Lucerne Acceleration problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2011 Buick Lucerne's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 10% of all its complaints, most recently on September 24, 2015. They describe 2 crashes, 0 fires and 3 injuries. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries
3
Deaths
0

Acceleration complaints

Acceleration & cruise control

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 buick lucerne. The contact stated that the cruise control would activate at random. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times, but they were not able to replicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10775970
Acceleration & cruise control

Tl*the contact owns a 2011 buick lucerne. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The failure recurred two times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 19,400. The vin was unavailable.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10682428
AirbagsAcceleration & cruise controlCrash2 injuries

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 buick lucerne. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 mph, the vehicle accelerated unintentionally without warning. As a result, the contact crashed the vehicle into a wall. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained chest injuries that required medical attention. In addition, the driver sustained neck and back injuries that required medical attention. The contact did not disclose if a police report was filed or not. The vehicle was towed to a dealer but was not diagnosed; however, the body damage was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 42,000.

Filed Incident Air bags · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10672176
Acceleration & cruise control

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 buick lucerne. While driving into a residential garage, the vehicle accelerated independently. The failure caused the driver to crash through the garage and into the kitchen. The failure occurred previously causing the contact to crash into another vehicle. There were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be repaired, but no diagnostic testing was performed. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 28,800.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10626615
Acceleration & cruise controlCrash1 injury

Tl* the contact owns 2011 buick lucerne. The contact stated while driving out of a parking lot at 3 mph the vehicle accelerated to 90 mph. He made a one hundred and eighty degree turn and crashed into a wall. The contact injured his knee and hand on the steering wheel. The front end of the vehicle was damaged and could not be driven. The vehicle was towed by the insurance company to an auto body shop for repairs. A report was filed. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 17,000.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10459092

Buick Lucerne acceleration complaints by year

Lucerne acceleration problems, every year

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