2009 Buick Lucerne

FUEL PUMP RELAY BURNS OUT AND IS SO HOT TO THE TOUCH IT WILL BURN YOUR HAND. WAS FOUND WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START. HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW, A WEEK APART, AND ON THE SECOND OCCURRENCE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED BY THE MECHANIC TO RULE OUT A POSSIBLE SHORT CAUSING THE ISSUE. THE RELAY IS STILL GETTING HOT SO MUCH SO THAT THE SEAT GETS HOT AND I FEAR IT WILL CATCH ON FIRE. THE MECHANIC IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE FUSE BLOCK TO SEE IF THERE IS CORROSION OR DAMAGED WIRING CAUSING THE ISSUE. THE RELAY WAS HOT WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING, AND JUST HADN'T COOLED BY THE TIME IT WAS FOUND. THIS SPEAKS FOR HOW HOT IT WAS GETTING AS IT BURNED THE MECHANIC WHEN IT HAD BEEN SITTING A FEW MINUTES. IT DOES COOL DOWN AFTER A WHILE SO IT IS NOT HEATING UP WHILE STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PATRIOT AUTO SALES (12100 LORAIN AVE, CLEVELAND, OH 44111) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED A WEEK LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPAIRED THE SWITCH AGAIN. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO DAYS LATER AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN. THE DEALER NOTICED THAT THE FUSE BOX AND THE RELAY SWITCH WERE MELTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

I AM A WIDOW LIVING ALONE ON A FIXED INCOME. I HAVE LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. LONG STORY SHORT. VEHICLE WOULDN'T START - HAD IT TOWED TO SHOP - THEY PUT IT ON MACHINE - SHOWED FUEL PUMP WAS OUT - PUT IN A NEW RELAY, FUEL PUMP, ETC. DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. FOUND LATER THAT FUEL BOX, RELAY FRIED, PARTIALLY MELTED AREA ON FUSE BOX . FIRE HAZARD. ENDING UP PAYING OVER $1000 FOR REPAIRS. HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THIS TYPE CAR AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS. ALSO TOLD THAT PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS. PLEASE HELP. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND OPENED THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER MENTIONED THAT THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE REPAIR WAS $700. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND FUSE BOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

CAR WOULD TURN OVER WILL NOT START. MECHANIC SAID THAT FUSE UNDER SEAT OVER HEATED. PURCHASED WITH 95K 7 DAYS AGO. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS IS AKNOW ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL. I HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALER I SEE FUEL PUMP MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. WILL IT TAKE A FIRE OR A HIGHWAY ACCIDENT BEFORE BUICK HAS TO UWN UP TO THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL. CAR WAS STAITIONARY BUT WHAT CAN PREVENT THIS HAPPENING TO THE OWNERS DRIVNG IN MOTION.

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.