10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 62,693 miles
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Problems with keeping tire pressure at proper level. Lately has gotten worse. Losing up to 10lbs over the period of a week in one of the tires. Two other tires leak slowly. After reading the other complaints on this site, I will certainly be elevating this with the dealer I bought the car from to see what can be done. Poor construction of wheels causing dropping pressure in tires is a serious problem.
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
The wiper pump stopped working out of no where and the tires keep losing air in them.
- Conneaut , OH, USA
My 2007 Buick Lucerne, cxs with Bridgestone turanza EL400-02 245/50/18 99H tires equipped, vibrates on the road at highway speeds. It is really dangerous cornering and outright unstable driving. I had my tires balanced at discount tire at, no improvement. I went to arnie bauer dealer who road forced balanced them and found 2 bad tires. They replaced these 2 bad tires, slight improvement but still vibrations. They stated "no more they could do for my car" and "this is just how these cars ride." I opened GM service ticket 71-609196985. Amada borg, GM customer service, worked with a GM area rep. For il. I was denied to speak directly with the rep. GM had to go along with arnie bauer's evaluation, and the rep stated they could not get me new tires. I then did some searching on the internet and found a forum on edmunds.com(townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.F0F60B1/0). there are 18 or more pages detailing folks nightmare with the same issue I am having. It appears many folks are having vibration issues with the Lucerne. Some folks had the issue resolved with tire changes to Michelin hx mxm4 tires. I sent this information to GM and had it added to my service request file. Next I went to bill kay to see if they could help me. They did a tire balance and I still have a vibration. They stated they could not get me the Michelin tires. This issue will lead to some catastrophic event if not addressed. All I really wanted was the dealer to replace the tires with michelins as it seems to solve many others' problems. I think GM or Bridgestone needs to be investigated on this. Also, I went to 2 dealerships and test drove 4 brand new 2008 Lucernes and they all vibrate even worse than my car. They all have the same tires. I spent too much money for a car to ride so poorly and then be told this is how it was designed. More importantly, I think this needs to be addressed before someone looses control and has a serious accident.
- Matteson, IL, USA
- La Crosse, WI, USA