Buick Electrical Problems

Electrical issues make up roughly 12% of all Buick owner complaints. The majority of the issues have been reported by Regal owners.

The complaint we hear about most often is fuse block melted in the 2009 Lucerne.

Common Buick Electrical Problems

  2. Inaccurate Gas Gauge

    GM vehicles have a problem with defective gas gauges that leave owners wondering just how much fuel is left in their tank. The gauge goes a little whacko once the tank is less than half full, with owners saying it sticks in place or bounces…

    Continue reading article "Inaccurate Gas Gauge" Cluster on instruments in a Buick, including a gas gauge that shows the tank is empty.

Where Electrical Complaints Happen

Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.

Worst Issues

Worst Models

Recent Electrical News

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  2. Ahh, the gas gauge -- dependable travel companion and broadcaster of low fuel warnings. A device so simple that not even General Motors could mess it up ... or so we thought.

    GM is recalling over 50,000 SUVs because the gas gauge could provide little to no warning that the vehicle is about to run out of gas.

    How bad is it? In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), GM said a defective engine control module (ECM) "may result in inaccurate fuel gauge readings at both the high and low end of the fuel range by as much as one quarter of a tank."

    Do I smell a new marketing slogan opportunity? GM: our gas gauges are only off by 25%!…

    keep reading article "Software Update Aims to Fix GM's Inaccurate Fuel Gauges"