2006 Buick Lucerne Reviews

I love this vehicle because it has a lot of bells and whistles. Heated seats, self start, leather seats, self parking, stereo sound, it rides comfortably on the highway and has excellent highway gas mileage. It does not get many mile to the gallon in the city. It had an engine leak problem that cost me $1100. I found out thru researching the internet that this is a common problem with this model Buick. Thank goodness I only had to pay my deductible of $100. My maintenance insurance paid the rest. Although I purchased this vehicle used in 2014, it has gotten me everywhere I needed to go with no problems. I would definitely consider purchasing another Buick.

One thing I liked about it when we purchased the car was it had a park assist. It gave us an idea of how close we are to the car behind us in reverse. I also liked the idea how it warmed up the seats during winter. The only problem with that is if it goes out, it is hard to repair and can get expensive. I was disappointed to find out there is more than two recalls on this Buick and common problems Buick owners have had in the past that I am learning of now. The recalls is a hassle only because where I have to take the car is not near me, it is kind of a drive and my car is already a gas guzzler to begin with so that does not help in that department.

I've owned it for about 18 months, and generally like it. It looks classy, and not like a 15+ year-old vehicle. It's roomy, and has a lot of nice features. However, it may also have too many features, which sometimes drive me crazy. Like doors that seem to lock automatically whenever they feel like it! I've almost been locked out, with my keys inside, just by shutting the trunk, and I don't like not knowing when it may just lock doors, I'd rather have that control. Same with the lights, I don't want them on when I drive in the daytime, or have the interior lights come on or stay on, arbitrarily. It's got a horrible turning radius, is not easy to park, nor see where the front or rear ends. I've owned many other Buicks (mainly LeSabres), and never had that issue. Gas mileage is fair, around 20mpg, which seems low for it being a lighter weight than LeSabres, and also does not have as solid & smooth a ride, nor is the engine's performance as good, as the same motor in the LeSabre, which is odd. And I truly hate that there is no way to open the trunk with a key, nor possible to lower the trunk but not lock it, when unloading. And when the battery is dead, it's impossible to get into it, to get my charger to jump the battery! Ridiculous design, and don't know what they were thinking. In fact, if I decide to keep it, I may have a friend create a lock mechanism that uses a key, to bypass this flaw. And I'm now having to deal with charging system issues, dead battery, was told it's the alternator, then almost stranded while out of town, with the battery now dead as a doornail, impossible to jumpstart, won't open doors or trunk, and have to figure out how to pick up a new battery, and in the meantime, unable to get into the trunk. As I said, totally absurd & frustrating flaw by design. Oh, and the instrument panel is very hard to see in the daytime, especially speedometer. And the way it's calibrated makes no sense, with 70mph in the middle, as if we'll be driving up to what, 140mph?

So far the common problem with the Buick Lucerne are the doors. Let say you accidentally open the passenger door before the driver put the gear on park the door will not open at all. We had to bring it to the store to fix it. The doors also freeze when it is too cold. During the winter it was a huge pain to deal with because when it's frozen it won't open then when you finally get it to open it will not shut. We had to pour hot water on it to thaw. The speakers that came with isn't the greatest either eventually it started to sound like a tin can.

I own a pearl white Buick lucerne cxs with a 4.6 northstar v8. The only problems I have ever had with it is the flexplate broke some teeth and wouldnt start unless I turned the motor a little bit by hand to get the starter to catch other then that it's a very comfy cozy and luxurious car with air ride suspension nice sound system from factory and pretty decent on gas and fun to race sportscar owners then watch their facial expressions when they lose to a granny car

We love our vehicle! It is extremely reliable, we travel for sports all over and it has never let us down! The car's self diagnostic system has always worked great for us! Let's us know the second a tire needs air or something else needs serviced. The ride itself is very smooth and drives very nicely, it's our family car and we couldn't ask for a better one. The only downfall is the factory rims corrode very easily and cause tires to leak, we knew this when buying the vehicle so we just bought some new Buick rims but a different kind and haven't had one problem!

I have a 2006 Buick Lucerne. This car has leather interior. Its has lots of room in the front, back seat, and the trunk is very roomy also. I haven't had a serious problem with this car in the 4 yrs that I've had it. Everything in the car is electric. The only minor problem that I've had is the control on the passenger seat that works the lumbar part works when it wants to. The AC is very pleasing. The speaker system is even great. We even have On-star feature. Garage opener(I haven't had the luxury of using yet). It also has lots of settings, tells you when you should check pressure in tires, remaining oil life, it has a chime volume, and many more features of that sort. It make a great family (1-5 people) vehicle. Have nothing negative to say about this vehicle and if you have or plan to buy this Buick, then you should not either. ?