NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Buick Lucerne Recalls
The 2006 Buick Lucerne has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Buick Lucerne. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 330
- Crashes reported
- 29
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Buick Lucerne, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2006 Buick Lucerne
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V355000
- Reported
- June 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,141,731
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Lucerne, 5 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Lucerne, 16 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 08V441000
- Reported
- August 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 857,735
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Lucerne, 14 other models
Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections
- Campaign
- 06V105000
- Reported
- April 5, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,862
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2006 Buick Lucerne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 330 owner complaints about the 2006 Buick Lucerne, the newest on August 27, 2024. Of these, 29 describe a crash (9%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Buick Lucerne, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the structure (18%) and the steering (13%).
3 of the 2006 Buick Lucerne's 4 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2006 Buick Lucerne owners gave the mileage (264 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System101
- Structure59
- Steering43
- Air Bags35
- Latches/Locks/Linkages24
- Engine21
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 60 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 29 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 68 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Buick Lucerne peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 68. 32% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Buick Lucerne drew 4.2× the complaints of the median Buick Lucerne year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the Buick Lucerne years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 330 complaints about the 2006 Buick Lucerne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Lucerne by model year
Other 2006 Buick models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted