NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Buick Lucerne Recalls
The 2008 Buick Lucerne has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Buick Lucerne. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 218
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
26 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Buick Lucerne, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2008 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 2006–2007, 2009–2011 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 2006–2007, 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 2006–2007 Lucerne, 14 other models
2008 Buick Lucerne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 218 owner complaints about the 2008 Buick Lucerne, the newest on June 13, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (6%) and 26 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Buick Lucerne, the component group named most often is the electrical system (56%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (23%) and the engine (11%).
3 of the 2008 Buick Lucerne's 3 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2008 Buick Lucerne owners gave the mileage (158 complaints), the median was 65,871 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System121
- Fuel/Propulsion System50
- Engine24
- Structure14
- Fuel System, Gasoline13
- Air Bags11
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 42 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Buick Lucerne peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 42. 14% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Buick Lucerne drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Buick Lucerne year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 218 complaints about the 2008 Buick Lucerne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Lucerne by model year
Other 2008 Buick models
Newest record on this page: June 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted