NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Buick Lucerne Recalls
The 2009 Buick Lucerne has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Buick Lucerne. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 128
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
17 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Buick Lucerne, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2009 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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 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 2006–2008 Lucerne, 16 other models
2009 Buick Lucerne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 128 owner complaints about the 2009 Buick Lucerne, the newest on April 10, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%) and 17 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Buick Lucerne, the component group named most often is the electrical system (59%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (28%) and the structure (6%).
2 of the 2009 Buick Lucerne's 2 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2009 Buick Lucerne owners gave the mileage (107 complaints), the median was 79,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System76
- Fuel/Propulsion System36
- Structure8
- Engine7
- Fuel System, Gasoline7
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)6
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2009 Buick Lucerne peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 20. 10% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Buick Lucerne drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Buick Lucerne year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Buick Lucerne years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 128 complaints about the 2009 Buick Lucerne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Lucerne by model year
Other 2009 Buick models
Newest record on this page: April 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted