NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Buick Lucerne Recalls
The 2010 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 2010 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
- 54
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 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 2006–2009, 2011 Lucerne, 5 other models
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 10V553000
- Reported
- November 5, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Lucerne, 1 other model
2010 Buick Lucerne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 54 owner complaints about the 2010 Buick Lucerne, the newest on August 14, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2010 Buick Lucerne, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (22%) and the steering (17%).
2 of the 2010 Buick Lucerne's 2 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2010 Buick Lucerne owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 56,576 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System19
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
- Steering9
- Seats6
- Engine5
- Structure5
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2010 Buick Lucerne peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 10. 22% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Buick Lucerne drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Buick Lucerne year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Buick Lucerne years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 54 complaints about the 2010 Buick Lucerne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Lucerne by model year
Other 2010 Buick models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted