NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Buick Lucerne Recalls
The 2011 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 2011 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
- 49
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 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 2011 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 2006–2010 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 2010 Lucerne, 1 other model
2011 Buick Lucerne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 49 owner complaints about the 2011 Buick Lucerne, the newest on April 21, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Buick Lucerne, the component group named most often is the electrical system (47%), followed by the vehicle speed control (10%) and the fuel/propulsion system (8%).
2 of the 2011 Buick Lucerne's 2 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2011 Buick Lucerne owners gave the mileage (36 complaints), the median was 37,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System23
- Vehicle Speed Control5
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
- Service Brakes4
- Engine3
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2011 Buick Lucerne peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 8. 43% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Buick Lucerne drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Buick Lucerne year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Buick Lucerne years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 2/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 49 complaints about the 2011 Buick Lucerne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Lucerne by model year
Other 2011 Buick models
Newest record on this page: April 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted