PURCHASED VEHICLE 4/2/12. 6/30/12 CAR WOULD NOT START. FULL POWER AND CRANK BUT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. CAR TOWED AND DIAGNOSED AS FUEL PUMP/RELAY. THE RELAY WAS MELTED. REPAIRED WITHOUT INCIDENT. JULY 23,2012 CAR REPEATED. NO START. CAR TOWED AGAIN AND RELAY IS MELTED AGAIN. RESEARCHING IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON EVENT OCCURRING IN 2008 V8. MECHANIC HAS DETERMINED IT TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM STEMMING FROM FUSE AND AMPS BEING DELIVERED TO RELAY. *TR
2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
2011 BUICK LUCERNE. CONSUMER STATES ISSUES WITH VEHICLE AND DESCRIBES A CRASH *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A VERY LOUD NOISE EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE WHICH LASTED ABOUT 30 TO 60 SECONDS. TWO DAYS LATER, THE NOISE RETURNED, BUT IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH STEEL WAS BREAKING. A WEEK LATER, THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE POLICE STATED THE CONSUMER MADE AN ILLEGAL U-TURN AND THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE WAS T-BONED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED HE AND HIS WIFE WERE INHALING TOXIC FUMES AND POSSIBLY PASSED OUT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THERE WAS A MUFFLED EXPLOSION THAT CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB