DURING BRAKING ON ANY STEEP DECLINE, THE BRAKES SHUDDER( VIBRATE) TO THE POINT THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO HANDLE. THE VEHICLE FEELS THAT CONTROL COULD BE LOST ABOVE SPEEDS OF 40 MPH
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