I HAVE EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO BE OF CONCERN ( REVIEWED COMPLAINTS FILED FOR THE SAME ISSUE) FOR SAFETY. MY PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR FAILED TO UNLOCK BOTH FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAD PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT, THIS COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. I CANNOT IMAGE THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL FOR SUCH A SERIOUS ISSUE. AFTER TALKING TO GM, THEY WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION UNTIL NOTIFIED BY NHTSA-ODL. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED? *TR
2007
STEERING
BEEN HAVING A CLUNK/BUMP TYPE SOUND IN THE STEERING WHEN THE CAR IS SITTING STILL OR AT LOW SPEED, HAD A LOCAL DEALER LOOK AT IT A YEAR AGO AND THEY FOUND NOTHING, IN ADDITION TOO WE ARE FINDING DROPS OF OIL IN OUR DRIVEWAY. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE LOOK AT IT, WITH NO LUCK AT FINDING THE LEAK. RECENTLY THE WHOLE FRONT END HAS BEEN SHAKING, WITH SEVERAL FOLKS CHECKING, INCLUDING THE LOCAL DEALER WHO YESTERDAY TOLD ME THEY NO LONGER WORK ON GM PRODUCTS. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE 2006 MODELS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, SO I TALKED TO THE A DEALER AND HE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THERE WERE NO SERVICE BULLETINS OR RECALLS FOR THESE PROBLEMS FOR 2007. THEN I FOUND YOUR SITE AND FOUND THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOLD BUICK THIS AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO THAT IS WAS ONLY THE 2006 MODELS WITH THIS PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THERE WAS WAY TO MUCH OF A COINCIDENT THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM FOR IT TO ONLY BE THE YEAR BEFORE. WE ARE SMELLING BURNING OIL AND DRIVEWAY FULL OF OIL JUST WAITING TO GET INTO THE LOCAL LAKE, NOT TO MENTION THE RECALL SAID IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. CHECK SERVICE BULLETIN # 273064 ACTION # 10032192 REPORT DATE MAR 01, 2012 RECALL # 06V105000 SERVICE BULLETIN # 06V105000 (OUR VEHICLE IS A V8) FROM YOUR SITE: NHTSA # 10022433 & 10032192 & 1020815 ODI # 101483409 & 10460626. *TR