Buick Lucerne

Owners filed 943 complaints across 6 model years of the Buick Lucerne. The 2006 drew the most (330).

Model years6

Complaints943

Recalls17

Fires50

Deaths1

Which Buick Lucerne years should you avoid?

Going by 943 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Buick Lucerne years to avoid are 2009 and 2006.

20092.3× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (17 fires, 6 crashes).
2006330 complaints, 2.3× a typical Lucerne year, most often about the electrical system.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Buick Lucerne model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2011	49	2	3	3	Electrical System	Routine
2010	54	2	2	2	Electrical System	Routine
2009Avoid	128	2	17	6	Electrical System	Routine
2008	218	3	26	13	Electrical System	High concern
2007	164	4	—	21	Electrical System	Routine
2006Avoid	330	4	2	29	Electrical System	Fatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.