Buick Terraza Transmission Problems
10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 2 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2005. Best year: 2006.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE F...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR LOCKED BY ITSELF AND WOULD NOT OPEN BY THE KEY OR POWER CONTROLS. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER DOOR LOCK MOTOR. ALTHOUGH THE DOOR LOCK PROBLEM WAS COR...
The contact owns a 2005 Buick Terraza. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, while making a left turn, the vehicle loss motive power and jerked before stalling. The electronic stability warning light illuminated. The vehicle was resta...
ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT ALWAYS ON
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE ESC WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE COUL...
WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT, THE SHIFTING LEVER DISCONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE SHIFTING ASSEMBLY APPEARED TO COME APART. I AM NOT ABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS . *TR
IT IS PROBABLY A SHORTER LIST TO LIST WHAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TROUBLE WITH , BUT HERE GOES. 1. THE BACK POWER SLIDING DOORS WILL OPEN AND SHUT AT WILL. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, PARTED IN THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, ETC. THE NEIGHBORHOOD KI...
VIBRATION AT 50+ MPH. PULSATING, VIBRATING WHEN BRAKING. UNEVEN WEAR ON TIRES (FEATHERING) NOTICED AT 3,000 MILES. HORN TAKES A LOT OF PRESSURE TO MAKE IT WORK. 2 METRO BUICK DEALERS SAY ALL ABOVE IS NORMAL AND CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRON...
DT: THE CONTACT TRIED TO USING THE HORN BUT MOST OF THE TIME COULD NOT GET IT TO BLOW. EVEN WHEN PRESSING HARD ON THE HORN IT WOULD NOT WORK. ONE MUST HIT IT CORRECTLY IN ORDER TO GET IT TO WORK PROPERLY. HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICL...
DT: THE CONTACT STATED HAD A TECHNICIAN FROM GM LOOK AT HIS CAR BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING MANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS HORN. E NOTICED PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN ON OR AROUND 5-20-05. IT WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH. THE HORN. YOU ALMOST HAVE TO TA...