I just picked up my 2007 Lucerne CXL 6 cylinder. I am 6'4" and weigh 220. I could not get a sunroof because my head hit the roof. I got the 6 passenger because of the extra room. It is very comfortable for me. The seats are great. Good luck
I'm observing a very annoying problem with my new lucerne. I love everything about the car EXCEPT the behavior of the dashboard lighting in the sunlight.
When in darkness the dashboard lighting is perfect. For example if I pull the car into the garage, the headlights turn on automatically, and the dashboard is well lit.
If I then pull the car into the sunlight, the headlights turn off, and the lights on the small odometer section of the dash get brighter as expected so they can be seen in the brighter ambient light.
The problem is that all the lighting on the dials ( for example the speedometer dial ) turn OFF COMPLETELY instead of getting brighter. Due to my age I can not see the dials or can barely see them. It seems very inconsistent that some of the dash would get brighter while the rest would turn off completely.
I am left wondering if this is by design or there is a problem or adjustment to be made.
This may sound minor but I really cannot see any of the dials in outdoor sunlight situations.
Thanks ahead of time for any insight you can give me
I couldn't beleive it when I saw your post! I too love my Lucerne CXL but I'm having the same problem. Actually, it steadily got worse and now the dealership has had it for three days. Now I'm driving a LaCross loaner! They tell me there's a short in the wiring harness and they have to painstakingly check it from the bumper back to behind the dash. Some two weeks after I bought my Lucerne, the courtesy lights on the passenger side sun visor and the both lights on the ceiling console went out. I brought it in for service and the fuse was replaced. The fuse burned out within two days and I brought it back again. The fuse was replaced again and so far the fuse has held.
Recently I noticed that the green lights on both the radio and speedometer began to dim. Sometimes they would be initially dim when the car was started. I would turn off the engine, open the door so the radio would shut off and restart the vehicle. Usually, that worked and the lights would come on at full brightness. Other times they would remain dim and then halfway during my morning 17-mile commute would suddenly come on at full brightness. Still other times during my commute, the lights would dim on the way. If that happened, after arriving at work, I would turn off the engine, open the door, close the door and restart the engine and the lights would usually come back on at full brightness. Usually. The dimming issue did not resurface then for a week or so, and then began again. On September 12th the dimming of those lights began again during my morning commute. Also during that commute, the warning light for “Check Airbag” came on and stayed on, both the written warning in the message area and red red symbol. When I arrived at work, I shut the engine off and restarted it and the warning light stayed on. That evening as I began my commute home from downtown the warning light reappeared and didn’t go off until I was nearly home. It has not reappeared. On Wednesday morning, and again on Thursday morning, the numerals on the speedometer went completely black after I had driven some ten miles. Oddly, the remaining lights on that dial – odometer, etc., remained at full brightness. The numerals then lighted back up on restart. Also, I noticed the green light for direction of travel, inset into the rearview mirror, has gone black and has not reappeared.
These electrical issues are extremely irritating and especially with the numerals on the speedometer going out, somewhat dangerous. Hopefully, I'll get the car back tomorrow and it will have been fixed. Thing is, it sounds like its not an isolated problem and there may be issues that will result in a recall...
I've been reading the comments on the lighting. I have over 13K on my Lucerne, and haven't had any of these problems. I have notice that coming out of a tunnel but before the lights shut off, it's difficult to read the odometer lighting - don't recall if it's the same for speedometer. However, once the lights turn off, it's always back to daytime brightness.
Right I also notice the odometer lighting is great as it brightens in the sunlight.
However the key thing here is that the light on the dial around the speedometer actually turns completely off instead of getting brighter as you woudl expect.
If you could tell me if you see the same behavior it would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to figure out if its a flaw in design or a flaw in my particular vehicle. The dealerships have acted like they don't understand what I am talking about. Of course partly because I'm old
Thanks for the reply. I'm sorry to hear about the problems you are experiencing. At least on the surface they seem different or at least more wide spread than mine.
I hope the dealer can correct it for you. In my case I'm wondering if its by design or a flaw in my specific vehicle.
Lets see if anyone else has the same problem. If its a design flaw then there probably isn't much to do about it. I believe the engineers spend considerable time thinking these things through so the flaw is at least a little bit surprising especially since cost would not seem to be an issue in this case.
I had the same "Check Airbag" occur on my CXS on the way to the dealer for an oil change. They could find nothing wrong and cleared the code. This happened about 8 weeks ago, OK since.
Oldmanusere. THere is a fix for your problem. I am a Buick dealer in New Jersey and have several customers with the same complaint. Buick has just issued a fix for the problem which requires changing the instrument cluster. any questions' email ngalebp@aol.com
I am short for a man (5'6") but many women are similar or shorter. Another feature the Lucerne shares with the Cadillac DTS is overly long seat bottom cushions. I feel like "Edith-Ann" on the old SNL skit. The seats are too long for my thighs. Very hard to get comfortable on a long trip. Also, even though I drive quite far back from the steering wheel, both the door and console arm rests are too low and far back to be useful. And for a large car, I find it hard to get in and out of. I keep bumping my head on the roof and my size 10 feet get caught in the narrow door opening. Strange. The vehicle structure feels rigid on the road, but the interior panels (doors, dash and console) creak, buzz, and rattle way too much for a car aiming to be in the "near luxury" market.
I'm 6'3" 210lbs and these leather bucket seats are killing me in my '06 CXL. The hour and half to two hour commute one way and I'm a hurting puppy. I'm getting close to being pushed over the edge and dumping this car if I don't find a solution. That'll be a shame because I've been a loyal Buick owner (3rd generation) and I really like this car but I can only take so much. I'll try different types of cushions to see if this helps.
i have a 2006 buick lucerne cyl bought in oct 06 the colored rubber around the doors is turning color i have a grey interior the rubber is turning a brownish color. is anybody else having this problem. i have not talked to the dealer yet.
My owners manual says that the back and seat are cooled. I can only feel cool out of the seat. Can anyone confirm that the seat back is not cooled? Service guy at two local dealers were not real sure. Thanks
I currently have 04 Grand Prix and have the same problem. I have been looking at the Lucrene for answer to my problem, however, it sounds as if this car is the same as the grand prix. small tight seats. I am 6'00; 275. I love the gp, however, the seats are killing my back and legs. Did you trade your car?
Can you provide the information on the fix for the dash lights or you current email so that I can go to the dealer with the correct information/technical bulletin.
Still have the car. Just sat in a new one with cloth seats at the Auto Show. They actually feel alot better than the leather. What did you end up doing?
I have continued to research for a more comfort car for me and my family. I still have the 04 GP GT2. I am going to sell the car and replace it with a honda accord. I am looking for a black (preferably black on black) 4 door accord. I have looked, researched and sit in and drove several cars and I think that this may be the best bet. These cars have enough room for me, my wife and 2 car seats to ride in comfort. I hate to say it, but honda appears to have a superior product. I am looking for comfort, durability, mpg. Based on the that criteria, I think the accord is best option. Again, I hate to say that, being a gm and ford truck fan my entire life.
After I read your and other posts about the lucerne seats, I looked at a few and the interior appeared to be similar to mine and after that I honestly quit looking at that car or any other gm product for that matter. Thank you for input.
Has anybody got a cure for my inability to read the instrument panel on the 2008 Lucerne in the daytime? I cannot believe that Buick has not put out a service bulletin on this problem. Surely there is a fix of some kind. Thanks for your help.
The trail of messages about this problem appeared to stop when someone asked for a service bulletin number. That is exactly what I need,. My dealer said, "Works as designed". I consider that an unacceptable response.
I love every thing else about my Lucerne. I have the 40-20-40 seats and they have been very comfortable, especially on long trips.
PLEASE, SOMEONE, POST THE SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER HERE!!!
Message to had2 I copied your message over to the Technical Service Bulletin blog that our host gave us a link to. Hopefully something will come of it. Good luck to all of us.
THere is a fix for your problem. I am a Buick dealer in New Jersey and have several customers with the same complaint. Buick has just issued a fix for the problem which requires changing the instrument cluster. any questions' email ngalebpaol.com
The passenger footwell in our new-to-us 2008 CXL is not illuminated like the driver footwell. On the driver side I can see the festoon bulb in its holder. On the passenger side I can see a recess in the side panel, with a little baffle, and a rectangular hole into which a bulb holder would snap. But the hole is empty - no bulb holder.
The dark passenger footwell is an odd gap in the otherwise nice interior lighting. Was the bulb holder deleted for 2008? Was it possibly omitted by mistake on this car? Can I order a bulb holder and will there be connectors in the wiring harness of the car?
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Sorry, but still like reading your replys from your perspective.
When in darkness the dashboard lighting is perfect. For example if I pull the car into the garage, the headlights turn on automatically, and the dashboard is well lit.
If I then pull the car into the sunlight, the headlights turn off, and the lights on the small odometer section of the dash get brighter as expected so they can be seen in the brighter ambient light.
The problem is that all the lighting on the dials ( for example the speedometer dial ) turn OFF COMPLETELY instead of getting brighter. Due to my age I can not see the dials or can barely see them. It seems very inconsistent that some of the dash would get brighter while the rest would turn off completely.
I am left wondering if this is by design or there is a problem or adjustment to be made.
This may sound minor but I really cannot see any of the dials in outdoor sunlight situations.
Thanks ahead of time for any insight you can give me
Some two weeks after I bought my Lucerne, the courtesy
lights on the passenger side sun visor and the both lights on the ceiling console went out. I brought it in for service and the fuse was replaced. The fuse burned out within two days and I brought it back again. The fuse was replaced again and so far the fuse has held.
Recently I noticed that the green lights on both the radio and speedometer began to dim. Sometimes they would be initially dim when the car was started. I would turn off the engine, open the door so the radio would shut off and restart the vehicle. Usually, that worked and the lights would come on at full brightness. Other times they would remain dim and then halfway during my morning 17-mile commute would suddenly come on at full brightness. Still other times during my commute, the lights would dim on the way. If that happened, after arriving at work, I would turn off the engine, open the door, close the door and restart the engine and the lights would usually come back on at full brightness. Usually.
The dimming issue did not resurface then for a week or so, and then began again. On September 12th the dimming of those lights began again during my morning commute. Also during that commute, the warning light for “Check Airbag” came on and stayed on, both the written warning in the message area and red red symbol. When I arrived at work, I shut the engine off and restarted it and the warning light stayed on. That evening as I began my commute home from downtown the warning light reappeared and didn’t go off until I was nearly home. It has not reappeared. On Wednesday morning, and again on Thursday morning, the numerals on the speedometer went completely black after I had driven some ten miles. Oddly, the remaining lights on that dial – odometer, etc., remained at full brightness. The numerals then lighted back up on restart. Also, I noticed the green light for direction of travel, inset into the rearview mirror, has gone black and has not reappeared.
These electrical issues are extremely irritating and especially with the numerals on the speedometer going out, somewhat dangerous. Hopefully, I'll get the car back tomorrow and it will have been fixed.
Thing is, it sounds like its not an isolated problem and there may be issues that will result in a recall...
However the key thing here is that the light on the dial around the speedometer actually turns completely off instead of getting brighter as you woudl expect.
If you could tell me if you see the same behavior it would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to figure out if its a flaw in design or a flaw in my particular vehicle. The dealerships have acted like they don't understand what I am talking about. Of course partly because I'm old
I hope the dealer can correct it for you. In my case I'm wondering if its by design or a flaw in my specific vehicle.
Lets see if anyone else has the same problem. If its a design flaw then there probably isn't much to do about it.
I believe the engineers spend considerable time thinking these things through so the flaw is at least a little bit surprising especially since cost would not seem to be an issue in this case.
is the fix paid for by gm?
thanks for your help.
canduster
the colored rubber around the doors is turning color
i have a grey interior the rubber is turning a brownish color. is anybody else having this problem.
i have not talked to the dealer yet.
thanks
canduster
I think our manual is wrong.
Thanks
After I read your and other posts about the lucerne seats, I looked at a few and the interior appeared to be similar to mine and after that I honestly quit looking at that car or any other gm product for that matter. Thank you for input.
My dealer said, "Works as designed". I consider that an unacceptable response.
I love every thing else about my Lucerne. I have the 40-20-40 seats and they have been very comfortable, especially on long trips.
PLEASE, SOMEONE, POST THE SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER HERE!!!
Thanks.
I copied your message over to the Technical Service Bulletin
blog that our host gave us a link to.
Hopefully something will come of it.
Good luck to all of us.
THere is a fix for your problem. I am a Buick dealer in New Jersey and have several customers with the same complaint. Buick has just issued a fix for the problem which requires changing the instrument cluster. any questions' email ngalebpaol.com
On the driver side I can see the festoon bulb in its holder.
On the passenger side I can see a recess in the side panel, with a little baffle, and a rectangular hole into which a bulb holder would snap.
But the hole is empty - no bulb holder.
The dark passenger footwell is an odd gap in the otherwise nice interior lighting. Was the bulb holder deleted for 2008? Was it possibly omitted by mistake on this car? Can I order a bulb holder and will there be connectors in the wiring harness of the car?