2008 Buick Lucerne fuel system problems
64 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2008 Buick Lucerne, which is 20% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 64 20% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 12
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 51 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 12 fires, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
-The electrical system failed, causing the fuel pump to not work properly due to design flaw in the backseat putting pressure on the fuse box which is located under the backseat. The spot where contact is made to the fuse box, is where the fuel pump relay is. Pressure from the seat bracket (with or without a passenger in the seat) causes the pump replay to not make proper contact with the terminal, therefore causing the power to arc and get so hot that the relay starts smoking, melting the relay, fuse box and…
After fuel gauge gets down to full ,shut engine off,restart engine fuel gauge will drop one eighth,shut engine off, restart engine gauge will read up one eighth or back to where it was. It reads up1/8 then down 1/8 then back up 1/8.
Other problems reported for the 2008 Buick Lucerne
- Electrical system 124 complaints
- Engine 27 complaints
Fuel system problems in other years
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006