2010 BUICK LUCERNE — Complaint #1809852
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:FUSES, RELAYS, CONTACTS, AND SHUNTS filed April 28, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1809852 (ODI reference 11462637) concerns a 2010 BUICK LUCERNE and was filed on April 28, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 28, 2022. The vehicle had 70,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:propulsion system:fuses, relays, contacts, and shunts, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BUICK LUCERNE cohort independently describe similar electrical system:propulsion system:fuses, relays, contacts, and shunts failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2010 BUICK LUCERNE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2010 Buick Lucerne. The contact stated that while the rear seat was occupied, it was raised up on the battery and fuse box, causing the fuse relay to short circuit. While driving, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuse box and fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1809852 |
| ODI Number | 11462637 |
| Date Filed | April 28, 2022 |
| Failure Date | March 28, 2022 |
| VIN | 1G4HD5EM5AU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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