2005 Buick Terraza
Complaints about this year name sensor far more often than the model's other years — 17% of them, about 42× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 120 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 33 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 17.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- happened — 23% of complaints, 13× usual
- said — 13% of complaints, 33× usual
- steering wheel — 12% of complaints, 29× usual
What owners wrote
I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS 2005 BUICK TERRAZA CX. AS PER CARFAX THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED. AFTER A WEEK OF HAVING MY VEHICLE I WILL BE DRIVING AROUND AND THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL SCREECH ON ITS BREAKS AND P…
WELL IT HAPPENED ON DATE SPECIFIED SLIDE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN NOR WILL THEY OPEN MANUALLY !! THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH ORDEAL SINCE I CAN'T SEEM GET THEM OPEN !!!
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09E005000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 10V110000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 05V287000 PARKING BRAKE
How this was worked out
Every year of the Buick Terraza was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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