NHTSA Complaint #10694121 — 2006 BUICK LUCERNE

LATCHES LOCKS LINKAGES -- STARTING AT 52000 MILES, MY BUICK LUCERNE 2006'S REAR PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND ALTHOUGH THE KEY FOB VISIBLY ACTUATES THE LATCH, IT DOES NOT ASSIST IN OPENING THE DOOR. NOW AT 53000, THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. I NOW HAVE NO ACCESS TO HALF OF THE INSIDE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. AFTER INVESTIGATING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT APPARENTLY THIS IS DUE TO A LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILURE IN EACH DOOR. THE BUICKFORUMS.COM PROVIDED ADVICE: CHISEL OPEN THE BACK DOORS, THEN PULL THE DOOR PANEL OFF. AT THAT POINT, APPARENTLY THE VISIBLE LINKAGES ARE NOT THE ISSUE. INSTEAD, IT IS THE INTERNAL MECHANISM OF THE LOCK HOUSING. PROBLEM NOT RESOLVED. *TR