NHTSA Complaint #10944557 — 2008 BUICK LUCERNE

I BOUGHT THIS BUICK USED A COUPLE OF MONTH AGO WITH 87K. I'VE SINCE DRIVEN OVER 4K MILES. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG TOURING CAR AND I NEEDED SOMETHING RELIABLE AND COMFORTABLE FOR LONGS DAYS ON THE ROAD. SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES AGO IT JUST WOULDN'T START IN THE DRIVEWAY. RESEARCH LED ME TO THE FUSE BOARD. CHECKED THE FUSES AND RELAYS FOUND NOTHING OBVIOUS. CAR STARTED UP A FEW MINUTES LATER. THIS HAPPENED LATER THAT DAY WHEN IN ANOTHER CITY AND THEN A FEW MORE TIMES THAT DAY. ALMOST HAD IT TOWED BUT THEN IT STARTED. NOW, AFTER ALMOST 1000 MILES IT GAVE UP THE GHOST AND I FOUND ONE OF THE TEETH ON THE RELAY BURNED AND THE PLASTIC PARTIALLY MELTED ON THE RELAY HOUSING AND THE FUSE PANEL. WENT TO THE PARTS STORE AND BOUGHT A RELAY REPLACEMENT BUT IT DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD. SHOPPING FOR A MECHANIC NOW. MY THINKING IS I NEED TO GET RID OF IT. I TRAVEL A LOT THROUGHOUT THE SNOW BELTS IN NY STATE AND THIS BOTHERS ME IT COULD HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND EFFECT CONTROL. AND A FIRE HAZARD. WHY IS GM NOT RECALLING THIS!