Buick Allure: problems, complaints, bulletins

Summary for the Buick Allure across 1 model years: 4 owner complaints and 0 NHTSA service bulletins, plus repair videos. Pick a year for details.

Model years

Year	Owner complaints	involving a crash	Technical service bulletins (TSB)	YouTube repair videos
2006	4	0	0	0

What fails most often

1 Exterior lighting 25% of all complaints
2 Fuel system 25% of all complaints
3 Steering 25% of all complaints
4 Structure 25% of all complaints

Circle size and colour show each component’s share of NHTSA complaints. Schematic only, not a drawing of the exact model.

Exterior lighting: 1 complaints (25% of all).
Fuel system: 1 complaints (25% of all).
Steering: 1 complaints (25% of all).
Structure: 1 complaints (25% of all).

Symptoms owners describe

How many of the 4 NHTSA complaints mention each symptom (automatic count from complaint text; one complaint can mention several).

smoke, burning smell, fire1 · 25%
headlights and tail lights1 · 25%
door locks, latches, handles1 · 25%

Components owners complain about

Component	Owner complaints	involving a crash	Technical service bulletins (TSB)
Exterior lighting	1	0	0
Fuel system	1	0	0
Steering	1	0	0
Structure	1	0	0

What owners report

Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.

Driving along at 8:30 pm ( darkness) and low beam headlights turned off. High beams worked, no low beam. Very dangerous. I tried the manual switches and could not get the low beams to turn on. Had to drive with high beams to get home.
Exterior lighting · 2006 · 2017-09-29 · NHTSA complaint #11030583
As I was entering an entrance ramp to the freeway, beginning to accelerate speed, for some reason I pulled back on the steering wheel and discovered the tilt was not working and the entire steering wheel along with the column pulled back nearly six inches, as if would detach.
Steering · 2006 · 2015-09-09 · NHTSA complaint #10762621
The passenger door will not open. The electric locks appear to be fine but the door handle will not open the door form the inside or out. This appears to be a huge safety risk as egress would be impossible in a fire/crash.
Structure · 2006 · 2014-04-20 · NHTSA complaint #10583745
2005 buick allure gas gauge customer states when the gauge is slightly under 1/4 it will drop rapidly to show empty*
Fuel system · 2006 · 2007-04-27 · NHTSA complaint #10190036

When owners complained

NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.

20071
20141
20151
20171

What to check before buying

Exterior lighting. Headlamps, leveling, sensors and mounts after a frontal hit.
Fuel system. Fuel smell, leaks, rough running, fuel-system codes.
Steering. Steering play, power assist, rack and tie rods after a wheel impact.
Structure. Rails, pillars, panel gaps, signs of pulling or welding.

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Sources: public NHTSA data (USA): service bulletins and owner complaints; YouTube: links to videos credited to their authors. Complaints are owner statements not verified by NHTSA, and describe defects rather than crash damage. Data updated 2026-11-05.