2009 BUICK ENCLAVE Complaints

POWER STEERING LOCKS UP AT SPEEDS UNDER 20 MPH. STARTED AROUND 54000 MILES AND HAVE GOTTEN INCREASING WORSE JUST. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO US AND EVERYONE ON THE ROAD . !

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 75 NORTH OF CINCINNATI OH IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC ON 7-13-15 IN LEFT LANE WHEN BUZZER SOUNDED ,TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE LOST POWER. TRYING TO GET TO SHOULDER WAS A BAD EXPERIENCE AS TRAFFIC WAS HAVING ONE HELL OF A TIME TRYING TO COPE WITH A CAR THAT SUDDENLY WASN'T MOVING. HOW A BAD ACCIDENT DIDN'T HAPPEN, I JUST SAY IT WAS GOOD LUCK! WE REALLY LIKE OUR BUICK ENCLAVE AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT. I HAVE A CODE READER AND NO CODE WAS REVEALED. I PUSHED THE TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES AND REENTERED TRAFFIC AND THE CAR RAN FINE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS TO HOME......

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN JAN 2015, THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE GONE WRONG AND MAKE THIS VEHICLE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE, WHEN STEERING THIS VEHICLE WHETHER SLOWLY INTO A PARKING SPOT OR ON A TURN, THE STEERING LOCKS UP ON YOU AND BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN, ALSO I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, OFTEN WHEN TRYING TO SPEED UP TO GET ON HIGHWAY, IT PULLS BACK OR THE RPMS REAVE REALLY HIGH AND THE CAR DOESN'T GO FORWARD. ALSO ONCE YOU PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR ACTUALLY ROLLS SEVERAL INCHES AND BOBS BACK AN FORTH, THIS ACTUALLY KNOCKED MY CHILD DOWN AS SHE WAS GETTING OUT OF CAR AND SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE CONCRETE. WHEN TELLING THE DEALER OF THESE ISSUES THEIR ANSWER IS WELL UNLESS WE CAN GET THE CAR TO DO THESE THINGS WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR ARE TALKING ABOUT AND CAN'T FIX IT. MEANWHILE WHEN I LOOKED FOR OTHER COMPLAINTS THESE SAME COMPLAINTS CAME UP BY SEVERAL CONSUMERS.

I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO BUICK DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK IF THEY SAW A POSSIBLE OIL LEAK BECAUSE I SAW A FEW SPOTS IN THE GARAGE. THEY SAID THERE WAS A LEAK FROM A RUBBER BEARING AND THE COST TO FIX THAT WAS 2700. TOOL THE CAR SEARS TO HAVE THEM DOUBLE CHECK. SEARS SAID THERE WAS NOT LEAK. THERE WAS RESIDUAL OIL FROM OIL CHANGE. THIS WAS ON 06/20. CHECKED EVERY DAY AFTER THAT TO SEE IF THE OIL LEAKED AGAIN AND IT DID NOT. ON 06/28, WHILE COMING HOME WITH MY KIDS, HEAR SUDDEN NOISE, AND IN A FEW SECONDS SMOKE COMING OUT FROM LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE CAR...LOT OF SMOKE. GOT THE KIDS AND DOG OUT SAFELY. TRIED TO TURN OFF THE CAR...I HAD THE KEY OUT BUT THE CAR WAS STILL ON. IT JUST WOULD NOT TURN OFF. TRIED TAKING IT OUR OF THE GARAGE AND THE STEERING WOULD NOT TURN. SOMEHOW GOT THE CAR ON THE CURB AND AFTER TRYING A FEW TIME, THE CAR DID TURN OFF. NOTICED ALL THE COOLANT HAD FLUSHED ON THE FLOOR. GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID POWER STEERING GEAR AND POWER STEERING PUMP BURNED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. ALSO SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF A MINOR OIL LEAK THAT WAS UNDER THE ENGINE THAT CAUSED IT. COOLANT FLUSHING WAS COVERED AND GM WILL PAY FOR THE FIX BUT I WILL NEED TO PAY 2500 FOR THE STEERING GEAR AND PUMP REPLACEMENT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER AND LIFE THREATENING IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED. GM LEAST CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND NOT SUPPORTIVE OR STANDING BEHIND THEIR CARS. I HAVE ONLY 36K MILES ON IT AND WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I READ ON SOME FORUMS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER BUICK ENCLAVE HOLDERS, I PLEASE REQUEST YOU TO HAVE BUICK ACT ON THIS AND SEND A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO FOURTH OR FIFTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. MA 10/19/2015 UPDATED 10/26/2017*CN

LIFT GATE WON'T STAY UP. HIT ME ON THE HEAD WHEN FREE-FALLING. OUCH. NOW I USE A BROOM TO PROP OPEN THE LIFT GATE ON MY $32K SUV. I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A 20 YEAR OLD USED CHEVY INSTEAD. AT LEAST IT WOULD MATCH THE BROOM!

PRESSED BUTTON ON REAR HATCH TO OPEN. THE HATCH ENGAGED AND WENT UP ONLY TO CATCH AND THEN FREEFALL BACK DOWN ON TOP OF MY HEAD LEAVING ME DAZED, DISORIENTED AND IN PAIN. I HESITATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HADNT INSTINCTIVELY PUT MY HAND UP TO CATCH IT OR IF HAD BEEN A CHILD THERE INSTEAD OF ME. THE HATCH IS TOTALLY UNUSABLE BECAUSE IT WILL NOT STAY OPEN LONG ENOUGH TO PUT ANYTHING IN OR GET ANYTHING OUT. VERY DANGEROUS!

MY BACK HATCH JUST STARTED OPENING ON ITS OWN. MOTOR IN THE LOCK KEEPS RUNNING. NOW MY DRIVER SIDE LOCK WON'T WORK. WHEN IN PARK, DOOR LOCK POPS UP BUT INSIDE HANDLE STILL LOCKED. NOW INDOOR LOCK BEING DIFFICULT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING,VEHICLE MISSES OCCASIONALLY,ENGINE LIGHT BLINKS AND TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD TIME SHIFTING,THEN WILL RUN FINE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND DO IT AGAIN,THIS HAPPENS DAILY AND EVERY FEW MINUTES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,094.