2009 BUICK ENCLAVE Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR BEGIN BEGAIN TO FLASH ACROSS THE DASH THAT IT WAS REDUCING ENGINE POWER. THIS NOW HAPPENS EVER SO OFTEN WHEN I'M DRIVING I WAS WONDERING IS THIS A RE-CALL MATTER? *TR

WHILE DRIVING, I NOTICED MY ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND HAD PROBLEMS ACCELERATING. SOON AFTERWARDS, THE "MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT" (AKA CHECK ENGINE LIGHT) CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS "PISTONS MISFIRING". I HAD PISTONS/CYLINDERS REPLACED AT A COST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND I HAD OTHER PISTONS/CYLINDERS REPLACED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT A HALF DOZEN TIMES BETWEEN MARCH 2014 AND TODAY (MARCH 2015). I HAVE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PISTONS/CYLINDERS THAT CAN TRIGGER THIS PROBLEM. JUST BY DOING A SIMPLE SEARCH ONLINE, I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BUICK ENCLAVE. AS OF TODAY, 31 MARCH 2015, MY ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I HAVE LOST FAITH IN BUICK BEHIND THIS AND I DO NOT BELIEVE I WILL PURCHASE ANOTHER BUICK. *TR

SQUEAKING BRAKES AND STEERING NOISE. RESUBMITTED FOR REPAIR COULD NOT DUPLICATE AT DEALERSHIP. RESUBMITTED IN 2011 AND 2013, WATER PUMP REPLACED, STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED, STEERING PUMP REPLACED, THROTTLE BODY CLEANED. ENGINE TIMING OFF AT IDLE, HARSH/RUFF TRANSITION BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. REAR HATCH FAILED TO OPERATE. SENSOR REPLACED, THEN ACTUATOR REPLACED, THEN CONTROL BUTTONS REPLACED THEN FINAL CONTROL BUTTON AND INTERNAL DOOR SENSORS REPLACED NOT BY WARRANTY, REAR HATCH STRUTS FAILED AND DROPPED ON CHILD AND OWNERS HEADS, OPEN AND CLOSE BUTTONS NON RESPONSIVE ON REMOTE FOR THE HATCH. ONLY THE INTERIOR HATCH RELEASE BUTTON WORKED. ONSTAR WOULD NOT POWER DOWN, NO NOTICE IT WAS CONNECTED, DROPPED CELL CALLS AND KILLED BATTERY. UPON JUMPING, THE CONTROL MODULE FOR ONSTAR FAILED AS DID CELLULAR ANTENNA NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. BRAKES SQUEAKING AND FLUTTERING PLUS PULSE AT SLOW DOWN. MASTER CYLINDER HAD HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING INTO BRAKE LINES, BOOST PUMP FAILED AND REPEATED FLUSHING DID NOT CLEAR THE SYSTEM. AIR IN LINES CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE NEAR COLLISION AVOIDED WITH EVASIVE OPERATOR DRIVING MANEUVERS, 3RD FLUSH CLEARED THE LINES NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. STEERING UNSTABLE ON UNEVEN ROADWAYS AND IN LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, REPEAT/RECUR, FINAL SUBMISSION 4TH TIME, ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN AND POSSIBLE SPARK PLUGS FOR IDLE PROBLEMS. REPLACED SPARKE PLUGS DID NOT RESOLVE IDLE SPEED OR HARD SHIFT OUT OF 3/5 GEARS. A/C OUTAGE THREE TIMES, NO LEAK DETECTED, FREON LOADED AND RELOADED: EVAPORATOR COIL DIAGNOSED AS PROBLEM. TOTAL DASH DISASSEMBLED, SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES SURFACED SINCE INCLUDING ONSTAR, ECM ERRORS, NAV SYS STAYED ON, CELL PHONE NOT CONNECTING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING WITHOUT CAUSE CODES. OVER $16500 IN REPAIRS COMPLETED ON THIS VEHICLE, SOME COVERED BY WARRANTY, SOME NOT, BY 2013 NEARLY ALL REPAIRS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

MY DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING GEAR ON MY VEHICLE THAT CONSTITUTED A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. HAD IT NOT BEEN CAUGHT, MY POWER STEERING INEVITABLE WOULD HAVE FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND RESULTED IN A CRASH. I WAS ALSO ADVISED BY THE DEALER AND HAVE LEARNED THROUGH RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AFFECTING BUICK ENCLAVES AND OTHER SIMILAR GM SUVS AND CROSSOVERS. THE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT IS OVER $1500 AND CONVENIENTLY NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AND UNACCEPTABLE ISSUE AND SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL OF ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF REPAIR COSTS TO AFFECTED OWNERS. *TR

NO SOUND, JUST QUIT WHEN I TRIED TO INCREASE SPEED. ONTO HIGHWAY I.HAD TO PULL OVER AND WENT SLOWLY INTO GARAGE. THE CAR HAS COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, BAD BEARING ON TRANSFER CASE SHAFT, WHICH IS LEADING TO 7 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. I TAKE GREAT CARE OF MY CARS AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS VEHICLE. I AM SURPRISED THERE ARE NO RECALLS. WHY WOULD A TRANSMISSION FAIL AT THIS MILEAGE? I AM LOOKING AT ANOTHER CAR MANUFACTURER FOR MY NEXT VEHICLE. I HAVE ALWAYS PURCHASED GM PRODUCTS. *TR

WHILE OPERATING ,OPENING THE LIFTGATE AND LEANING INTO THE STORAGE (TRUNK)TO REMOVE ITEMS LIFTGATE MADE A NOISE AND CAME DOWN HITTING MY DAUGHTER ON HER HEAD.LIFTGATE(HATCH) WILL NOT REMAIN OPEN.DEALER DIAGNOSED AS STRUTS AND POWER PAD NEED REPLACEMENT.EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN DOES NOT COVER THE STRUTS.DEALER ALSO SAID POWER STEERING LINE LEAKING AND TRANSMISSION LINES(2) LEAKING DUE TO CORROSION.740.00 FOR REPAIRS.POWER STEERING LEAKAGE COVERED BY EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN.NO SYMPTOMS OF LEAKAGE BEFORE DIAGNOSIS.ENCLAVE DROVE FINE.NO STEERING PROBLEMS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING GEAR HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,448.

IN AUGUST OF 2014, AROUND 60K MILES, I NOTICED A MOAN WHEN I STEERED AS WELL AS A "KNOCK" THAT I HAD HEARD PREVIOUSLY AND TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY (THEY SAID IT WAS A TIRE ROD; CLEARLY IT WAS NOT). I WAS AWARE THE MOAN MAY BE MY POWER STEERING PUMP, SO I BROUGHT IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. NOT ONLY DID I FIND MY POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED REPLACEMENT, BUT THAT WAS THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF A MUCH LARGE ISSUE- MY STEERING RACK WAS LOOSE, AND WAS DISENGAGING FROM THE MOUNT, WHICH IN TURN, CAUSED THE CORRUPTION OF MY POWER STEERING PUMP. I WAS TOLD IT WAS WORSENING VERY QUICKLY AND IF I LOST MY STEERING RACK FROM THE MOUNT, I COULD LOSE STEERING, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. I WAS INFORMED THIS TYPE OF REPAIR IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR A CAR THIS NEW, WITH NO ACCIDENT HISTORY, AND OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND IS LIKELY AN "ENGINEERING ISSUE." I AM APPALLED AT NOT ONLY THE PRICE OF THESE REPAIRS WHICH I PAID OUT OF POCKET ($1,968.51), BUT AFTER SOME RESEARCH, HOW COMMON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM IS WITH 2008 & 2009 BUICK ENCLAVES, ESPECIALLY AROUND 60K MILES. THE MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE NOW IS 65,342. *JS

THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CAR BEING ON AND WONT TURN BACKWARDS SO YOU CANT TURN VEHICLE OFF. *TR

I WAS COMING UP TO TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND LOST POWER STEERING. THIS CONDITION ABOUT LED ME TO HIT ANOTHER CAR. AT HIGHER RPMS THE POWER STEERING COMES BACK BUT AT AN IDLE OR JUST ABOVE IT REQUIRES GREAT EFFORT TO TURN THE VEHICLE. *TR