2009 BUICK ENCLAVE Complaints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 - POWER STEERING FAILED OUT OF NO-WHERE WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. DIFFICULT TO MOVE CAR INTO THE PARKING SPOT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES OF BEING PARKED POWER STEERING WAS WORKING FINE. OCTOBER 1ST, 2014 WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) WARNING LIGHT ON, STABILITRAK INDICATOR LIGHT ON/SERVICE STABILITRAK MESSAGE DISPLAYED IN DIC. SINCE WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY WE CONTINUED DRIVING UNTIL WE GOT TO OUR LOCATION AND PARKED THE CAR. APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS LATER WE STARTED THE CAR AND THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF. WE THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME AND LESS THAN A MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN AS WE WERE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. THIS TIME IT''S NOT RESOLVING ITSELF. CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADDED POWER STEERING FLUID, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000..UPDATED 11/03/14 *BF THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND PINION WERE REPLACED. ALSO, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE PULLEY SEIZED ON THE SHAFT. UPDATED 11/07/14

2009 BUICK ENCLAVE 80K MILES - POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY FAILS, PREDOMINATELY AT LOW SPEEDS AND SHARPER TURNS, WITH NO WARNING. *TR

DRIVING HOME AND THE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. CAR NOW SPINS TIRES AND HAS DISABLED THE ABS. VERY UNSTABLE CAR WITH ABS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS TOLD RACK AND PINION IS LEAKING. GOT ONLINE AND SEE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST GM FOR THIS SAME REASON. NO RECALL. I DON'T SEE HOW GM DOES NOT THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND STEERING FAIL. NOT ONLY ENDANGERING PEOPLE IN THE CAR BUT ALSO EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THEM. I'M STARTING TO HATE THIS CAR. LOOKS GOOD FROM A DISTANCE BUT THE PROBLEMS GM HAS HAD WITH THESE MODELS ENCLAVE, TRAVERSE, ACADIA ALL MODELS WITH THIS STEERING SYSTEM. NOT A CHEAP FIX EITHER! MY FATHER WORKED FOR GM SO THAT'S ALL WE BUY. SERIOUSLY RECONSIDERING THOUGH. *TR

LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS. INITIALLY OCCURRED OCCASIONALLY, BUT FREQUENCY HAS INCREASED TO THE POINT WHERE IT NOW OCCURS ALMOST DAILY. PRIOR TO STEERING FAILURE, I DID NOTICE A FUNNY SOUND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO FAR RIGHT OR LEFT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST MY CAR, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IT IS A PRETTY WIDESPREAD ISSUE JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS LODGED, WHICH I AM SURE REPRESENT JUST A FRACTION OF THE OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. GIVEN THE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE INVOLVED, I AM VERY SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL SINCE GM SEEMS TO BE ISSUING RECALLS FOR MUCH LESS SERIOUS ISSUES. *TR

DEALER IS TELLING ME THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ARE LEAKING AND NEED REPLACED. ESTIMATE IS $1754. I JUST STARTED NOTICING THE STEERING WHINING IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO. WARRANTY ENDED ON THE STEERING AT 90,000. FROM THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS I SEE ONLINE, IT APPEARS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

THIS PROBLEM ARISES AT MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY AND IT HAS HAPPENED EVER SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE. WHEN YOU TURN USUALLY AT SLOWER SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BECOME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AT YOUR DESIGNATED TARGET. IN MY OPINION AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON FACTOR WITH THIS SPECIFIC GM/BUICK MODEL THAT OUT OF ALL THE RECALLS THE STEERING WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN MENTIONED BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED ALONG WITH THE OTHER ISSUES FROM THIS VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THE 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE BECAUSE I TRUSTED GM VEHICLES AND I HAD MY THIRD CHILD ON THE WAY SO MY FIRST CHOICE WAS A GM VEHICLE. PRESENTLY, MY MIND AND TRUST HAS CHANGED ABOUT GM VEHICLES BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS IGNORING THIS HUGE ISSUE THAT NUMEROUS CONSUMERS HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS ON. SINCE MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN BORN I REFUSE TO PUT HER IN THAT VEHICLE BECAUSE OF SUCH FEAR THAT WE WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE MANY ISSUES GOING ON WITH MY 09 BUICK ENCLAVE. THIS IS VERY UPSETTING SINCE MYSELF LIKE MANY THAT HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THOUGHT OF THE PURCHASE AS AN INVESTMENT OR A NEW FRESH STEP IN LIFE. BUT NOW IT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT AND ADDED STRESS TO MY FAMILIES LIFE INCLUDING A DANGER TO NOT JUST US BUT OTHERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

THE POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT WHILE USING IT. STARTING TO SEE ON LINE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE MAKE AND MODEL. IT USUALLY GOES OUT WHEN TURNING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED OR WHEN YOUR PARKING. *TR

ON JANUARY 2, 2014, MY WIFE NOTICED THAT HER CAR HAD A STEERING ISSUE WHEN TURNING. AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING BECOMES HARD TO TURN, AS IF IT WAS BINDING. I WAS INFORMED BY A MECHANIC THAT MOST LIKELY IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION. I HAD THAT REPLACED, BUT STILL THE ISSUE EXISTS. ANOTHER AUTO TECH CURRENTLY IS INVESTIGATING THE SAME ISSUE AND BELIEVES AND BELIEVES IT IS THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE, WHICH TELLS THE CAR TO ENERGIZE A SOLENOID THAT ASSISTS IN STEERING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS IS AN ISSUE, FOR MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MILES. WHAT HAPPENS IF MY WIFE IS UNABLE TO STEER OUT OF THE WAY OF A DRIVER WHO IS COMING CLOSE TO HITTING HER? AND SHE IS UNABLE TO DO SO? SHE MIGHT GET HURT OR EVEN KILLED. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET SUED...EITHER THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, OR GM ITSELF FOR KNOWING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT REFUSES TO RECALL THE CARS. MY QUESTION IS...HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN, HURT, OR KILLED, BECAUSE GM REFUSES TO FIX THIS ISSUE? AND FROM WHAT I SEEN ONLINE, THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS STEERING ISSUE! WHERE ARE THE BUREAUCRATS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF TRANSPORTATION? THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. IT IS NATION WIDE. I PLAN ON ASKING MY LOCAL PAPERS AND NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO A STORY ABOUT THIS AND GET CONSUMERS INFORMED ABOUT GM PRODUCTS. MAYBE GM WILL ISSUE A RECALL WHEN IT HITS THEM IN THEIR PROFITS. *TR