2009 BUICK ENCLAVE Complaints

WHEN CAR IS IN DRIVE, SITTING ON A HILL OR INCLINE, THE VEHICLE DRIFTS BACKWARDS UNLESS YOU HOLD THE BRAKE PEDAL OR ACCEL UP THE INCLINE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT HOLD ON A HILL WITHOUT BRAKE ASSIST.

I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE LAST NOVEMBER OF 2017 AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING IT LOCKS UP WHEN TRYING TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE OR JUST SIMPLY TURNING A CORNER IT TAKES A LOT OF STRENGTH TO TURN THIS WHEEL AND ALSO OTHER DRIVER'S SEEM TO THINK I'M HOLDING TRAFFIC UP BECAUSE I CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL ALSO WHEN BACKING UP INTO TRAFFIC THE WHEEL LOCKS UP IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WHEEL LOCKED UP I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY FOR FEAR IT MAY LOCK UP GOING STRAIGHT IS FINE ONLY WHEN TURNING BACKING UP AND NO PARALLEL PARKING CAN BE DONE AT ALL, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT AT ALL.

I KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE THAT SAYS SERVICE AIR BAG. MY LOCAL DEALER SAYS THAT THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN THAT SAYS THERE IS A FAULTY SENSOR & THE FIX IS TO HAVE THEIR ELECTRICIAN HARD WIRE THE PROBLEM. ($550.00 MY COST) I ASKED WHAT IF NOT FIXED, SAID THAT FRONT COLLISION THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. TO ME THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE & SHOULD NOT BE MY PROBLEM TO REPAIR.

WAS DRIVING ON RAMP TO ENTER HIGHWAY, WITH MY THREE 6 AND YOUNGER CHILDREN, AND ALSO 7 MONTHS PREGNANT! THE ENCLAVE JUST STALLED AND STILL CAN NOT START BUT ONE TIME IT DID, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BLOW UP MAKING WEIRD NOISES SO I SHUT IT OFF RIGHT AWAY. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS AND I SEE IT IS VERY COMMON WITH 2009 & 2010 ENCLAVES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE? IF THIS HAPPENED SHORTLY LATER I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND SEVERAL PEOPLE COULD BE INVOLVED GETTING HURT OR KILLED. I HAVE HAD IT LESS THAN A YEAR, WITH LESS THAN 104,000 MILES ON IT. ALSO HAS WHEEL BEARING ISSUES WHICH I REPLACED FRONT NOW THE REAR ONES NEED TO BE DONE. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS NEGLECT AND NO ONE TO ASSIST US CONSUMERS UNTIL SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED! NOW THE VEHICLE IS SITTING AT A GARAGE WHERE TOWED WAITING FOR REPORT AND I HAVE NO VEHICLE SO LOST MY JOB I HAVE FOUR KIDS TO SUPPORT. FIGURED I BUY A NEWER DECENT VEHICLE TO BE DEPENDABLE & RELIABLE ONLY TO FIND OUT IT'S NEITHER ONLY UNSAFE FOR MY FAMILY.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE RPMS STARTED RACING AND IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. WE STARTED LOSING POWER AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. CARMAX HAD A DEALERSHIP REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. WE DON'T USE THIS VEHICLE OFTEN SO WHEN WE DRIVE IT SEVERAL MONTHS LATER IT SEEMED FINE INITIALLY THEN AFTER DRIVING IT A LITTLE MORE WE STARTED HAVING THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND GETTING SEVERAL FAULT CODES AND VERY ROUGH SHIFTING AT LOWER SPEEDS 30-35 MPH. IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THE ISSUE FIXED AGAIN.

POWER STEERING LOCKS UP OR GOES OUT WHILE TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES. THIS HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY, CITY STREETS, PARKING LOTS OR IN DRIVEWAYS. THERE IS NO WARNING OR APPARENT REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. WHEN IT STARTED WE HAD OUR MECHANIC TAKE A LOOK, AND HE STATED EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD AND POWER STEERING FLUID LEVELS WERE NORMAL. HE SUGGESTED HE COULD LOOK AT THE STEERING RACK AND PINION COULD BE WHAT IS NEEDED, SINCE THIS IS COMMON ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF VEHICLE. AS TIME GOES ON IT CONTINUES TO WORSEN AND IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH OR WITHOUT MY FAMILY AS PASSENGERS. THE MECHANIC STATED IT WAS GOING TO COST UPWARDS OF $1300 TO REPAIR, WHICH WE FEEL SHOULD BE THE COST OF THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM!

AS I WAS DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WAS RANDOMLY GOING OUT FOR JUST A MOMENT SO I CHECKED MY POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT WAS FINE. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE IT WHEN I WENT TO MAKE A TURN THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AND I ALMOST RAN INTO ANOTHER CAR. VERY SCARY WITH 4 CHILDREN IN THE CAR! TOOK IT TO 2 MECHANICS THAT I TRUST AND THEY WERE BOTH SHOCKED THAT THE STEERING RACK WAS LOOSE. BOTH SAID THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THEY ALMOST NEVER SEE, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING I COULD HAVE DONE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND THEY WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM. BOTH TOLD ME TO LOOK INTO A RECALL FOR IT SINCE IT WAS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND PROBLEM THAT IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I CHECK MY VIN NUMBER AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS BUT I DO SEE ON MULTIPLE MESSAGE BOARDS THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR 2009 BUICK ENCLAVES WITH 80,000 MILES.

WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH THE TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AND RPM JUMPS UP TO 4500. ALSO ENCOUNTER THE SAME PROBLEM ON LOCAL STREET DRIVING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH, TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AND RPM RACES FROM ABOUT 1500 TO 2800. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL BUICK DEALER. THEY STATED THERE IS RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION FOR THAT YEAR BUT NOT THIS PARTICULAR VIN. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE LOSS IN POWER ALMOST RESULTED IN ME BEING REAR ENDED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

WE REPLACED COIL 4 AND 2 BACK IN DEC 2015, THEN NUMBER 1 ON 10-30-2017, AND NOW THEY ARE STATING NUMBERS 3 AND 5 ARE BAD...IS THIS NORMAL? DO WE HAVE A DEFECTIVE CAR? ALL OF THE GM CARS WE HAVE OWNED, WE HAVE NEVER HAVE TO REPLACE 1 MUCH LESS 5!!

THE TRANSMISSION AND TOURCH CONVERTER SHUTTERS AND THE RPM' ACCELLS AT. SOMETIMES IT DIES. IT GOES TO UP IN RPM. THE CAR SHUTTERS AND SHAKES. REAR HATCH WILL CLOSE ON ITS OWN WHILE YOUR UNDER IT.