2008 BUICK ENCLAVE Complaints

LOST TOTAL STEERING AT LOW SPEED, LUCKILY I WAS IN AND OPEN AREA AND NOT IN CLOSE QUARTERS LIKE A PARKING LOT. *TR

STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE TURNING AT LOW SPEED, ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR IN THE PROCESS. BUICK KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE ON THE ENCLAVE PLATFORM, STILL, NO RECALL. IF I DID GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AND A FATALITY OCCURRED, LITIGATION WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ORDER. IS THIS WHAT BUICK IS WAITING FOR? SOMEONE TO GET INJURED, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE ORIGINAL STICKER PRICE FOR MY 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE WAS NORTH OF $40,000, WOW AND THEY CAN'T GET SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A STEERING RACK AND PUMP RIGHT? THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL, I JUST HAD TO PAY $2800 TO GET THIS FIXED, AND NOT REALLY SURE IF IT WILL OR WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS, APPARENTLY BUICK DOES NOT CARE ONE BIT ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS AND DEFINITELY DOES NOT WANT REPEAT BUSINESS. I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW TO AVOID BUICK AT EVERY EXPENSE AND NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BUY AN ENCLAVE. I AM ALSO CONSIDERING SELLING THE ENCLAVE AND BUYING SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH IT AND SAFE. *TR

STEERING RACK SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO STEERING ISSUES WHILE DRIVING. WHEN WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS IT WASN'T SAFE TO DRIVE IN THAT CONDITION. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE STEERING COULD FAIL OR LOCKUP. *TR

WE BROUGHT THIS CAR FROM LANDERS FORD COLLIERVILLE IN 19APR13 AND I HAVE HAD TO GET THE BRAKES REDONE, AND A VALVE WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER FIXED. BUT WE WENT TO SUNRISE GMC ON 28JUN13 AND THEY ADVISED US THAT WE NEED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR DUE TO A CRACK IN SOME PART OF THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVEN'T HAD THE CAR THAT LONG AND NOW IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. LANDERS FORD KNEW THAT CAR HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. GMC ADVISED US THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS IN THE BUICK ENCLAVES AND THE ARCADIAS. SO IF YOU KNOW THAT THIS CAR HAD THESE PROBLEMS, THEN WHY HAVEN'T A RECALLED BEEN DONE ON THE CARS. WE DID RESEARCH THIS PAST WEEK AND EVERYONE COMPLAINS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. WE ALSO CALLED GMC AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT SINCE I BROUGHT THE CAR FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP AND NOT GMC THAT THEY CAN NOT REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. BUT THEY CAN GIVE US 70/30 WE PAY 70 PERCENT OF THE REPAIRS WHICH I CAN NOT AFFORD. THEY ADVISED US THAT THE CAR CAME OFF THE LINE IN 2007 AND THAT IS WHY THE CAR IS 10 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND UPON TRYING TO PRESS THE BRAKE THE CAR JOLTED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HIT ANOTHER CAR. THE CAR SAID TRACTION CONTROL OFF. I CAUTIOUSLY DROVE HOME WITH THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRING BUT REALIZE THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL KEPT GOING ON AND OFF CONSTANTLY. WHEN I READ ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE I REALIZED A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE NO MATTER THE MILEAGE. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH POWER WHEN THE GAS WAS PRESSED. WE COASTED TO A STOP AND WERE NEARLY REAR ENDED. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

STEERING UNIT EMITS GROWLING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEELS. THERE IS FEEDBACK THRU THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING FLUID CHANGED AT 10,000 MILE INTERVALS AND THAT SEEMS TO HELP, BUT THE SERVICE STATION THAT CHANGES MY OIL TELLS ME THAT THE UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED! HE HAS SEEN THE SAME ISSUE ON THE GMC ACADIA AND SATURN SUV AS WELL. ALSO, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WET CARPET ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DUE TO THE SUN ROOF LEAKING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND STOP VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. *TR

DURING WET WEATHER, THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO SHUT DOWN AND MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STEER THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER JUST STARTING OUT AND DRIVING THRU A SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER AND AFTER A FEW MILES SEEMS TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THIS IS THE SAME COMPLAINT I HAVE SEEN FROM OTHER OWNERS AND NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WE HAD ONE CLOSE CALL, HOW EVER DO TO THE LOW SPEED WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR IN TIME. SOMEHOW WATER MUST BE GETTING INTO THE STEERING COMPONENTS. *TR

THE STEERING IS NOW MAKING A LOUD MOANING NOISE. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER TO TRY TO FIX. READING MANY REPORTS ONLINE THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. *TR