2011 BUICK ENCLAVE Complaints

I WILL OPEN THE AUTOMATIC LIFT GATE ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND HAS FALLEN ON ME.

THE FUEL MILEAGE READER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY...SOMETIMES WHEN I GET GAS IT REGISTERS MORE MILEAGE THAN IT SHOULD. ...SUCH AS IT MAY BE ON EMPTY AND THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT I PUT IN IT SHOULD REGISTER THAT I WOULD GET 115 MILES OFF IT....BUT IT WILL REGISTER THAT I SHOULD GET 150 MILES. SOMETIMES IT REGISTERS RIGHT AND I CAN DRIVE ONLY 10 MILES AND THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT I CAN TRAVEL WILL DROP BY 28 MILES OR MORE. IT CHANGES AS I DRIVE BUT DOESN'T SHOW THE PROPER MILEAGE LEFT AS BE APPROPRIATE. ALSO MY HEAT IS ONLY COMING OUT THE VENTS IN THE REAR AND THE TOP SIDE DASH VENTS AND THE BOTTOM DRIVER SIDE FLOOR VENT. THE FRONT DASH VENTS HAVE NO HEAT AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR PASSENGER VENT IS BLOWING COOL AIR. THE HEAT PROBLEM IS WHEN DRIVING AND SITING. THE MILEAGE READER IS OCCURRING WHEN DRIVING AND AFTER REFILLING AND SOMETIMES WHILE SITTING WITH THE CAR RUNNING.

FUEL INDICATOR IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. DROP TO ZERO AND TO HALF AND FULL AND BACK TO ZERO.

ON OCTOBER 12, 2017 (VEHICLE HAD UNDER 100K MILES) I WAS DRIVING MY BUICK ENCLAVE WITH A PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND MY SON IN THE BACK CAPTAIN'S CHAIR AND MY AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON ALONG WITH MY SERVICE AIRBAG ON MY DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN IN ANY UNUSUAL FASHION AS MY VEHICLE IS USED FOR HIGHWAY AND CITY USE. WHEN I NOTICED THE INDICATOR(S) ON THE DASH I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE BLACKTOP HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH IN PARTLY SUNNY COLORADO/NICE CONDITIONS. I WAS NOT GOING TO REPAIR WHAT WAS DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY AIRBAGS AS THE QUOTED PRICE WAS CLOSE TO $2000.00. ONCE I THOUGHT MORE ABOUT MY DECISION, DISCOVERING THAT NO AIRBAGS MY TRIGGER IN AN ACCIDENT AND THAT I COMMONLY TRANSPORT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN MY VEHICLE, I DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO REPAIR THE AIRBAGS FOR SAFETY REASONS. I HAVE ATTACHED THE COST/RECEIPT FOR THIS REPAIR THAT TOOK PLACE ON 12/20/2017: $2032.86 (MINUS AN OIL CHANGE FOR $44.92) = $1987.92. THE REASON FOR MY COMPLAINT/ISSUE IS DUE TO THE COST TO REPAIR WHAT I CONSIDER A MANUFACTURERS SAFETY RECALL ISSUE. WHILE I DO NOT FIND ANY RECALLS ON-LINE OR WITH GM, I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE MANUFACTURER THAT SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR WORK PRODUCT FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. MY VEHICLE IS IN MINT CONDITION WITH SERVICE RECORDS DOCUMENTING MY CARE AND UP-KEEP INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK RECENTLY AT RIGHT AUTOMOTIVE IN PARKER COLORADO. IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT [XXX] OR [XXX]. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. (IN SERVICE DATE OF 6-11-2011; I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER) INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY ABOUT 55,000 MILES AND WAS PURCHASED USED. IT UNDERWENT THE MAJOR RECALL GM HAD FOR DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS IN 2014. THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON MOTION AND HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY ON AND OFF. THE DEALER WANTS $145 FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND GM WILL NOT COVER UNDER PREVIOUS RECALL UNLESS WE PROVE THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE PREVIOUS RECALL PARTS. OF COURSE GM WILL NOT DISCLOSE WHAT THE PREVIOUS RECALL PARTS WERE .

LOUD WHINING NOISE AND LEAKING FROM RACK/PINION PUMP. HEWLETT CHEVY/BUICK DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGES PUMP IS COVERED UNDER SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT BUT WON'T PERFORM REPAIR UNTIL PUMP AND RACK ACTUALLY GO OUT...PUTTING MY FAMILY IN DANGER.

VEHICLE AT 108,000, GM DEALER STATES NEEDS NEW ENGINE FOR $6,800. STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE ON ACCELERATION AND WOULD DISAPPEAR ONCE SPEED LEVELED OFF. ONLY OCCURRED 1-2 DAYS PRIOR TO HAVING IT LOOKED AT WITH MINIMAL DRIVING.

TAKATA RECALL. THE TRUCK SEEMS TO BE MESSING UP I REPLACED BATTERY AND IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND THEN IT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN, I CAN UNPLUG MY BATTERY AND PLUG IT BACK IN AND IT WILL WORK FINE FOR A LITTLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GEORGE GEE BUICK GMC (LOCATED AT 21502 E GEORGE GEE AVE, LIBERTY LAKE, WA 99019, (509) 927-1000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

SITTING IN CAR WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND IN PARK THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STARTS BLINKING AND THE AUTO DOOR LOCKS STARTS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING BY THEMSELVES. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME JUST ONCE IN A WHILE.