2005 BUICK LACROSSE Complaints

THIS IS THE FIFTH (5TH) TIME THE RACK AND PINION HAS GONE OUT ON THIS VEHICLE IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS - MAY 2013 THROUGH JULY 2013. THIS DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE - THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH "GENUINE GM PARTS" AND STILL CONTINUES TO GO OUT IN ABOUT A WEEK AFTER INSTALL. WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? I SEND COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT TO YOU AND TO THE BUICK PEOPLE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO KEEP SENDING COMPLAINTS TO YOUR AGENCY? WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO SEND COMPLAINTS TO BUICK AND GENERAL MOTORS - NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, NOTHING IS GOING TO BE FIXED. BAH!!!!!!! I WILL DEFINITELY NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER AMERICAN VEHICLE AGAIN! NOTHING BUT THE RUNAROUND. IF MY NAME WAS SHAQUILLE O'NEAL THEY WOULD BE SENDING ME A BRAND NEW VEHICLE TO SHUT ME UP. *TR

CAR WAS REPAIRED THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013, PICKED UP ON THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013, RACK AND PINION WENT OUT FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 28, 2013 FOR THE FOURTH () TIME IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS DEFECT. THERE WAS NO WARNING, STEERING GOT TIGHT, PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE FLUID, WAS EMPTY, PUT SOME MORE IN AND IT POURED OUT THE BOTTOM ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. JUST LIKE THE OTHER THREE TIMES. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING AND THE RACK AND PINION WENT OUT AGAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN TWO MONTHS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS LIKE LOST OF LIFE. *TR

SON WAS DRIVING TO PICK UP HIS MOTHER FROM WORK. STEERING BECAME HARD TO TURN (2ND TIME IN ONE MONTH). VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR RACK AND PINION PROBLEMS NOT ONE MONTH AGO. PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. GM IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PLATFORM (SHARED WITH BUICK LUCERNE) AND CHOOSES NOT TO FIX OR ADDRESS THE PROBLEM UNTIL THERE IS LOSS OF LIFE. THE NHTSA IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM ALSO. *TR

I WAS DRIVING OUT INTERSTATE TAKING MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDKIDS HOME IT WAS DARK AND ALL THE SUDDEN MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF, HAD TO TRY AND GET PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER I WAS SCARED I WOULD WRECK BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE WHERE I WAS GOING, GOT PULLED OVER AND AFTER TURNING CAR OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES FINALLY AFTER ABOUT 30 MINS OR SO MY HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS IS VGOING TO HAPPEN AND IT FRIGHTENS ME TO THINK I COULD HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH MY 8YR OLD CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME. THE DEALER I PURCHASED FROM WILL NOT WORK WITH ME TO GET THIS PROPERLY FIXED. *TR

MY WIFE AND SON HAVE COMPLAINED FOR LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THE POWER STEERING IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO TURN, MAKES FUNNY NOISES, BUMPING/THUMPING SOUND, WHEN TURNING, A LOW SOUNDING SCREECHING NO POWER STEERING FLUID. MY SON WAS DRIVING TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON WHILE TURNING A CORNER, IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. A CLASSMATE WITH HIM, AND TOGETHER THEY HAD TO TURN THE CAR (ALMOST WRECKING THE VEHICLE). I WENT TO GET THE CAR AND CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL, THERE WAS NONE IN THE PUMP. I PUT SOME IN AND CHECKED UNDER THE CAR. POWER STEERING FLUID WAS POURING OUT UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER FILLING IT AGAIN, THEY POWER STEERING WORKED FOR ONLY A MOMENT OR SO, SCREECHING AT THE SAME TIME AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT NO LONGER WORKED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BUSTED POWER STEERING HOSE. MY WIFE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, THEY PUT IT UPON THE RACK AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION THAT WENT OUT. THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND $700 TO REPAIR IT. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AS I AM TYPING THIS - MILEAGE IS AROUND 67,500 - PROBLEM INITIALLY BEGAN (PER MY WIFE AND SON) A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO AGO. I DO NOT DRIVE THAT VEHICLE, OTHERWISE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE PROBLEM MUCH SOONER. THERE ARE SEVERAL BUICK VEHICLES BUILT ON THE SAME TYPE OF PLATFORM AS OUR 2005 BUICK LACROSSE THAT HAVE RECALLS. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE PROBLEMS APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD? ALMOST ALL THE COMPLAINTS I RESEARCHED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH BUICK LACROSSE IS A REPEAT OF WHAT OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. BUICK (GENERAL MOTORS) SHOULD ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT - YES I SAID DEFECT." IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM AND WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO ADDRESS IT. MY BOY ALMOST HAD WRECK BEHIND IT AND GENERAL MOTORS/BUICK WON'T FIX IT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. ENOUGH SAID. *TR

FRONT END OF CAR HAS A SLIGHT SHIMMY,AND TIRES WILL THUMP AT ALL SPEEDS. DEALER DID A FORCE BALANCE,DID NOT HELP. I HAD A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE.THAT HELPED ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF THE PROBLEM BUT STILL HAS A SLIGHT SHIMMY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE ROTORS OR RIMS.TIRES ARE NEW. NEW WHEEL BEARINGS INSTALLED. *TR

LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. I PULL TO THE SHOULDER CHANGED THE SWITCH SETTING FROM AUTO TO ON. THIS DID NOT HELP . I DROVE HOME ON HIGH BEAMS. AS I ENTERED THE DRIVEWAY THE LOW BEAMS CAME BACK ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT ONLY TO COME BACK ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES. *TR

MY LOCAL BUICK DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK ON MY 2005 BUICK LACROSSE CXL ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012. THE SYMPTOMS INCLUDED A LOUD WHINE WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A LEFT TURN. A SEAL IN THE STEERING RACK LEAKED, AND THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED INTO THE BOOT, BUT NOT ON TO THE GROUND. GM REFUSES TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND I FEEL THAT IT IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS STEERING RACK MAY BE COMMON TO BUICK REGAL, PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, AND CHEVROLET IMPALA. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR. *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS A DUPLICATE OF ALL THE OTHER STEERING COMPLAINS. IT HAS A CRUNCHING-GRINDING SOUND AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 41,000 MILES. I SEE THAT IT STARTED MUCH EARLIER WITH MANY OTHER LACROSSE'S. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GM??? WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A REPUTABLE DEALER AND OF COURSE IT STARTED JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER. I EVEN PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH OF COURSE DOES NOT COVER THIS. I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A GM BEFORE AND THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD BE MY LUCKY CAR. WRONG. *TR