2007 BUICK LACROSSE Complaints

WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT, VEHICLE LIGHTS WENT DIM, THEN OUT COMPLETELY. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. SMELLED FIRE, OPENED HOOD, SMOKE COMING FROM FUSE BLOCK / BOX UNDER HOOD. LOOKED AT FUSE BLOCK AND SEVERAL RELAYS WERE MELTED AND HAD MELTED A PORTION OF FUSE BLOCK. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS POSTED ONLINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN LOSING AIR DUE TO CORROSION. IN ADDITION, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 11/19/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE CLEANING THE RIM ON THE TIRES, THE TIRE STEM BECAME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE STEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE SENSORS NEEDED TO BE RE-CALIBRATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE TIRES WERE CONTINUOUSLY LOOSING AIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE STARTED THE ENGINE AND ACTIVATED THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS BUT THEY WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM MODULAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,459.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW NOT TURNING ON AT NIGHT OR THEY BEGIN TO FLICKER ON AND OFF CAUSING ME TO DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON.. BUT TODAY I SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AS I PARKED AND EXITED MY CAR AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND IT TURNS OUT THE RELAY FOR THE HEADLAMPS WAS BURNING AND MELTED. I REMOVED IT BUT IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE OTHER RELAYS NEXT TO THIS ONE AND MELTED THE ACTUAL FUSE CENTER. I HAVEN'T CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS OF MY CAR YET BUT I WILL IN THE MORNING... THIS LOOKS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE OF VEHICLE AND STILL NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE.. *TR

NIGHT HIGHWAY DRIVING THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY GO OUT. BAD. HIGH BEAMS ARE OK. FOG LIGHTS ARE OK FORTUNATELY SO I COULD DRIVE HOME SAFELY. TURN SIGNALS NORMAL. ONLY THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED. THEY RESUMED WORKING THE NEXT VEHICLE USE, THE NEXT DAY. *TR UPDATED 9/19/13 *CN UPDATED 09/24/2013 *JS

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN, MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. I WAS TERRIFIED. TURNING THE SWITCH ON AND OFF WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT FIX IT. I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE IN 2009 AND HAD COMPLAINED OF LEAKING SEAL ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IN THE RAIN. WATER WOULD DRIP ALL OVER MY LEFT ARM, SHOULDER AND ARM REST. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT FIX IT. NOW THE HEADLIGHTS WILL REFUSE TO WORK ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX IT. THE DASH READS HEADLIGHTS SUGGESTED BUT THEY WILL NOT COME ON. I CAN USE THE DIMMER ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS WILL WORK, BUT DRIVING WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS DANGEROUS. I NEED TO HAVE A DEALER FIX THIS PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR THROUGH A CAR WASH FOR THE FIRST TIME THE OTHER DAY AND THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ACTING UP AGAIN. PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT ME AND AUTHORIZE REPAIRS AT THE DEALERSHIP. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE EVEN A SHORT DISTANCE AT NIGHT NOT KNOWING WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY GO OUT AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW. IT REALLY SCARES ME AND CONCERNS ME THAT A DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *TR UPDATED 09/10/13*LJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING, A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DASH AREA, AND WATER WOULD DRIP THROUGH THE TOP DOOR, EVERY TIME IT RAINED. ALSO, THERE WAS A VIBRATION ISSUE, SO THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES, BUT IT DIDN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE WITH 2012 SUMITOMO TIRES, SIZE: 225-55-R17, MODEL NUMBER: 97VSMV88. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BEFORE ENTERING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ADD AIR TO TIRE BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND THE AIR PRESSURE FLUCTUATED WHILE THE CONTACT DROVE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRES WAS 4,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS 38,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

I WAS HAVING INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT ISSUES WITH MY CAR, I WOULD DRIVE AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD RANDOMLY SHUT OFF, I WOULD PULL OVER AND THEY WOULD COME BACK ON ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND TRIED REPLACING THE HEADLIGHT RELAY, THIS SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 13, I WAS AT THE MALL AND WHEN RETURNING TO MY CAR, IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD THE CAR JUMPED AND THE FUSE BOX CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE HEADLIGHT RELAY HAD MELTED AND DESTROYED MY FUSE BOX. I HAD MY FUSE BOX REPLACED AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, WHEN I STARTED GETTING THE INTERMITTENT ISSUE AGAIN. LAST NIGHT, MAY 1ST, MY CAR AGAIN DIED. THIS TIME, ALL FUSES AND RELAYS WERE REMOVED BEFORE JUMP STARTING MY CAR, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RELAY AND SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN MELTING ONCE AGAIN. I'VE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND CAN'T FIND A PROPER FIX FOR THIS. THE RELAY HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IT'S NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ONE NIGHT THE LOW BEAMS SUDDENLY WENT OUT. I WAS FORCE TO USE THE HIGH BEAMS UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER. INSIDE THE CAR I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. ONCE I PULLED OVER I NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THAT THE FUSE BLOCK UNDER THE HOOD WAS ON FIRE, WHICH HOLD FUSES AND RELAYS. THE TWO RELAYS THAT WAS AFFECTED WERE THE LOW BEAM AND HIGH WINDSHIELD WIPER, SO THEY NO LONGER WORK. *TR