2007 BUICK LACROSSE Complaints

MY WIFE IS HANDICAPPED HAS HAD MULTIPLE BACK SURGERIES AND NEEDS TO SIT ON A CUSHION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN SHE SITS ON A CUSHION THE AIRBAG LIGHT SAYS THE AIRBAG IS NOT ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PALM AUTO MALL BUICK IN 2010 WHERE THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR IN THE SEAT. IT STILL SAYS THAT THE AIRBAG IS OFF WHEN SHE SITS ON THE CUSHION. I CONTACTED GM IN SPRING OF 2012 AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF IN FACT THE AIRBAG IS OFF. *TR

I HAVE A CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL/SHAFT ASSEMBLE WHEN TURING EITHER DIRECTION OR WHEN HITTING A BUMP. THERE IS A BUICK TSB THAT DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM FOR THE 2005-2007 YEARS AND THE PARTS WERE UPGRADED IN 2008 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUICK WILL NOT REPLACE THE PART FREE BUT I NOTICE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE YEARS. THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY SORT OF RECALL, OR LEAST I DON'T SEE ANY ON LINE AND I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $250 TO REPLACE THE NEEDED PARTS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL FREEWAY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT AND COULD NOT BE TURNED ON MANUALLY. HAS BEEN OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THAT TIME. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR AT NIGHT AS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED ILLUMINATING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED, THE EMERGENCY HORN SOUNDED UNINTENDEDLY AND BLACK SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, HE BEGAN TO INSPECT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AREA AND NOTICED THE FUSE BOX AND WIRES WERE BURNT SEVERELY. THERE WERE NO FLAMES PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

POWER STEERING UNIT SPRUNG A LEAK FROM THE CASING WHERE A HOLE WAS OBSERVED. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING UNIT JUST 3,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

NOISE LIKE RUBBING SOUND COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AREA. STEERING GEAR WAS REPLACED ONCE, PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO AND NOW MAKING SAME SOUND AS BEFORE. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED REPEATEDLY ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT STILL FEELS LIKE IT IS HOPPING OR WALKING INSTEAD OF ROLLING. THIS OCCURS MOST PROMINENTLY IN THE MORNING AT STARTUP AND WILL CONTINUE UP TO 50 MPH AND BEYOND. THE MECHANICS WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET AUTHORIZATION FROM GM REGIONAL TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN CHARGE A FEE FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS. THIS PROBLEM EXISTED FROM THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND THE DEALERSHIPS SHARE INFORMATION AND WILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE REQUESTED GM AND BUICK TO PROVIDE A MECHANIC THAT IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM AND CAN RESOLVE IT, BUT THEY REFUSE TO ACT. I AM NOT AT ALL HAPPY WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNDER THE BELIEF THAT THE DEALERSHIP AND BUICK OR GM WOULD MAKE IT RIGHT. I WILL NOT RECOMMEND EITHER THE DEALERSHIP OR GM OR BUICK TO ANYONE. I DO NOT OWN ANOTHER CAR SO I HAVE SPENT MANY DAYS WITHOUT A VEHICLE DURING DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS AND CANNOT TOLERATE SITTING FOR 4-6 HOURS IN THE DEALERSHIP OR GOING WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION WILL THIS IS ADDRESSED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE CXS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THERE WAS A ROUGHNESS IN THE STEERING SHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT WAS LOOSE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,367. UPDATED 6/4/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED ON 03/2/12

HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE BEGAN LEAKING RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID. WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED A COLLISION SHOP. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO INSPECT THE EVENT DATA RECORDER BOX THAT WAS LOCATED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,000.