2008 BUICK LACROSSE Complaints

INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND RADIO DISPLAY LIGHTS GO DIM, VERY HARD TO READ. DOES NOT CORRECT IF CAR IS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON. DOES NOT CORRECT IF BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED THEN RE-CONNECTED. DOES NOT HAPPEN AT ANY CERTAIN TIME, JUST HAPPENS. *TR

AIR BAG PASSENGER SEAT LIGHT SHOWS OFF EVEN WITH A PASSENGER SEATED. PASSENGER IS WELL ABOVE 80LBS. INDICATOR LIGHT ON DIC SHOWS SEAT BELT NOT BEING WORN EVEN WHEN A PASSENGER HAS ONE ON. *TR

STRUTS WENT BAD AT 45,000 MILES AFTER REGULAR CAR USAGE AND RUINED MY TWO BACK TIRES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING UPHILL WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AT A FAST RATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. UPDATED 08/03/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/21/10

I HAVE A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE CXL WHICH I PURCHASED 04/29/2008. AT ABOUT 3,000 MILES I NOTICED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY SHOWING THE BAG WAS OFF EVEN THOUGH MY WIFE WAS IN THE SEAT AND BUCKLED UP. I TOOK THE UNIT INTO THE LOCAL DEALER AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD THEY COULDN'T CHECK FOR A CODE UNLESS THE "OFF" LIGHT WAS SHOWING WHEN SOMEONE WAS IN THE SEAT. LATER THE INDICATOR LAMP STARTED COMING ON AND WOULD STAY ON (SHOWING THE AIR BAG WAS OFF) FOR MILES. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND THEY CHECKED ALL CONNECTORS AND PINS. IT DID NOT MALFUNCTION WHEN THEY TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE BUT THE MALFUNCTION RETURNED ON THE WAY HOME. THIS DEALER HAS RECHECKED THE VEHICLE TWO TIMES TO NO AVAIL, THE LIGHT STILL COMES ON. I HAVE FOUND IF I HAVE MY WIFE MOVE THE SEAT FORWARD AND/OR BACKWARD THE LIGHT WILL GO OF FOR A WHILE, (THE TIME VARIES WITH THE ROAD CONDITIONS E.G. ROUGH, SMOOTH, STRAIGHT, CURVY AND SO FORTH). I FOUND ANOTHER INSTANCE ON LINE WHERE A 2009 LACROSSE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE. A FIX WAS NOT PROVIDED IN THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE VEHICLE. BUICK DOESN'T LIST ANY TECHNICAL BULLETINS PERTAINING TO THIS MALFUNCTION. THIS IS A VERY DIS-CONCERNING ISSUE ANY TIME WE DRIVE AND I SUPPOSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE ALSO. *TR

2008 BUICK LACROSSE. DASH LIGHT PROBLEMS *GR THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS DRIVEN AS FAR AS 125 MILES IN THE EARLY MORNING WITH NO DASH LIGHTS. THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE SEEN, WAS THE ODOMETER AND TRIP MILEAGE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DASH LIGHTS WORKED SOMETIMES. *JB

REPLACED POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION 2 TIMES,REPLACED FRAME BUSHING,REPLACED STABILIZER SHAFT LINK,REPLACED WORN FRONT SWAY BAR END LINKS,REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT,REPLACED LEFT FRONT STRUT,RETORQUED SUSPENSION BOLTS AND LUBRICATED BUSHINGS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH I RAN OVER A ROAD BUMP AND MY 2008 BUICK LACROSSE SUPER SHUT OFF(STALLED). I COASTED TO THE BURM, HIT BRAKES TO A STOP. THE CAR STARTED ON THE FIRST TRY. CONTINUED MY TRIP WITH NO INCIDENCES. TOOK TO DEALER AND NO CODES SHOWED IN THEIR COMPUTER. CALLED GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER. NO BULLETINS. SCARY TO DRIVE. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT THIS TIME BUT MAY NOT BE THE NEXT TIME. *TR

2008 BUICK LACROSSE HAS A BAD ODOR AND CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE IS GETTING SICK FROM THE ODOR IN HER CAR. *NJ THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED TO RUN THE AC ALL THE TIME, BUT THE ODOR WAS STILL PRESENT. *JB

I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN AT LEAST TWICE AT THIS TIME, AND I AM TAKING IT AGAIN TODAY FOR THE DASH LIGHTS DIMMING. AT NIGHT IT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO READ THEM. YESTERDAY, IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL SET ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT THE DRIVER TOUCHING A BUTTON. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN WHITE FOR SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE DASH LIGHT PROBLEM IS A "NORM". I DON'T THINK SO, EITHER YOU FIX THE PROBLEM, OR GIVE ME A NEW CAR. *TR