2006 BUICK LACROSSE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. *TR

I WENT TO THE PARKING GARAGE AFTER WORK, AND HAD DIFFICULT GETTING INTO MY VEHICLE. THE REMOTE DID NOT WORK. WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE LOCK, IT WOULD TURN BUT NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES, I FINALLY GOT INTO MY CAR. I PICKED MY SISTER UP AND WENT TO THE RESTAURANT. I WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. I TRIED THE REMOTE, THE INSIDE RELEASE AND PULLING ON THE LOCK. I FINALLY GOT IT TO RELEASE. THEN I HAD PROBLEMS CLOSING THE DOOR. WE GOT IT SHUT BUT WHEN WE CAME BACK FROM THE RESTAURANT IT WAS OPEN. I DROPPED MY SISTER OFF AND DROVE THE MILE HOME, THE DOOR AGAIN WOULD NOT OPEN NOR WOULD THE PASSENGER DOOR OPEN. I AM CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND BECAME VERY UPSET. I WENT BACK TO MY SISTER'S AND GOT THE DOOR OPEN . WE LEFT IT AJAR, AND WHEN I GOT HOME IT STILL WOULD NOT OPEN. AFTER ABOUT ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, I FINALLY GOT IT TO RELEASE. THEN NEXT DAY WHEN MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR OVER TO THE DEALERS, HE COULD NOT GET THE DOOR TO OPEN. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE PASSENGER DOOR OPEN AND CLIMBED OUT THAT WAY. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE ELECTRONICS MALFUNCTIONING, BUT NOT THE MANUAL SYSTEM. I REALLY FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I JUST GOT OFF THE CHAT LINE WITH GENERAL MOTORS AND RECEIVED NO SATISFACTION OR RESOLUTION. IT WAS $300 TO HAVE THE DRIVER DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR REPLACED/REPAIRED. I STILL HAVE NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE MANUAL SYSTEM DID NOT WORK.. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK. LIGHTS WORKED FINE, PARKED THE CAR IN THE GARAGE, LIGHTS STAYED ON DELAY MODE AND BOTH WERE FINE. DRIVING HOME THE NEXT NIGHT, SEVERAL ONCOMING VEHICLES FLASHED LIGHTS, I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT TO CHECK MY LIGHTS... NO LOW BEAM LIGHTS. SWITCHED FROM AUTO TO MANUAL MODE, STILL NO LOW BEAM LIGHTS, HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WORK FINE. I HAVE READ THAT SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE A SOLUTION. I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD NEED TO PAY THE DEALER TO 'ANALYZE THE PROBLEM' AND CHARGE AN OUTRAGEOUS PRICE TO FIX THIS. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE! *TR UPDATED 09/10/13*LJ

MAKING CLUNK TYPE NOISE FROM THE UPPER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN FROM THE 1ST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, BUT IT WAS ONLY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND THE FREQUENCY WAS VERY RARE (1 OR TWO TIMES). RECENTLY IT STARTED TO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. LOOKED UP THE INTERNET AND APPEARS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED BUICK AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A THREE LANE HIGHWAY, THE 2006 LACROSSE ENGINE STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO CROSS TWO LANES AND PARK ON THE SHOULDER. TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SPENT 1/2 HOUR LOOKING FOR PROBLEM. TESTED AND NO CODES. MOVED THE CONNECTION AT THE DISTRIBUTOR MODULE AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. TRIED TO MAKE IT FAIL AGAIN BY MOVING, UNPLUG AND PLUGGING THE CONNECTION. I DROVE HOME AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL,I CONTACTED GM ON THE MATTER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DONT COVER THE BRAKING SYSTEM,I DO CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY HASSERD,AS MY BRAKE PEDAL JUMPS WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES,ID LIKE TO GET SATISFACTION ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE CX, WITH APPROX. 47,000 MILES. AS I ENTERED THE UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE, AT WORK, TUESDAY MORNING, I DISCOVERED I HAD NO LOW BEAMS. THE HIGH BEAMS AND PARKING LIGHTS BOTH WORKED. I TOOK THE CAR TO A VERY REPUTABLE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A GOOD THING I GOT THE CAR THERE WHEN I DID. (I COULD'VE HAD A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD)...THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THE FUSE BOX, AGAINST THE FIREWALL, UNDER THE HOOD, HAD MELTED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, A.E., DRIVING AT 65 MPH AT NIGHT, A FIRE, ETC... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE SWAY BAR WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC THAT THE CARS RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION, IS FAULTY. *TR

2006 BUICK LACROSSE. CONSUMER STATES INJURY AND ACCIDENT DUE TO A MECHANICAL ANOMALY STATING VEHICLE REVERSED ON ITS OWN. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE PUT THE GEAR IN PARK, OPENED THE DOOR AND LEFT IT OPEN WHILE SHE WALKED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT STEPS. AS THE CONSUMER TURNED AROUND, SHE SAW THE VEHICLE TRAVELING BACKWARDS AND RAN TO STOP IT. SOON, THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND SHE REALIZED SHE COULDN'T GET IN THE VEHICLE, BUT AT THAT POINT THE DOOR APPARENTLY HIT THE CONSUMER AND KNOCKED HER TO THE PAVEMENT. THE INJURY RESULTED IN A CONCUSSION WHICH EVENTUALLY REQUIRED BRAIN SURGERY TO REMOVE A HEMATOMA. *JB