2006 BUICK LACROSSE Complaints

DASH MESSAGE LIGHTING BLANKS OUT SPORADICALLY OR GOES VERY DIM DURING DAY LIGHT HOURS. *TR

DASH LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON WHEN STARTING THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS ON OCCASION (ABOUT 2 TIMES PER MONTH). IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE DASH LIGHTS MAY COME ON FROM FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR AFTER THE CAR IS STARTED. THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT HAS DONE OUT WHILE DRIVING. GM HAS OFFERED A DIAGNOSES OF THE PROBLEM BUT THIS WOULD ONLY BE BENEFICIAL IF THEY WERE OFF AND STAYED OFF WHEN I WOULD GO TO A DEALER. I HAVE TRIED THIS ANY THE LIGHTS ALWAYS COME BACK ON BEFORE I ARRIVE. MY NEIGHBOR HAS A BUICK THE SAME YEAR AS MINE AND HIS DOES THE SAME THING. THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND SAYS IT IS SUPPOSE TO WORK THAT WAY. THEY ARE WRONG ON THIS PROBLEM. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT YOU CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE DASH LIGHTED AREA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO ENGAGE THE HIGH BEAMS FOR SUBSTANTIAL ILLUMINATION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPRXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR/MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE PARTS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NO SPECIFIC EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AND HAS NOT GONE OFF. HAVE NOT REPAIRED. UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES BUT SUSPECT IT COULD DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING OR NOT DEPLOY WHEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

AIRBAG READINESS LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS EVERTIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 BUICK LACROSSE CX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE, THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE GEAR SELECTOR FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS A COMMON ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000. UPDATED 03/29/11 *BF UPDATED 05/05/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE CXL (NA). THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE VEHICLE TO ENTER BY USING THE KEY FOB WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE DOOR REMAINED LOCKED. EVENTUALLY, HE WAS ABLE TO GET IN. HE THEN DROVE ABOUT 100 FEET AND ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS REMAINED LOCKED. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BY CLIMBING INTO THE BACK SEAT AND EXITING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. HOWEVER, THEY REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE MECHANISMS BUT DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING THE PARTS TO ARRIVE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 66,000. UPDATED 3/7/11 *CN UPDATED 04/22/11

IT STARTED WHEN DRIVING ALONG AND THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD GO OUT, THE ONLY WAY I HAD ANY LIGHTS AT ALL IS ON HIGH BEAM, AND I WOULD CLICK BACK ON LOW BEAM AFTER I PULLED OVER AND THE LOW LIGHTS WOULD COME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND NOW I HAVE NO LOW BEAM LIGHTS AT ALL ONLY HIGH BEAM. I HAVE CALLED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT HAS FIXED THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES BECAUSE THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. AND THEY SAID IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL COST BE APPROXIMATELY $400-$700 WHICH I DO NOT HAVE AND I ALSO SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE FOR THE SAME THING. SO TELL ME WHY ISN'T THEIR A RECALL. THIS CAR IS ABSOLUTELY A HAZARD TO HAVE ON THE ROADS. SHE HAS ALMOST GOTTEN ME & MY FAMILY KILLED SEVERAL TIMES, FROM LOSING POWER TO THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT ON VERY DARK ROADS I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO GM BEFORE, I GUESS THEY WONT DO ANYTHING UNTIL SOMEONE OR THEIR FAMILY IS KILLED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A LOUD POP LOOKED BACK AND REALIZED THERE WAS A HOLE IN MY REAR WINDSHIELD, PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS NO BRICK ROCK OR ANY OTHER OBJECT IN THE BACK SEAT AND NOTICED THE WINDSHIELD WAS BLOWN OUTWARD AND IT WAS ALMOST DEAD CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. *TR