2008 BUICK LACROSSE Complaints

2008 BUICK LACROSSE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEADLAMP DRIVER MODULE RECALL NOTICE REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V755000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING MALFUNCTIONED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V519000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. ...UPDATED 03-10-16 *BF *CN

ON DEC. 18TH MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING AT NIGHT GOING TO A CHRISTMAS PARTY WHEN THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING.I SWITCHED TO THE HIGH BEAMS AS THEY WERE STILL FUNCTIONING. WE WENT THE LAST MILE TO OUR DESTINATION ON THE HIGH BEAMS. I TURNED OFF THE CAR TO SEE IF THAT WOULD RE;SET THE LIGHTS, IT DID NOT. WE WENT TO THE PARTY AND CAME BACK TO THE CAR APX. 3 HOURS LATER. I STARTED THE CAR AND THE LOW BEAMS CAME ON..AFTER ABOUT 1/2 MILE THEY WENT OUT AGAIN..SO I PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF THE CAR TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COME ON UPON RE-START,THEY DID NOT,SO WE CONTINUED ON WITH HIGH BEAMS. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES THE LOW BEAMS CAME ON FOR THE REST OF OUR TRIP HOME. THE NEXT DAY I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ON-LINE AND DISCOVERED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM I CONTACTED THE LOCAL BUICK DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAD NO DIRECTION ON HOW TO FIX IT FROM G.M. MY WIFE CALLED ANOTHER AREA BUICK DEALER AND RECIEVED THE SAME REPLY..SHE WAS ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF G.M. AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WOULD GET BACK TO US.. WE NEVER R GOT ANY RECALL NOTICE FROM G.M. I HAD TO PRINT ALL THE FORMS FROM THE NHTSA WEB SITE.. SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR LAW SUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN AFTER SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENS (IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME). THIS PROBLEM IS NOT JUST WITH TE BUICK LACROSSE THERE ARE OTHER MODELS INVOLVED.. SO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET G.M. AND THEIR DEALERS TO FIX THIS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BULB FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V755000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,866. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADSLIGHTS WOULD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V519000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) WAS RECEIVED IN JANUARY OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

IN JANUARY OF 2015 WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM GM CONCERNING THE HEADLIGHT DRIVER MODULE (GM SAFETY RECALL 14291). WE CALLED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO BE TOLD THEY WERE WAITING FOR PARTS. WE BEGAN EXPERIENCING A "HEADLIGHTS RECOMMENDED" SIGNAL SEVERAL TIMES IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, BUT LIVED WITH IT. WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL IN OCTOBER RECOVERING FROM CANCER SURGERY MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A HEADLIGHT FAILURE WHEN DRIVING HOME ALONE AT NIGHT. A NEIGHBOR TOOK THE CAR TO THE BUICK DEALER AND THEY INSTALLED A RELAY, PART #15016745. WE THEN NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT AND THE RIGHT REAR TAILIGHT WERE NOT LIT. AS SOON AS I WAS CLEARED TO DRIVE I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY INSISTED THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN THEIR FAULT, THAT IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT IT HAPPENED AT THAT TIME. I PAID THE $68.93 FOR NEW BULBS. TODAY I LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE, WWW.MYGM.COM/RECALLS AND IT SAID THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS PENDING FOR OUR VEHICLE. WHEN I CALLED THE TELEPHONE NUMBER GIVEN ON THAT WEBPAGE, THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT WAS A MISTAKE, BUT HE COULD NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION ON WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE OR WHY THE WEBSITE DENIED THERE WAS A RECALL. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE IGNITION SWITCH ISSUE WHERE GM'S STRATEGY WAS TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM, HOPING IT WOULD GO AWAY.

THE TRANSMISSION FAIILED WITHOUT NOTICE. HOPE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. I JUST BACKED INTO A PARKING SPACE WENT TO PULL OUT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN ANY DRIVE GEAR AT ALL. VEHICLE MILAGE 79850 MILES.

THREE OF THE FOUR DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS FAILED AT 51000 MILES. THE LOCAL BUICK DEALERSHIP REMOVED THE DOOR PANELS AND REPLACE THE LEFT FRONT, RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS AT THE COST OF $942. IT IS INTERESTING THAT BUICK IS UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE A VEHICLE IN WHICH THE DOOR LOCKS CAN LAST BEYOND SEVEN YEARS. MY FOURTEEN YEAR OLD FORD TAURUS HAS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LOCKS. GENERAL MOTORS AND NHTSA NEED TO REVIEW THE ISSUES POSTED REGARDING THE 2008 BUICK LACROSSE.

THE DESCRIPTION THAT FOLLOWS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OF A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE AIR BAG INDICATOR FOR THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT IS CONTINUOUSLY LIT. THE LOCAL BUICK DEALERSHIP SCANNED AND CHECKED THE AIR BAG SYSTEM, REPAIRED CONNECTIONS AND CLEARED THE CODE. AT PRESENT, NEARLY 8 MONTHS LATER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS NOW CONTINUOUSLY LIT WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHICH INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO AIR BAG PROTECTION FOR THE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE COST TO REPLACE AND PROGRAM THE PASSENGER POSITION MODULE IS $1540. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL. GM SHOULD NOT BE MANUFACTURING A VEHICLE IN WHICH, AT 51097 MILES, THE AIR BAG SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION. I NOTE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR SAFETY ISSUE.