2005 Buick Lacrosse

I HAVE A NOISY STEERING COLUMN, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD: LUBE LOWER STEERING SHAFT RUBBER SEAL, SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT. WILL HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE STEERING COLUMN TO ELIMINATE ALL NOISES." THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENT AND THE NOISE SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. OF COURSE THAT DEALER IS OUT OF BUSINESS DUE TO GM ELIMINATION OF DEALERSHIPS. NOT SURE WHAT MY NEXT RECOURSE SHOULD BE, I JUST HOPE IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. HAVE ABOUT 40,000 MILES ON A 2005 BUICK LACROSSE CXS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SCREECH COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE AN UNKNOWN SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REMEDY TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,130 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 23,000. UPDATED 02/23/11*LJ THE DEALER REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. UPDATED 07/01/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LACROSSE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, HE COULD HEAR A HUMMING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE EXACT LOCATION. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND AFTER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO IDLE FOR A FEW MOMENTS, THE HUMMING SOUND DISAPPEARED AND THE STEERING RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE DEFECT EXISTED IN THE POWER STEERING MODULE AND THE RACK AND PINION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

BUICK MADE NOISE WHEN TURNING A CORNER WITH AROUND 30,000 MILES ON CAR. THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED WHICH CURED THE PROBLEM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN LUBRICATED INSTEAD, BUT THIS WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. THERE IS A BULLETIN ON THIS DEFECT, BUT WE FEEL THAT GM SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS MODEL, RATHER THAN LUBRICATING THE SHAFTS UNTIL THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THIS NOISE HAD BEEN NOTICED LONG BEFORE THIS; HOWEVER IT DIDN'T ALWAYS OCCUR EVERY CORNER SO HAD TO WAIT UNTIL IT WAS ONGOING TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

HAVE HAD STEERING ISSUES TWICE, BOTH RELATED TO GREASE USED IN BOTTOM OF STEERING COLUMN. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT GREASE LEAKS AND/OR LIQUEFIES OVER TIME CAUSING RACK TO GROAN DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO FAILURE OF RACK IF NOT PROMPTLY SERVICED. HAVE BEEN ADVISED THIS WILL BE AN ON-GOING ISSUE YEAR AFTER YEAR. *TR

2005 BUICK LACROSSE WAS BOUGHT USED WITH SLIGHTLY OVER 44,000 MILES BACK IN MAY OF 2008 AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ACCELERATION AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, LOSING POWER WHILE GOING UP HILLS, BOGGING DOWN WHILE SLIGHTLY ACCELERATING TO PASS, AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIMMY BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS, AND CLUNK WHEN COMING TO A STOP. NATURALLY, THE DEALERSHIP PLAYED THE GUESSING GAME REPLACING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND SENSOR, AND EVEN RE-PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, AND COULD NO LONGER DUPLICATE ANY PROBLEMS ONCE THEY HAD RUN OUT OF THEIR OPTIONS TWO MONTHS AGO THE CAR DEVELOPED A CLICKING NOISE WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL EITHER DIRECTION, THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE WITHIN AN HOUR THAT IT WAS THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT AND PROPOSED LUBRICATION TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE FOR A COST OF OVER $300. SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE ALREADY AWARE OF THIS POPULAR ISSUE. *TR