2005 Buick Lacrosse

I WAS DRIVING OUT INTERSTATE TAKING MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDKIDS HOME IT WAS DARK AND ALL THE SUDDEN MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF, HAD TO TRY AND GET PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER I WAS SCARED I WOULD WRECK BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE WHERE I WAS GOING, GOT PULLED OVER AND AFTER TURNING CAR OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES FINALLY AFTER ABOUT 30 MINS OR SO MY HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS IS VGOING TO HAPPEN AND IT FRIGHTENS ME TO THINK I COULD HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH MY 8YR OLD CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME. THE DEALER I PURCHASED FROM WILL NOT WORK WITH ME TO GET THIS PROPERLY FIXED. *TR

MY WIFE AND SON HAVE COMPLAINED FOR LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THE POWER STEERING IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO TURN, MAKES FUNNY NOISES, BUMPING/THUMPING SOUND, WHEN TURNING, A LOW SOUNDING SCREECHING NO POWER STEERING FLUID. MY SON WAS DRIVING TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON WHILE TURNING A CORNER, IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. A CLASSMATE WITH HIM, AND TOGETHER THEY HAD TO TURN THE CAR (ALMOST WRECKING THE VEHICLE). I WENT TO GET THE CAR AND CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL, THERE WAS NONE IN THE PUMP. I PUT SOME IN AND CHECKED UNDER THE CAR. POWER STEERING FLUID WAS POURING OUT UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER FILLING IT AGAIN, THEY POWER STEERING WORKED FOR ONLY A MOMENT OR SO, SCREECHING AT THE SAME TIME AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT NO LONGER WORKED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BUSTED POWER STEERING HOSE. MY WIFE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, THEY PUT IT UPON THE RACK AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION THAT WENT OUT. THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND $700 TO REPAIR IT. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AS I AM TYPING THIS - MILEAGE IS AROUND 67,500 - PROBLEM INITIALLY BEGAN (PER MY WIFE AND SON) A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO AGO. I DO NOT DRIVE THAT VEHICLE, OTHERWISE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE PROBLEM MUCH SOONER. THERE ARE SEVERAL BUICK VEHICLES BUILT ON THE SAME TYPE OF PLATFORM AS OUR 2005 BUICK LACROSSE THAT HAVE RECALLS. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE PROBLEMS APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD? ALMOST ALL THE COMPLAINTS I RESEARCHED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH BUICK LACROSSE IS A REPEAT OF WHAT OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. BUICK (GENERAL MOTORS) SHOULD ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT - YES I SAID DEFECT." IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM AND WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO ADDRESS IT. MY BOY ALMOST HAD WRECK BEHIND IT AND GENERAL MOTORS/BUICK WON'T FIX IT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. ENOUGH SAID. *TR

MY LOCAL BUICK DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK ON MY 2005 BUICK LACROSSE CXL ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012. THE SYMPTOMS INCLUDED A LOUD WHINE WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A LEFT TURN. A SEAL IN THE STEERING RACK LEAKED, AND THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED INTO THE BOOT, BUT NOT ON TO THE GROUND. GM REFUSES TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND I FEEL THAT IT IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS STEERING RACK MAY BE COMMON TO BUICK REGAL, PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, AND CHEVROLET IMPALA. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR. *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS A DUPLICATE OF ALL THE OTHER STEERING COMPLAINS. IT HAS A CRUNCHING-GRINDING SOUND AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 41,000 MILES. I SEE THAT IT STARTED MUCH EARLIER WITH MANY OTHER LACROSSE'S. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GM??? WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A REPUTABLE DEALER AND OF COURSE IT STARTED JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER. I EVEN PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH OF COURSE DOES NOT COVER THIS. I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A GM BEFORE AND THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD BE MY LUCKY CAR. WRONG. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. OUR HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT AT NIGHT OR ANYTIME. WE WERE ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT ON MARCH 24,2012 WITH MYSELF AND MY 2 CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THIS THERE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND I DIMMED MY LIGHT AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK I COULDN'T SEE THE ROAD AND THE OTHER CAR JUST MISSED FROM HITTING MY VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP IT IS VERY SCARY. THERE HAS BEEN A TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED AND THEN FOR 3 DAYS AFTERWARDS I STILL DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS DIM OR BRIGHT. *TR

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IT STALLED, WHILE MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IT. THERE WERE NO ENGINE LIGHTS ON. THIS HAPPENED TO ME A COUPLE TIMES AND TO MY HUSBAND. IT TAKES ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAN START IT. THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN IT STALLS, BUT GOES OFF WHEN STARTED. WITHOUT THE ENGINE LIGHT ON, THERE IS NO THE CODE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. ONE TIME IT STALLED AND WHEN STARTED, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON.. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO THE GM DEALER AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE BATTERY. WE BOUGHT BRAND NEW BATTERY AND INSTALLED IT. SAME DAY THE CAR WOULD STALL. I HAVE READ MANY STORIES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 BUICK LACROSSE. PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS IT COULD BE, BUT WHEN REPLACING PARTS DOESN'T FIX THE STALLING PROBLEM. I CALLED GM AND GOT A CASE NUMBER. WE ARE TOLD TO KEEP DRIVING IT UNTIL THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON SO WE CAN GET A DIAGNOSIS. WHEN THE CAR STALLS AT 20 MPH OR 55 MPH, YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. GM WON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THERE IS A DIAGNOSIS. I ASKED GM IF I COULD GET A LOANER CAR UNTIL MY CAR IS FIXED AND THEY JUST SAY THE WARRANTY IS OVER, OR IT IS A SEVEN YEAR OLD CAR, AND OF COURSE WON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT ISDIAGNOSED.?? IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. I DON'T DARE TO DRIVE IT. MY HUSBAND IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DRIVES IT. WE HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH IS GAS HOG THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE. I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW CAR. I ALSO CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP BUYING PARTS THAT DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM.MY CAR IS PAID OFF. I AM DISABLED AND CAN'T WORK. JUST WAITING NOW FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. MY CAR HAS LOW MILEAGE AND IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR THAT IS REGISTERED AND INSURED AND GM WILL NOT HELP ME. I THINK IT IS DANGEROUS TO TELL US TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL A ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ANY RESOLUTIONS? *TR