2008 Buick Lacrosse

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FUSE BOX. THE FUSES WERE MELTED AND BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUSE BOX HOUSING AND FUSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN NOSE AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ON A QUIET STREET AND SO I COULD STOP CURBSIDE. LIGHTS ETC. WORKED BUT POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, ENGINE WERE ALL DEAD. THE CAUSE WAS A CRACKED IGNITION COIL THAT SHORTED AND "FRIED" THE IGNITION MODULE. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL-EQUIPMENT PART, PROBABLY A DELPHI GN10123 (FROM MY INTERNET RESEARCH; I COULD BE WRONG). HAD THIS HAPPENED ON A HIGH-SPEED ROAD, THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

CONTINUATION OF A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT DATED 10-10-14, AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASHBOARD RANDOMLY COMES ON AND GOES OFF. THE OTHER DAY I HAD A PASSENGER, AND I WAS INTERESTED IN WHAT THE AIR BAG DASHBOARD LIGHT, AND THE PASSENGER "PROTECTION" LIGHT ABOVE THE RADIO, WOULD DO. MY PASSENGER GOT IN AND BUCKLED UP. AT FIRST EVERYTHING WAS FINE, NO AIR BAG DASHBOARD LIGHT, PASSENGER PROTECTION LIGHT "ON", BUT THEN IT STARTED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND I NOTICED THE PASSENGER "PROTECTION" LIGHT WOULD DISPLAY "OFF". THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A FRONT END COLLISION. A MOMENT LATER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASH DISAPPEARED AND MY PASSENGER "PROTECTION" WENT "ON". WE WERE PROTECTED, FOR THE MOMENT. PROBLEM IS, THE GAME WENT ON THE WHOLE TRIP, "ON", THEN "OFF", "ON", THEN "OFF", EACH TIME THE DASHBOARD LIGHT AND PASSENGER "PROTECTION" LIGHT WORKING IN TANDEM. GUESS TO PROTECT MY PASSENGER THEY WILL HAVE TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT. I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN LACROSSES TO THE DEALER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD IT COSTS $1200 TO FIX PROBLEM. SOUNDS LIKE THE BEAN COUNTERS ARE HARD AT WORK FIGURING OUT IF IT WILL BE CHEAPER TO FIX THE PROBLEM OR SETTLE THE LAWSUITS, IN WHICH THERE CLAIM WILL BE THE AUTOMOBILE IS SAFE, AND QUOTING COMEDIAN [XXX], "SAFE ENOUGH TO GET YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE GRAVE." INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT COVER MELTED ON BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHTS CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO BECOME DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.