2007 Buick Lacrosse Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Buick Lacrosse. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal odor coming from the vents and the headlights were inoperative. The contact stated that there was smoke coming from the engine compartment. The contact exited the vehicle and discovered that the fuse box was on fire and had melted. The contact used a headwrap to extinguish the fire. No warning lights were illuminated. A fire department report was not filed. The contact was informed that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V519000 (Exterior Lighting). The vehicle was towed to a dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the fuse box, module, and the circuit board needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the electrical failure had melted and damaged the fuse box and the circuit board. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 331,000.

Low beam headlights randomly turn off while driving at night and day. Causing not to be able to see the roadway at all. Very dangerous!!! They give no warning at all. Only the low beams do this. Bright lights are not affected. There was a recall for this issue but they said my car was not affected. But it is 100% affected by this recall. Ot seems like the Headlamp driver module is overheating. It gets extremely hot. This issue almost caused a very serious accident .

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2007 Buick Lacrosse. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The vehicle was a dealer sale. The mileage at the time of the purchase was 77,000. It was later discovered that the actual mileage was 131,000. The Carfax Report mileage was not available.

Car refuses to relearn the app sensor. Throttle body and sensor is good, always changed the EVAP Purge valve. Still throwing codes and reduce engine speed stays on..

POP AND CRACKLING ON STEERING WHEEL NOISE WHILE TURNING CORNERS WHILE DRIVING

I GOT THIS VHICULE AND WORK ONLY FOR 22 DAYS. WERE I GOT IT THIS PLACE SHOULD BE CHECK

AT 3:30PM THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES IN A LINE OF CARS AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. THE CAR THEN ACCELLERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND STRUCK ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT. ROAD WAS WET, SLIGHT GRADE. THE 2007 BUICK WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR FLASHED ON AND OFF ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VAN BUREN BUICK GMC (866-223-5291, LOCATED AT 2257 JERICHO TURNPIKE, GARDEN CITY PARK, NY 11040) WHERE THE AIR BAG MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE PART WAS REPLACED AGAIN BY THE SAME DEALER. THE FAILURE RECURRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD AND HAD TOO MANY MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

Car refuses to relearn the app sensor. Throttle body and sensor is good, always changed the EVAP Purge valve. Still throwing codes and reduce engine speed stays on..

The contact owns a 2007 Buick LaCrosse. The contact was made aware of NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V355000 (Electrical System). The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and had the recall repair performed. The contact stated that in May 2022, while driving 25 MPH, the engine seized. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated the key failed to turn in the ignition. The contact stated he waited approximately 5 minutes before he was able to restart the vehicle and continue driving to his destination. The contact took the vehicle back to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the catalytic converter to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact took the vehicle to the independent mechanic and had the catalytic converter replaced. The vehicle was repaired but continued to experience the failure. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Problem with the transmission burning up and breaking and the car unable to be driven and I have heard from other people that have had the same problem from there cars mileage from 28,000 miles to 60,000 miles the transmission just goes out It’ll make like a howling noise One day and then you’ll get in the car the next day and it just will not move and the transmission fluid Will smell burnt And it doesn’t matter if you maintenance the transmission filter And fluid

CAR WAS DRIVING FINE AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING AT INTERSECTION AT STOP AND COULD NOT GO HAD TO PUSH VEH OUT OF ROADWAY

Low beam headlights randomly turn off while driving at night and day. Causing not to be able to see the roadway at all. Very dangerous!!! They give no warning at all. Only the low beams do this. Bright lights are not affected. There was a recall for this issue but they said my car was not affected. But it is 100% affected by this recall. Ot seems like the Headlamp driver module is overheating. It gets extremely hot. This issue almost caused a very serious accident .

the glass to the sunroof blew off while driving and broken into pieces. broken glass at risk. no, the problem has not been confirmed by dealer or service center. no inspections. no warning lamps messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. The sunroof glass just blew off the car while driving.

AT 3:30PM THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES IN A LINE OF CARS AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. THE CAR THEN ACCELLERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND STRUCK ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT. ROAD WAS WET, SLIGHT GRADE. THE 2007 BUICK WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

I GOT THIS VHICULE AND WORK ONLY FOR 22 DAYS. WERE I GOT IT THIS PLACE SHOULD BE CHECK

I GOT THIS VHICULE AND WORK ONLY FOR 22 DAYS. WERE I GOT IT THIS PLACE SHOULD BE CHECK

CONTROL ARM BUSHING FAILED, CAUSING THE CONTROL ARM TO GRIND INTO THE SUB FRAME OF THE CAR. THE SUB FRAME IS ALUMINUM AND WAS DAMAGED VERY QUICKLY. THIS ISSUE GAVE NO INDICATION AND ONLY BECAME APPARENT UNDER VISUAL INSPECTION WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING SERVICED FOR ANOTHER COMPLAINT. THE SUB FRAME COULD FAIL COMPLETELY CAUSING STEERING SUSPENSION AND BRAKES TO FAIL.

FRONT STABILIZER BAR IS CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES WHERE THE BOLTS FROM THE LOWER CONTROL ARM GO THOUGH THE STABILISER BAR. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A ACCIDENT, HAS 130,000 MILES, NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD. HAPPENED TO NOTICE IT WHILE REPLACING BRAKE PADS

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN I HEARD A POP NOISE SIMULTANEOUSLY VEHICLE DIPPED HARSHLY WITH THE HANDLING AND STEERING CONTROL COMPROMISED. AFTER INSPECTION THE FRACTURED AND BROKEN SWAY BAR WAS DISCOVERED. SWAY BAR ENDS CRACKED BOTH SIDES WITH RIGHT SIDE COMPLETELY SEVERED. CAR WAS USED IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS-MECHANIC SUGGESTED I REPORT THIS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR FAILED, CAUSING THE DOOR TO REMAIN LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR ACTUATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN. PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE DOOR NOT LOCKING AFTER CLOSING IT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF OPENING AND SHUTTING THE DOOR IT FINALLY LOCKED. ONCE LOCKED THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN BACK UP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE 2007 YEAR MODELS HAVE DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY'S

2007 BUICK LACROSSE. CONSUMER IS SEEKING A REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEFECTIVE GOODYEAR TIRES PURCHASED FOR VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED GOOD YEAR TIRES WERE PURCHASED UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE NEW. UNITED TIRE OF DOWNINGTOWN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TIRED WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION AS THEY WERE DRY-ROTTED AND CRACKED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE TIRES TO BE 2-3 YEARS OLD UPON PURCHASE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WERE WORN AFTER 29,504 MILES WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A LIFE SPAN OF 65,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR 54.6% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE COST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE WITH 2012 SUMITOMO TIRES, SIZE: 225-55-R17, MODEL NUMBER: 97VSMV88. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BEFORE ENTERING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ADD AIR TO TIRE BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND THE AIR PRESSURE FLUCTUATED WHILE THE CONTACT DROVE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRES WAS 4,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS 38,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR FAILED, CAUSING THE DOOR TO REMAIN LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR ACTUATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

DRIVER POWER SEAT ADJUSTMENT FAILED. APPEARED TO BE A FAILING SWITCH PROBLEM AS WIGGLY THE ADJUSTER THE SEAT WOULD BEGIN TO MOVE BUT SHORTLY THERE AFTER ALL EFFORTS TO ADJUST FORWARD AND BACKWARD FAIL. SEAT STILL ADJUSTS IN ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS.

Car refuses to relearn the app sensor. Throttle body and sensor is good, always changed the EVAP Purge valve. Still throwing codes and reduce engine speed stays on..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. AFTER TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THE COMPUTER AND TRACTION CONTROL WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

PANEL LIGHTS BEGAN TO GO OUT ONE AT A TIME IN 2009. THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT ONE AT A TIME; WHEN REPLACED , BOTH WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. AFTER THAT BOTH HIGH BEAMS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN TWICE IN 18 MONTHS. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AFTER THAT. THE DRIVER SEAT BELT LIGHT OFTEN REMAINED ON WHILE SEAT-BELT IS CONNECTED. WHILE TRAVELING ON A WET ROAD I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE PRIOR TO A WATER PUDDLE WHEN THE CAR SLID SIDEWAYS OFF THE ROAD INTO A SOGGY-BOG AND SPUN 2.5 TIMES IN A CIRCLE IN APP. 12" OF MUD BEFORE IT STOPPED, AND HAD TO BE TOWED OUT. PRESENTLY, THE ABS SERVICE LIGHTS REMAIN ON, THE CLOCK AND RADIO LIGHTS ARE OUT, THE CD PLAYER DOES NOT FUNCTION AT ALL, THE SEAT BELT LIGHT MAY COME ON IN TRANSIT UNPROVOKED, GOING ON AND OFF FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIP. IF CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT TURNED OFF WHEN PARKED THE GAS NEEDLE DROPS AS IF THERE IS A LEAK. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER RECALLS ON THIS CAR, THERE SHOULD BE! *TR

SEAT BELT LIGHT ON DASH DOES NOT GO TO THE ON POSITION WHEN MY WIFE SITS IN SEAT,THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT FOURTEEN TIMES SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR.ITS ONLY SINCE GM HAS HAD THERE SEAT BELT PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER HAS SUGGESTED A NEW SENSOR BUT TOLD ME HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD WORK,UPON CHECKING THE INTERNET HE WAS RIGHT LOTS OF PEOPLE HAD THE SENSOR REPLACED AND WOUND UP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM,ALSO FOUND OUT THROUGH THE NET LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER GM CARS. *TR

2007 BUICK LACROSSE TOTALEDIN TRANSIT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED A COLLISION SHOP. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO INSPECT THE EVENT DATA RECORDER BOX THAT WAS LOCATED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,000.