Five problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 2008 Buick Enclave. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Buick Enclave based on all problems reported for the 2008 Enclave.
I was driving 70 mph on I-80 and heard a loud popping sound, like a balloon popping but louder. The kids noticed that the moonroof was shattered. We took pictures and there is no point of impact. It doesn't appear anything hit the vehicle, and no vehicles were close enough to us to have had any impact. The glass made a lot of cracklings sounds and pieces started to fly off of the car before we could safely exit the interstate. We stopped at a gas station and decided we had no choice but to get back on the road and find a walmart to get supplies to cover the moonroof. After getting back on the interstate the glass started making the crackling noise and glass flew off in large chunks. We were again forced to exit and remove all of the glass from the frame.
I was driving my vehicle and a bunch of a. C. Coolant came out all at one time and went into my eyes while I was driving. Now my a. C. Won't work. My husband has tried to put more freon in but it keeps doing the same thing. We took it to a repair shop and there are no cracks or leaks however they said the evaporator core was the problem. Apparently they see tons of these issues with these models and years of vehicles and they all have low miles on them when it happens so I guess ours just failed later than others. He said there should be a recall with as many as there are and to report it here. Also I would like to add that this vehicle has had a significant amount of recalls and should be considered a lemon. Gm has had nothing but recalls with their Enclaves, acadias and saturns in the years 2008-2010 models and all of these models have the evaporator issue! the cost to fix this is $2,000!!! the evaporator should not be going out on a vehicle like this.
I bought this 2008 Buick Enclave a year and a half ago with less than 80,000 miles on it, and it's been giving me transmission problems already. I almost got stranded and couldn't go aby faster than 30 mph. It almost cut off on me in the middle of the road. My transmission and engine both would lose power and wouldn't go past first geat. Myrpm hand went all the way up to 4 which it normally stays between 1 and 2, and my gas hand went from full, to half, full, and almost empty in a few seconds. Engine rides rough and has to take off speed. Transmission and engine problems were advised by Buick as being a known issue but apparently they haven't stayed true to their name "Buick. " this is a safety hazard as I could've gotten easily hit with no take off speed as it barely moves. It has happened 5 times with these same issues but dealership kept saying that no codes would pop up to see what's the issue until a week ago, it did it again for about 5th time and I took it to the dealership who advised all kinds of codes were popping up with my engine and transmission. Also the writing on my control buttons have worn off and my front suspension needs replaced and my driver seat tracks which are not covered under my warranty. Buick nerds to hold true to their name and compensate or replace these detected 2008 Buick Enclaves. Buick is not holding true to their name. I'm very dissatisfied and is my first time being a Buick owner. Now the dealership is trying to fix these issues, bit I shouldn't have to pay anything .
Was driving on I-35 almost to wichita KS, about 9 miles out, low oil pressure light came on and binging alarm for me to stop engine, had grandkids with me, and it was dark on highway, pulled over and turned off engine, waited for about 10 mins, made it to a hotel in wichita, it was about 1 am Sunday morning. Had a mechanic look at the oil pan and check the oil, said when I get home to have it checked out. Noticed that car began to make a shaking or shutter noise upon aceleration, made it back to home, took car to Buick dealer on 3/26/15 Buick dealer said it might be something in the transmission after they test drove it, quoted me a $4000 repair price, I just paid the $123. 12 for the diagnosis, dealer said that if not repaired I might lose my 3rd, or reverse gear. On Friday 4/11/15 I received a letter from gm about a possible broken/cracked wave plate on 2008 Enclave which stated that I might lose my 3rd , 5th or reverse. Since it was the same wording as what the dealer told me, on Saturday 4/12/15 I took my Buick back to the dealer, because of the mileage requirement in the letter, drroped it off 04/15/15 and . On 4/16/15 dealer informs me that this is not my issue, they want to replace my transmissin at about $4,000. I am just leary because I received the letter after they had informed me that I might lose my 3rd/reverse gear, but now they telling me that this is not my issue and I will have to pay to have my car fixed. So I have to pay $520. 00 for them looking at my wave plate, and putting my Enclave back together. After seeing so many other Enclave owners on this site, I just decided to add my own so others owners can be informed of the ongioing issus with the 2008 Buick Enclave. I love my car, I want her fixed.
After a steady rain I noticed the passenger floor board was soaked. I thought a window was accidently left cracked after checking window and realizing window was not cracked. Water is getting into car through sun roof draining into the car. Several rains later it is constantly water inside the car.