Power Steering Failed problems of the 2010 Buick Enclave

Jan. 10 at 8 am my daughter and I left salt lake city to drive home to las vegas. At 8 am, everything was fine, no noise from the vehicle no clanking, no smell. I could do u turns and sharp turns to park the vehicle before stopping to get a bagel. We entered the 15 south to head home, we are driving at speeds of 70-80mph. At approximately 11:00am we are reaching the town of beaver, utah. I needed to pull off the freeway to gas up and wanted an espresso. We exit the freeway and as I start slowing I can tell my power steering has gone out, I almost hit on coming traffic while turning to the right when coming off the exit because it was so extremely difficult to steer. The other driver had to swerve in to the dirt area to avoid hitting my daughter and I, followed us to the gas station and yelled at me until he realized something was wrong with my steering. . We had to pay to have the vehicle towed to st george utah to rons shell mechanic station. Ron thought maybe it was a bad pump or rack (even though there were no signs of it going bad). We paid over 2 grand trying to get it fixed and there are intermittent power steering issues, finally ron gave up and said thats the best he can do. After investigating I see many other people are having power steering failure with 2010 GMC Buick Enclaves. GMC needs to take this seriously. My daughter and I were almost hit head on! because of instant power steering failure with no warning what so ever!! this needs to be corrected ASAP!!.

Power steering failed when driving on a street while turning. Took it to a non Buick mechanic for evaluation. He stated to take it to a Buick dealership. There is a �special consideration � provision to repair. We never received any information on this. We took it to a Buick dealership who stated it needed replaced. They would replace the pump only and we needed to pay $2200. 00 for a steering gear. This is unacceptable to charge the consumer anything to fix this obvious system defect. We believe the dealership needs to pay for all repairs to make this right. But they won't since it hasn't been recalled.

Power steering goes in and out. Will work when the car is first started but once it warms up, power steering fails. Has been happening for a few weeks, local mechanic says there is a special coverage adjustment but I the only way I know about it is they found the information.

The vehicle's power steering will, with increasing frequency, stop working for up to 10 seconds or so, leaving the driver with a car that is extremely hard to turn, and having to brake to a excessively slow speed in order to complete the turn in the space available. This seems to occur at slower speeds, such as when turning across an intersection or maneuvering in a parking lot. It occurs on both left and right turns. There is also a grinding sound that occurs at these times of power steering failure. Clearly, this is a huge safety issue. One of our top reasons for purchasing from Buick was their emphasis on safety for the family (we have 3 children). To discover that Buick have known about these steering issues for multiple years without addressing them is deeply disturbing to me as a customer, and demonstrates a corporate ethical imbalance that clearly will not be self-rectifying. Here are the steps we have taken to resolve the issue: our mechanic flushed out the power steering fluid several times, but this only moderately relieved the problem. Our next step options include replacing the complete steering gear and power steering pump, but those are hugely expensive tasks without any guarantee of permanently resolving the power steering issues. Research online shows multiple reports/ tech service bulletins regarding this issue occurring in vehicles with the same power steering system, to such an extent that there is a class action suit against gm. This appears to be an endemic issue with vehicles such as our Buick Enclave 2010, and gm need to be compelled to issue a recall notice and resolve this issue, as well as reimbursing those who have had to repair this issue themselves.

1. While driving, vehicle entered "reduced power mode" making it impossible to maintain speed. This is a safey issue as driver loses ability to maintain speed while traveling with flow of traffic and with reduced engine power, even the ability to pull out of the lane of travel is impaired. Dealer identified bad throttle body as cause and replaced. 2. Power steering pump failure. Issue was identified due to whining noise prior to complete failure. Had pump failed completely, driver could have lost control with power assist not available while driving. Pump was replaced and necessary associated repairs made by dealer.

Slowed to turn right on a green light. As I slowed during the turn, the power steering failed not allowing me to turn the wheel. I was forced to veer into oncoming traffic from the cross street missing another vehicle coming at me by a few seconds. Seems like the exact recall gm recalled in April 2014 except my power steering is hydraulic not electronic.

Vehicle power steering fails at slow speeds/ most preveaent when turning, parking and etc. Very dangerous.

The contact owns a 2010 Buick Enclave. The contact stated while driving 10 mph, the power steering failed and the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The contact had to apply force to the brake pedal in order to control the vehicle. None of the warning lights on the instrument panel illuminated when the failure occurred. The contact engaged the accelerator pedal and the power steering began to function normally. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the power steering pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage were 40,200.

The power steering on my 2010 Buick Enclave stopped working slowly. I was almost unable to turn the steering wheel at all. Not only was the power steering a problem, but the "service airbag" light had been on for a couple of months. I took the car to a local dealership's service dept & told the service rep that my power steering was not working. I also asked the airbag recall be done on my car. The service rep advised me there were 2 recalls required, but the second if the 2 required she order parts. I left the car, a diagnostic was done ($119. 50) & I was told the power steering pump & steering rack would cost approximately $2,000. I had the car towed to a repair shop I have used for years and who I trust. This repair shop replaced the power steering pump, cleaned metal out of the system & filled the system in power steering fluid ($724. 00). I picked the car up & it seemed ok. Within a couple of days, the power steering failed again. This time the car had dumped power steering fluid. I had the car towed back to the same repair shop. They repaired the burst line & I picked up the car, which drove as it had before the problems began. I parked my car in my driveway with the front of the car below the rear of the car on a downward incline. The next morning, the car would not start. I called aaa and paid $90 to have the car towed again. The car was towed on a flatbed and when it arrived at the shop, it started immediately. I told the repair shop rep to park the car as I had, on an incline with the front lowered, overnight. He did & it would not start the next morning. He told me he rolled the car off of the incline & it started promptly. He suggested I take the car back to the dealer for the 2nd recall. I picked the car up and drove it for 2 days. It sounded bad, the steering stuck & the steering started making loud grinding noises & it smelled like something burning.

The contact owns a 2010 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph, the power steering failed intermittently without warnings. The vehicle would become increasingly difficult to maneuver. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 53,000. Updated 8/11/cn updated 08/21/2014.

Power steering goes out at slow speed turns. Power steering pump failed and cost $900. 00.

Power steering failed while trying to pull into a parking spot between two cars in a parking lot. I was making a right turn.

When driving slow usually in parking lots or a u-turn, the power steering fails and becomes very difficult to turn vehicle.

When starting from a stop and moving forward the power steering unit would fail to engage, thus rendering the vehicle extremely difficult to steer. On several instances I nearly hit other vehicles in parking lots, and on one occasion I nearly hit a pedestrian. The Buick dealer advised me to replace the entire power steering unit, which I did at my expense with 67000 miles on the car. Buick refused to accept responsibility even though the service technician said that this was not the first instance he had seen of this power steering unit failure. Interestingly, I have talked to one person with a GMC arcadia and another with a Saturn outlook who experienced the same problem in the same mileage range. Those two vehicles are identical to my Buick Enclave. It appears to me that general motors should accept responsibility for this problem and issue a vehicle recall. .

Traveling up a mountain road, just as the car approached an approximately 180 degree turn at the top of the mountain, the power steering completely failed and I lost the ability to control the car. Fortunately, there was a scenic area pull-off at the turn were I was able to drive straight off the road immediately. Otherwise I feel this could have been catastrophic, as I have never before experienced driving without the assist of power steering. Had this failure happened 30 seconds to 2-3 minutes later when I was traveling down the mountain through a series of very sharp switchbacks (requiring speeds of 10-15 mph), I could have easily collided with another vehicle or driven off the side of the mountain.

I narrowly avoided 2 accidents recently when I was unable to turn my vehicle into driveways with vehicles coming in the opposite direction. The steering wheel would not turn. The service manager at the Buick dealership said that it was a power steering failure.