Service Brakes Problems of Buick Enclave - part 2

My car shifts itself into what seems to be a 'neutral' state and then revs up very loud. It also slams on its own brakes, thankfully each time has been at low speed. Today was the last straw. I am never getting in to that car again! as I was leaving a parking lot, my car slammed on its brakes, all kinds of rolling sounds under my feet. Then it stopped and hit hard to start going again. Lights on my dashboard going crazy. . . The guy who was backing up as I was going by, honked and yelled at me because he didn't know why I would stop like that. I should have been well past him, but my car decided we were stopping. So a little shaken and upset, but I carried on. This car has been doing that since 4000 miles. It is very stressful to get in that car as it is. I sat at the very next red light at the parking lot I had just left to turn left onto a majorly busy street. The light was red, when it turned green, I applied the gas after a and it surged so hard, it was as if I floored it all the way, but the pedal had not moved under my feet, but I could feel all kinds of 'action' happening under my feet. As the car went over the crosswalk paint, it screeched the tires and I almost hit the guy who was also making a left next to me as my car was thrusting forward with great speed and spinning tires, when the wheels caught the pavement I almost hit the guy next to me in his back door. I was honked at and scared. I waived my hands to try to say ' I don't know!' I didn't know what to do. The man followed me almost a mile to my work and when I got out of my car he called me every name you can think of. This car is really scaring me and I cannot drive it anymore. I am going to try to work with GMC to take it back. I shouldn't have to be terrified to go to the grocery store. This car has done similar things over the last two years but it has only gotten worse. Dealer "can't duplicate".

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The electronic parking brake has turned on 5 times now. 3 times, the car was in park and the emergency brake had turned on and would not turn off. The brake was not activated by anyone. Then it happened while driving. The vehicle was towed to a dealership. They worked on it and said it was fixed. This week while driving home from the grocery store the brake turned on again. The vehicle was again towed to the dealership.

Steering makes a clicking noise when turning the wheel. The vehicle makes a clunking noise when hitting minor bumps in the road and intermittently the steering wheel shakes at highway speeds. The vehicle has a rattling noise when first started and recently the abs/traction control service light comes on when first started. Also the vehicle has decreased horsepower and the mileage lcd screen has been acting up and not always showing the prndl and also the transmission acts up when shifting into 3 and 6 gear.

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Tl the contact owns a 2015 Buick Enclave. While the vehicle was in neutral, it suddenly accelerated at a high speed. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal became stuck in position. The contact attempted to apply the brakes; however, the vehicle failed to stop. The contact applied the emergency brake and the passenger turned off the ignition. The contact drove the vehicle home. While driving to luther brookdale Chevrolet (located at 6701 brooklyn blvd, brooklyn center, mn 55429, 612-326-3850), the failure recurred. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The VIN and failure mileage were unknown.

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Brake grinding changed brakes and rotors and also control arm hub bearing and strut.

The brake issue raised its ugly head again. The vehicle has operated fine since the original incident even with the front-end damage. Yesterday, one week after the original incident it occurred again. Cold start leaving a restaurant turned out of parking lot on to side street. Traffic was stopped at a light and I pulled into the left turn lane. Going very slow, haven't even traveled 200 feet. Put pressure on brake pedal to stop and no response, the car keeps rolling forward as I applied extreme brake pressure. At that point I hit the emergency parking brake button and the car stopped just as I hit the rear end of the car in front of me. Thankfully there was no damage to his car. I restarted the car and we pulled off the road into a parking lot to exchange information. Everything operated fine. Left the scene and headed home. When the light changed, I turned left from the side street into traffic. Heavy traffic, slow go. About 1 mile later the traffic slowed down to stop. Once again, the brakes were not responding. I was able to hit the emergency brake and ditch to the side of the road. After traffic passed, I restarted and moved about thirty feet into the safety of a parking lot. At that point I called aaa and had the car towed home. I will have it towed into the dealer this morning.

Cold start, ac unit on, engine at high idle speed. Put car in reverse to back out of the garage. Stepped on the brake pedal and the car kept rolling. Pumped the brake peddle and applied extreme pressure, car did not slow down. Panicked that I would hit a wall, I dropped the car from reverse to drive. Still on high idle, the car would not stop even with extreme pressure applied to the brake pedal. Car continued forward and hit a cabinet in my garage causing considerable front-end damage. Every thing happened so quickly, I couldn't understand what happened at the time. The only thing I could think of was that I must have done something wrong. Restarted the car and all functions were fine. The damage did not affect the operation of the vehicle. I drove to the dealer and I'm waiting for an estimate to repair the damage.

While driving the car the electronic parking brake turned on (without the driver commanding it), stopping the rear wheels from rotating freely, making it very difficult to drive the car. The car was in motion when this happened. This has happened 3 times, on the second time the dealer was able to see the problem and performed a "calibration" but the problem happened again about 1 month later (last night 7/23/19) and left the car stuck in the middle of an intersection, requiring a tow truck to move the vehicle - we took the car to the dealer. The car is currently at the dealer awaiting a diagnosis. I have also contacted gm reporting the problem but they are saying without seeing the problem they won't be able to do anything. This is a relatively new car, 2018, bought in March 2018 and has 24500 miles. Pressing the parking brake release button did not release the parking brake when the problem happened, nor did the automatic brake release process work. There was an error message on the dashboard reporting "service parking brake".

See complete history below in pdf involves stabilitrak and traction control.

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We purchased a �certified pre-owned� 2012 Buick Enclave from royal Buick of sussex new jersey in February of 2017. The car shut off on Friday January 11th. It was towed to rossi where we have been taken it for almost two years of ongoing maintenance, both scheduled and non, and have spent over $10k in the last year alone, on service that did not resolve the clicking sound coming from the engine. Earlier that day I had made the earliest appointment available which was 10 days later, on the 21st. After breaking down, we went to their showroom that following Saturday and were seen by charlie. He wrote up a very reasonable deal for $1k down with many incentives including one for me being a volunteer emt. Matt the sales manager came back and told us that my wife's credit score was not what we had claimed and qualified for a tier two instead of a tier one which now required a $6k down payment. We checked my wife's credit score on experian before we left rossi and got the same score we had given matt originally, which we showed him and to which he responded "we use a different system". We decided to keep the Enclave and repair it. The battery, solenoid and valves were repaired before the 21st and we were told that we could pick-up the car after it was test driven by the technician. We did not hear back from rossi service so we called and were told that when test driving the vehicle after the most recent repairs - the technician heard a clicking sound coming from the engine. Wow! that sounded very familiar as this was the complaint we had often submitted to rossi in the past and that we suspected prompted expensive and unrelated repairs. This time however they told us they would need to diagnose the engine, so the next day they called us and told us, the car, with just under 103k miles - �needs a new engine�. No further explanation was offered except a quote of $6k.

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There are two issues: while backing up the car, especially down a hill, the brakes do not work/engage temporarily. Eventually the brakes engage, but you travel further than you intend. The "service brake system" light appears also. This is an intermittent problem. The second braking issue is that the emergency brake will engage without the button being pressed. It just happens and it the emergency brake is difficult to turn off, the car may nee to be turned off on back on to fix. The "service emergency brakes" light appears. This has happened while backing up and in forward in normal driving conditions.

I purchased this car from suntrup Ford westport in July 2018. The day I took it home I found one issue with the rack and pinion and immediately took the vehicle to my local mechanic to be looked over. After being given a list of issues I took the car back to the dealership and was told that all of the issues would be addressed and fixed. 2 months and no communication later I get my car back and the brake booster still was not fixed, making the car unsafe for myself and my two children to be in. The dealership is now refusing to fix the brake booster which was on the original list of things wrong with the car and making it unsafe to drive. This incident took place between July 21st 2018 till sept 26th 2018.

I was stopped at an intersection at a traffic light & when the light turned green, I turned left & I'm uncertain if my emergency brakes kicked on or if my car simply stalled out, but my car suddenly would not move. My purse, in the passenger seat flew forward & hit the floor of the vehicle. The car behind me at the light nearly rear ended me, but fortunately did not. We brought the vehicle to jim ellis Buick to be serviced, but they said it appeared fine & was confused. I definitely was not in any danger of hitting anything when turning at the intersection. This incident has made me uneasy when operating my car.

On two separate occasions all four vehicle brakes locked up while the vehicle was in motion. The first time was in a neighborhood and the vehicle was coming to a stop at a stop sign when the rear brakes locked and would not release. The vehicle was shut down for an extended period and then was able to be moved a short period. The brakes unlocked after sitting overnight. The local dealership serviced the vehicle and said the brake system was out of calibration. Two days later all four brakes locked while driving down a industrial area street. The vehicle was able to be forcibly moved off the roadway where it sat from two hours awaiting a tow. An abs system malfunction was blamed for this failure and resulted in a very costly repair, not covered by the manufacturer.

Tl-the contact owned a 2012 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5-10 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to stop the vehicle. The contact attempted to shift the vehicle to reverse and park however, the vehicle kept rolling forward and crashed into another vehicle. There were no injuries sustained. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to ballas Buick GMC located at 5715 central Ave, toledo, OH 43615, (419) 464-7699 to be diagnosed which was still pending. The manufacturer was not contacted or informed of the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 75000. The vehicle was salvaged. Ah.

On Thursday, 7/26/2018, I had parked my car in a restaurant parking lot. I appear to have pulled the vehicle up onto a concrete space divider. When I tried leaving the restaurant, I couldn't back off of the space divider, the car wouldn't move backward, so I tried pulling foreword. When the car came free from the divider, it shot foreword. Applying the breaks had no effect. In fact the car appeared to accelerate. I was headed directly toward a concrete building, so to avoid hitting the building head on, I had just enough time to turn the steering wheel slightly causing the vehicle to side swipe the building but it crashed into two parked vehicles. It caused extensive damage to my vehicle and one of the parked vehicles and only slight damage to the third. It appeared that the vehicle accelerated beyond the effort I applied to the gas pedal, it ran away and the application of the brakes had no or little effect in slowing the vehicle. Is there, or has there been, reports of similar problems with acceleration problems with the Buick Enclave, 2015 model ?.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Buick Enclave. While driving 50 mph, the vehicle experienced a loss of engine power. Also, the check engine, traction control, and abs warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was operable after being manually restarted. The vehicle was taken to big lake automotive (19868 172nd st NW, big lake, mn), but the failure could not be diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was approximately 189,000.

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Our vehicle was shifted in reverse to back out of a parking space. Engine was on, all controls normal, no warning lights, etc. As we backed out of our parking space all of a sudden the gas and brake pedals locked up and could not be moved. The car slowly rolled backyards due to slight inlcine. I quickly shifted back to park, turned off the car and waited a minute before restarting. All seemed fine. 2. 5 weeks later, the same exact thing happened again. My whole family was in the vehicle the first time and after only 4 days of ownership as a brand new car. The second time was my wife and kids in the middle of the gorcery store parking lot. The vehicle only had 1000 miles on it before being sent back to the dealer to figure out what happened. We traded the vehicle back to the dealer and took a heavy loss as this was the only solution offered to us. Gm refused to buy the vehicle back from the dealer because they said they couldn't duplicate the problem. I have gotten nowhere with gm.

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Tuesday, 7/18/2017. I was coming over a small decline on local road in east brunswick, NJ. I applied the brakes and came upon the traffics light and traffics ahead and the vehicle shot foreword. Applying the breaks had no effect. In fact the car appeared to accelerate. I did not have enough time to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of me which caused that vechile to hit another. My vehicle accelerated vs braking when applying the brakes. Applying the brake had no or little effect in slowing the vehicle. Is there, or has there been, reports of similar problems with acceleration problems with the Buick Enclave, 2015 model ?.

Vehicle stays running after ignition key is turned off and removed. Brake pedal makes a squeaking sound when depressed.

This is a 1 owner vehicle, not driven long distances or on salted or rough terrain. In the last few months, I have had to replace both stabilizer bars, shocks, struts, and because the brakes were not put back on properly the brakes and rotors, and in 2011 the gear box had a leak which was replaced. Now after spending $4k in the last few months, I am being told the rack and pinion (which is the same as the gear box) is leaking again! I only have 74k miles on this car! I previously had a 1990 chevy suburban that never had these kinds of issues! and yet here alone I see over 80 issues for the power steering alone! make gm recall this vehicle or I fully intend to start a class action lawsuit and include your organization as well for failure to protect the public!.

Intermittent different levels in break pedal travel. At times my car stops normally when the brake pedal is first pressed (about 2 inches). Other times the brake pedal travel is much greater (about 4 inches or more), and the pedal has a spongy feel. I have taken the car back to Buick numerous times, and they state they can not find any problem. This is a very serious problem, especially at highway speeds, where I am never sure I will be able to stop the car in time to avoid an accident.

The contact owns a 2014 Buick Enclave. While driving 35 mph, the brakes made a loud squealing noise when the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to be repaired. The front and back brakes and rotors were replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 39,958.

Lights on the dash board came on while driving in town at approximately 20 mph indicating awd, traction control and anti-lock breaks were not working. Power steering also was not working. Vehicle taken to local gm dealer for repair. Assessment indicated need to replace power steering pump and electronic break module. The lights came off and on repeatedly over the next several weeks waiting on the repairs. The two recommended parts were replaced and one week later the same lights came on and power steering and other functions were lost again, indicating that the issue was not fixed by replacing these parts.

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2010 Buick Enclave. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle brake system, electrical and mechanical issues. The consumer stated shortly after he purchased the vehicle, he discovered the brake lining needed to be replaced, the rear lift gate opened on its own. Also, the instrument panel was inoperative.

On three separate occasions in the past month my car lost power while I was driving. Fortunately, I was on city streets when this occurred and I was able to coast to the side of the road and restart the engine. I brought my car in to my Buick dealer after the 2nd occurrence and they could find nothing wrong with it. When it happened again last week I noticed that right before I lost power the small wallet that is part of my key chain had fallen from the top of the steering wheel (where I keep it so it doesn't hit my leg). Thinking it may have jerked the ignition slightly and that may have been part of the power issue, I googled "Buick Enclave ignition issues" when I returned home. Immediately all of the gm ignition problems of the past few years came up; including the frightening news that my car had the exact same ignition as the recalled cars but that gm believed something about the design of the Enclave (and other suvs in its class) meant that the ignition was not a problem. I am here to tell you that it is, indeed, a problem. I brought my car back to the dealer on Monday and they again can "find nothing wrong with it. " I have contacted gm and let them know I will not accept this vehicle until the ignition is replaced. No one should be driving this car. I shudder to think about the consequences if I had been driving my usual carpool of 5 12-year-old boys. Indeed, twice when I lost power I was in the car with my child. I am convinced this is a major problem and that everyone who owns one of these cars must be alerted to the possibiltiy of power loss.

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Driving on the highway rpm's were going up but car was hardly moving. We could have been hit! after checking on-line this seems to be a problem for the 2008 Enclave. Why has there not been a recall? I believe no-one wants to take responsibility for such a costly problem but someone is going to get hurt. . . . . We were on the highway. I will not stop here. . . . I am hoping someone will actually read and respond to me.

When my Buick has been on incline in the drive or reverse gear, my Buick rolls backwards or forwards depending on the direction of the incline without stopping. It makes it necessary to hold the brake with one foot and accelerate with the other. The problem used to be a small roll back but has recently become to a point where the car doesn't stop rolling. This is extremely dangerous as it does not allow the driver to have control of the car. I'm extremely worried in residential areas with driveways on an incline as it will make it hard to stop the car if a kid is either in front or behind the car when this occurs.

The contact owns a 2011 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while having a routine maintenance, the dealer informed the contact that the rear brakes were worn out and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 25,000.

Twice in the last 30 days our Enclave was showing low on gas (usually not an issue) but both times the car sputtered to a stop. Once it quit I lost all power steering and braking. Even after I put gas in the car, the key would not move so I was unable to start the car without a jump. Car was towed to dealership. They were unable to recreate the issue although they were unable to explain why the key would lock up in the ignition. According to Buick everything checked out fine. Based on what we are hearing on the news, this issue seems very similar to the cobalt issue. Thank you.

All my tires keep getting low and check light engine keeps showing low tire pressure. I took it in to three different tire places they dont know what the problem is. Im constantly airing my tires everyday from summer throughout winter and its exhausting.

When car is on a incline when you take your foot of brake it rolls backward,just purchase the car on 8/8/2013 took it back to dealer they say that's how it is,nothing wrong. (safety hazard??).

The contact owns a 2010 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that the electronic stability traction control warning indicator flashed. Also, the abs warning indicator flashed and various warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer more than five times, but could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was also taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure numerous times for years and provided no repair solution. The failure mileage was not available.

2009 Buick Enclave experienced noisy brakes with only 16,000 miles. GMC couldn't diagnose the problem so the brakes and rotors were replaced. 7 months later the same car with 26,000 miles had heavy brake pulsating under normal braking conditions. GMC had to turn the front rotors again due to excessive heat and burn spots which caused warping of the rotors. GMC says this repair doesn't fall under warranty since the brakes and rotors were replaced one time prior; however, they are missing the point in that this isn't a brake pad issue nor is it due to excessive braking. This is a problem with the abs system which is covered. No car (under normal driving conditions) should have to replace brakes and rotors twice in 26,000 miles. The hot spots on the rotors concerns me since a brake fire could result endangering lives.

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The contact owns a 2009 Buick Enclaved equipped with a blue ox braking system. After towing the vehicle with the braking system, the contact noticed smoke from under the vehicle. The contact noticed that the brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard and the brakes would not engage. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who replaced the braking system. The defective system was sent back to the manufacturer who could not diagnose the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000 and the current mileage was approximately 28,000. Updated 02/10/11.