Transmission Noise Problems of Buick Enclave

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Buick Enclave. The contact stated her air bag warning light would illuminate intermittently. The contact took the vehicle to alpine Buick GMC 8120 w tufts Ave, denver, CO 80123 to have the light turned off; however, the light continued to illuminate after the repair. The contact also stated that one day while backing out of her driveway, her power steering would cease to operated without warning and hit a tree. No injuries were reported and there was not a police report filed. The contact had the vehicle repaired under warranty at the same dealer but the failure would continue to occur. Also, the contact stated that the transmission had to be replaced under warranty due to an abnormal noise that could be heard emitting from the engine. The contact had the transmission replaced. The manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. The vehicle, besides the transmission, had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 29,515. Jo.

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The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. While driving approximately 10 mph, the vehicle lunged forward and made an abnormal noise. In addition, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 143,000.

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While I was driving vehicle it failed to accelerate as necessary between the speeds of 35-50 mph. It has continued to do this . I'm sure it is because of the transmission. The transmission has a humming noise for the 1st, 2nd,3rd gears. It (transmission) also gives a slight jerk when putting in reverse gears. I have canvased a couple of transmission shops for information about problem and have been told that this is a common problem with this vehicle and all the other early models ( GMC-acadia, Saturn-outlook). It has been expressed that the 3-5-rev waveplate and other possibilities of failure. I have less that 84,000 miles on my vehicle and gm has a 5yr/100,000 mile warranty. Gm, I am told is well aware of these failures and has repaired them under the original warranty, I am trying to find out if they have extended this warranty outside of the 5 year limit, especially since I have less than 100,000 miles.

Friday Dec 26th at 4:30 pm I was accelerating to merge into rush hour traffic on I-35 when I had a catastrophic transmission failure. There were no alarms, lights, noises, smells or anything else to alert me to the fact that my vehicle was about to fail. As I merged my rpm's suddenly went past 5000 and my 2008 Enclave began to decelerate. By the grace of god there was no loss of life, mine or the other drivers around me, as my vehicle lost power. I was surprised to learn that the situation described above is not an isolated event. Like so many others before me my vehicle (at 80,000 miles) was diagnosed with wave plate failure (p0776). I have called gm and requested that they pay for the repair since it's due to a faulty part, but their response is to deny, deny, deny. The manager I spoke to stated that there hasn't been a recall so gm is not obligated to do anything about the problem. The most distressing part of this situation is not the $3500. 00 I'll be paying after gm's "assistance". It is the fact that I was never notified of the high failure rate of the gm wave plate. I should have been given a chance to fix it before I was put in such a dangerous situation. This transmission problem is like a ticking time bomb. Thankfully, the "bomb" going off in my Enclave didn't result in any casualties, but is that what it's going to take to get a recall? I hope that NHTSA does something about this issue before someone is killed.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while attempting the accelerate an abnormal noise was heard coming from the engine compartment. The check engine light illuminated and the vehicle would not accelerate past 10 mph. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the failure was due to a broken wave plate in the transmission. The transmission was repaired and failure was remedied. The failure mileage was 78,841. Jft.

My wife and I, with our 2 kids were driving on the highway and the transmission just stopped working. We were stranded on the highway for hours and wound up having to replace the transmission. My wife was driving. Good thing there wasnt a lot of traffic on the highway. That was last year. Now this whinning noise thats been going on for a while has gotten louder and louder. I looked up online and there are hundreds if not thousands of complaints on this issue with the rack and pinnion. This should be a recall.

Transmission completely went out. Also for about 1 year , the power steering has made a loud squeaking noise and the dealer said it couldn't be fixed.