general problems of the 2008 Buick Lacrosse

While driving the car completely shuts off and I've had close calls. I was driving on the highway and side street when this happened.

Ive been complaining about these problems since I purchased car. I have a 2008 Buick Lacrosse. Shaking ,noises, wheels, turn car on and it tuns off. , ive had 3 engine lights come on since ive had car. P0300 code. Paid 495 for this code. Very upset to find out its a recall on what they fits. And the call is messing up again. Ive only had car back 6 days. Rotors have a recall on them. No one has sent any notice. This need taking care of ASAP. Turning steering wheel and here all kinds of cracks. Turn heater on and im freezing for 30 mins. Before get any heat. Im scared I might have a wreck. I cant road at night with lights.

The contact owns a 2008 Buick Lacrosse. While driving approximately 50 mph, the accelerator pedal depressed independently and the vehicle accelerated without warning. The brake pedal had to be depressed with extreme force in order for the vehicle to stop. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body failed and needed to be replaced and the ecu needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

The engine died without warning and would not restart. Fortunately, I was on a quiet street and so I could stop curbside. Lights etc. Worked but power steering, power brakes, engine were all dead. The cause was a cracked ignition coil that shorted and "fried" the ignition module. This was an original-equipment part, probably a delphi gn10123 (from my internet research; I could be wrong). Had this happened on a high-speed road, the results could have been disastrous.

Engine light comes on and car goes real slow, then it wont move. Doors wont lock/unlock with remote and they wont automatically lock/unlock in park or when you start driving. Air bag light for passenger side comes on and off, when someone is sitting there. Back tires wore off on insides had to replace them. I dont feel safe anymore. Dealer said I should be notified of recalls so it can get my Buick repaired.

While traveling up a gradual hill on a local street my car stopped running. Fortunately no one was behind me and I was able to roll over to the side. The car had to be towed to my mechanic. He found the ignition coil burnt and a fuse blown. He replaced the coil and found that the ignition module was also faulty. In light of the recent ignition recalls, can faulty modules or coils also be a problem?.

The ignition control module (not the ignition switch) failed suddenly while driving on the highway, causing the engine to shut off suddenly and without warning. The car was traveling downhill, so the initial indication was loss of power steering. I was able to pull onto the shoulder and then realized that the engine had died and would not restart. While no crash or injury occurred, the potential for a serious crash was quite high.

While driving, the engine light came on, followed shortly thereafter by the traction control light. Then the engine began to lose power and the accelerator pedal did not work. A notice appeared on the dash control: "engine power reduced" and "service traction control". If I held the accelerator pedal down all the way to the floor, after about 5 seconds the car began to accelerate quickly. I could then maintain speed by alternately stepping on and releasing the accelerator pedal quickly. Accelerating from a stoplight is a very slow and disruptive (to traffic) process. This has happened multiple times and has failed several attempts at repair. On some occasions, the car has begun to accelerate on its own during this period of malfunction, such that I have had to ride the brake pedal. On some occasions this problem has remedied itself after a couple of days, with turning the engine on and off to reboot. The problem can last for days at a time. I have replaced the throttle body sensor to no avail. Interestingly, I also owned (until last week) a 2007 Lacrosse which does the exact same thing, and has also had the throttle body sensor replaced with no luck. I have seen multiple descriptions of this by people online, describing exactly the same conditions and warnings. This is a significant safety issue when it happens, as I cannot safely accelerate in busy traffic, and the car slows down to speeds unsafe for the conditions. I find it difficult to believe gm does not know about this, in that I have had the same problem with 2 Lacrosses. Thank you.

I turned right onto a very steeply graded rural road. The road has 3 service ramps to a major highway, rt 28n. It also has 1 road that allows a r/l access to burton and a cross traffic access to 28n. I had just started the descent down burton when I noticed that began to accelerated. I applied the brake twice to reduce speed; it was non-responsive. The car continue to speed down the hill for approximately 3/4mi. . The car began to slow down about 1/2 mile beyond the access road to 28 n. When I tried to pull over to a gravel/weed "shoulder" I found that the power steering was also out. I could not pull completely off the road, thus creating a danger to any car on burton road. When I tried to restart the car the engine would not start. The car was totally inoperable. It had to be towed 20 miles to the dealership late at night. The car had just passed the 50k mile Buick inspection. On three prior occasions, though, there were problems with a window malfunction, and two doors latches on the driver's side. The service report states that the entire ignition cole and module assembly was replaced along with the ignition module. I was told that the same assembly design was used in the Buick lesabre, the chevy impala, and one other Buick model. Buick apologized for the failure of these components and for putting me and my passengers into what was a life threatening situation. I was told by the service department of baierl Chevrolet (a quality dealership and service organization) that this problem has occurred with other owners, but none had been in the situation I was in. I wanted to report this because I found no indications on the Buick website that such failures were possible. Having lost total confidence in the car and its design, that I traded it in for another car and took on expenses that I had not budgeted for.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Buick Lacrosse. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the engine seized which affected the steering, brakes and all electrical power seized. The vehicle was towed to the dealer mechanic. The coil and mother board were replace. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer mechanic. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified about the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 136,000. Bd.

I was traveling at 35 mph when the vehicle just stopped running. I had all I could do to get the vehicle stopped and off the road because neither the brakes or power steering would work.