Headlight Switch problems of the 2009 Buick Lacrosse

While driving on the interstate at 9:33pm I noticed my automatic headlights had switched off, after noticing other drivers flashing their headlights to warn me, I had to use my high beams to drive.

Was going down highway at night and my headlights suddenly went off ,I had to drive about 4 miles with no headlights and blinkers flashing. As I pulled into my stop and put car in park ,lights came back on. I drove back home no problem . Called dealer on Monday they made an appt. For me on Wednesday may 6,2015 and they replaced headlight internal switch and charged me 121. 69+ tax also said battery was testing bad so another 99. 95+ tax . Now since I don't drive much and especially not at night it was a while longer ,but in July I experienced it again same thing ,except this time I pulled off highway and was messing with light switch and figured out I could turn switch from auto on to manual on and my bright lights would work. I tried getting it fixed but this time l&m motors said they couldn't find anything wrong but if I had the problem again to swing by and let them see. Well since in the daytime you wouldn't know this ,and they are closed at 5pm before dark ,not much of a chance ,right?? so any way I found out there is a pending recall, so how do I drive at night??? until it can be fixed .

The contact owns a 2009 Buick Lacrosse. While driving at night, the headlights failed. In order to continue driving, the contact had to use the high beam lights to drive home. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the relay switch was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v755000 (exterior lighting) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 104,000. VIN tools confirms parts not available.

My mothers automatic low beam headlights will intermittently function. My mother is 85 years old and this is a potentially dangerous condition for her. She is not as attentive as she was when she was younger and she does not notice that the lights are not shining until she gets in a rural area and realizes that she cannot see. This can cause her to get a little anxious and confused until she stops to turn on the headlights manually. This condition was brought to the attention of a Chevrolet dealer and she was told that the part that was needed to fix this problem for a potential 269,586 vehicles was not available. This is ridiculous! a tempory replacement part was installed on 7/29/15. The recall bulliten states that only the low beam lights are affected. This is not correct with this vehicle. On my mothers vehicle the high beam and low beam lights may or may not work on the automatic setting. The vehicle does not have to be hot. This condition is still present on a cold or hot vehicle since the temporary part was installed! the dash indicator lights do not function properly also. The local dealer has been very nice and has done everything that gm has told them to do. Gm has apparently not learned it's lesson over the key switch recall and gm does not seem too concerned over this problem. Gm's response to this recall is irresponsible and unacceptable. If gm knew just how upset my mother was about this malfunction they might be more concerned. My mother has only been trying for ten months to get the headlights repaired. I can only assume that gm must see this malfunction as an unimportant issue!.