Two problems related to gas recirculation valve (egr valve) have been reported for the 2011 Buick Lacrosse. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Buick Lacrosse based on all problems reported for the 2011 Lacrosse.
The contact owns a 2011 Buick Lacrosse. The contact stated that the vehicle's wires were made with a soy chemical that attracted rodents. The failure was experienced twice. The first failure occurred at the area of the engine wires, which caused the engine to stall. The second failure occurred around the battery wires, which caused the battery to fail. The vehicle was taken to george matick Chevrolet (telegraph road, redford charter, mi,48239 phone: (313) 531-7100) and taylor Chevrolet (3801 telegraph road, taylor, mi 48180 phone: (734) 250-6220) for the repairs. The engine and battery wires were replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000.
Electronic climate control system allows windshield to become fogged over and I cannot see to drive or control hvac system. I cannot control the heating, cooling and ventilation. Example: the system seems to blow or allow warm air in cabin when the a/c is on set at 68-72 degrees. This is when car is in motion and at idle on any road I travel. I reported problem to rice Buick-GMC, inc. 8330 kingston pike knoxville, TN 37919-5449 (865) 693-0610 on 9/16/2014, 9/25/2014 and the problem persisted & getting worse to date 01/07/2019. I just found out about this important safety recall. Safety recall is listed for 2011 Buick Lacrosse on March 4, 2011 NHTSA campaign number: 11v149000 software in electronic climate control affects defrost system reducing drivers visibility and could result in crash. Unable to control hvac system. Second problem is engine/ emissions, catalytic converter, sensor errors. All have caused check-engine light to come on.