Battery Dead Problems of Buick Lacrosse

The contact owns a 2013 Buick Lacrosse. While driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle felt as if it were shifting gears. The failure recurred frequently. In addition, while at a stop light, the vehicle turned off without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The contact also stated that the battery failed three times. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that the VIN was not included in recalls. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.

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Headlights went out while driving - known issue and recall with gm. Car would not start, though battery was dead. Went to jump car and found out fuse box and wiring harness was melted like it caught fire. Numerous sites are showing complaints about this same issue, melting, and electrical issues. Car was parked the night before and was not started or moved prior to this issue being found.

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The battery is dead. So I can get into the car at all. . Not even to jump it or take it to the dealer. . Now I have to get it towed. . And getout of work to do it.

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This vehicle has the push button keyless start. Page 10-89 of the owner manual describes the method to move the transmission lever from park to neutral without starting the engine, for the purpose of towing the vehicle or moving it without starting the engine (if the car battery is dead or the engine will not start for any other reason), such as onto a tow truck for transport to a service center. The manual says to set the parking brake (this cannot be done if the car battery is dead because the parking brake is electrically operated), select the accessory mode (by pushing the start button to show an amber light as described on page 9-20), then squeeze the small lever on the front of the transmission lever, and move it from park to neutral. This does not work. The lever cannot be moved out of park. Applying the foot brake does not help. I took the car to liberty Buick in peoria, az, and described the problem to salesmen and service advisors. None of them could make it work or explain why. This procedure was tried with another Lacrosse with the keyless start feature and it also did not work, verifying that this is a problem with all Lacrosse keyless start vehicles. This procedure works with a "keyed start" vehicle if the key is turned to the on position (not the accessory position as stated in the manual). Apparently, insufficient testing was done on this feature and it was not correctly programmed into the electronic system of the vehicle. The interlock between the engine, brake, and transmission lever is not released in the accessory mode and there is no on position for the keyless ignition without starting the engine. This means that if my car is in my garage or on a road and the battery is dead or the engine will not start, I will be unable to move it out of the garage or out of traffic or onto a tow truck.

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The battery goes dead. When it was taken to the dealer, we were told that we did not drive enough. The second incident occurred in 12/2010. This time there were 21 low voltage hits when the dealership was troubleshooting. I also submitted a complaint to gm. It appears that their solution is to place a trickle charge on the battery to ensure the battery is at full capacity. I am in the process of purchasing a solar powered battery charge at this time. In order for my wife to drive this vehicle, she will always have to deal with the charger. To have this problem on a state of the art automobile is extremely frustrating.