2015 Buick Enclave

THE PASSENGER 'SERVICE AIRBAG' LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON. A DEALER HAS LOOKED AT IT TWICE NOW WITHOUT A SUCCESSFUL REPAIR. THE MOST RECENT WAS ON 5/24. SUPPOSEDLY A POOR CONNECTION AT A SEAT CONNECTOR WAS FOUND, CODE B0021, AND WIRES WERE CUT AND SPLICED TOGETHER. 2 DAYS LATER THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON JUST LIKE LAST TIME. OUR CONCERN IS THAT IF WE WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT WOULD THE AIRBAG DEPLOY?

THE REAR DOOR TO MY VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY CLOSED SO I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE AUTO DOOR OPENER. I HAVE TO OPEN IT BY HAND AND NOT BY THE ELECTRIC KEY OPENER. I WAS ON A TRIP TO FLORIDA AND GOING 70 MILES PER HOUR AND THE BACK CAME OPEN. I TOOK IT TO COLONIAL AUTO WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE BETWEEN 150.00 - 175.00 TO FIX IT BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THE LACK MAY BE OUT OF LINE THAT HE HAD SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IF THIS PROBLEM IS REPORTED TO BUICK THAN THEY NEED TO RECALL THEM TO BE CHECKED OR FIXED. I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER BUY ANOTHER BUICK AND WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER AUTO FROM THIS DEALER. I WENT OUT TO GET IN MY CAR FROM WORK AND THE BACK WAS OPENED. WHAT A JOKE THIS CAR HAS BECOME.

MAY 11, 2011 I WENT TO WORK AND TURNED MY CAR OFF ONLY THE CAR DID NOT STOP IT CONTINUED TO RUN WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE SWITCH. I WAITED ALMOST AN HOUR AND TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT TURNED OFF. WHEN I LEFT WORK IT CRANKED RIGHT UP BUT WHEN I GOT HOME, IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I CALLED ONSTAR AND THEY TOLD ME BEFORE I HAD IT TOWED, I NEEDED TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. I CALLED A MECHANIC TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND HE DISCONNECTED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY AND IT CONTINUED TO RUN. HE THEN HAD TO DISCONNECT THE CABLE ON THE POWER BOX UNDER THE HOOD BEFORE IT WOULD SHUT OFF. I CALLED TRIPLE A TO HAVE IT TOWED TO ABERNATHY CHERVELOT AND BUICK IN LINCOLNTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

RIGHT AROUND 36000 MILES MY POWER STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE FLUID WAS VISIBLE BENEATH THE CAR AND THE SOURCE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE HIGH PRESSURE HOSES AND PUMP. AT NEARLY 83,480 MILES WHEN THE COMBO SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED IT WAS NOTICED THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT RACK AND PINION LEAK. I BELIEVE THE EARLIER ISSUE IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO EARLY FAILURE OF THE RACK AND PINION. REGARDLESS, THE TECH SAID THERE WAS A 2016 WITH 52,000 MILES ON IT THAT NEEDED TO HAVE THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED. HE ADMITTED THAT THERE IS LIKELY A FAULT IN THE PART CAUSING THEM TO DETERIORATE BEFORE THEY SHOULD.

WHILE DRIVING A SENSOR CAME ON FOR STAIBLITRAKS AND NO ALL WHEEL DRIVE MODE WAS DISABLED AND ABS CAME ON. CAR STARTED TO JERK OR LUNGE FORWARD NUMEROUS TIMES, UNTIL CAR GOT UP TO SPEED. AFTER I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND MY WIFE & SON WHO WAS IN A BOWLING TOURNEMENT, WE CAME OUT AND STARTED THE CAR AND I NOTICED THAT WHEN I PUT THE BRAKES ON AT FIRST THERE WASN'T ANY TILL I STARTED MOVING.

BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN 20 MONTHS DUE TO FAILURE OF CHARGING SYSTEM TO RECHARGE BATTERY. TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY OR AT ALL. DEALER SAYS BATTERY IS "DEFECTIVE". LOW ENGINE RPM TO INCREASE FUEL MILEAGE AND AUTOMATIC ILLUMINATION OF DRIVING LIGHTS END UP TO BATTERY BEING IN A CONSTANT DISCHARGE STATE LEADING TO FAILURE. SIGNAL LIGHTS WILL SLOW DOWN OR STOP ALTOGETHER WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS LEFT ME STRANDED SEVERAL TIME BECAUSE IT WILL NOT RESTART - THERE IS NO WARNING THAT FAILURE IS IMMINENT. POOR DESIGN IN ONE SAFETY FEATURE LEADS TO A FAILURE OF ANOTHER SAFETY FEATURE AND EVENTUALLY TO FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE ALTOGETHER. THERE IS NO VOLT METER AND NO WARNING LIGHTS ARE EVER ILLUMINATED.

THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNING WHEELS FROM FAR LEFT AND FROM FAR RIGHT. GENERALLY HEARD AS YOU BEGIN TO BACK UP FROM A PARKING SPACE AND GOING FORWARD AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 73,000 MILES AND NEW FACTORY RECOMMENDED TIRES AT 68,000 MILES. RECENTLY HAD LEAKING POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED BY GM BUICK GARAGE. GM MECHANIC CAN'T DETERMINED SOURCE OF GRINDING SOUND.