NHTSA Complaint #10547870 — 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE

AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE... I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK TO DRIVE AND IT WENT FORWARD VERY SLOWLY, THEN NOTHING. I COASTED OFF THE ROAD (AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION) AND FORTUNATELY 2 POLICEMEN STOPPED TO HELP ME. THEY LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. THEY CALLED THE BUICK DEALER FOR A TOW AND WHEN I WENT INTO THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY 'THOUGHT' IT WAS PROBABLY THE TRANSMISSION, BUT WOULDN'T KNOW THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE TRANS. WAS DROPPED. ALSO THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN JULY! I WAS TOLD, TWO DAYS AND $3100.00 LATER IT WAS A WAVE PLATE PROBLEM. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE AND OTHER GM PRODUCTS. I BOUGHT THIS ENCLAVE USED IN JAN./2010 WITH 41,000. MILES. IT SUPPOSEDLY HAD RAVE REVIEWS, AND NOW HAS TERRIBLE ONES. THAT SAYS A LOT. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION AFTER 5 YRS., OR 66,000 MILES, ESPECIALLY IN A HIGH END MODEL VEHICLE THAT COSTS THIS MUCH! *TR