NHTSA Complaint #10618212 — 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE

WHILE ON AN ON-RAMP TO AN INTERSTATE, MY WIFE WAS MERGING INTO FAST MOVING TRAFFIC. AS SHE ACCELERATED AND MERGED INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV AND THE VEHICLE TO LOSE SPEED. NOT ONLY WAS THE SURPRISE AND SHOCK OF THE EVENT TO INCLUDE THE VERY HIGH REVVING ALARMING, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN UNSAFE SITUATION BY FAILING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER LANE POSITION IN TRAFFIC. MY WIFE MANAGED TO COAST THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER WHERE SHE WAITED IN AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE POSITION FOR HELP. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE WHICH REQUIRED EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE MALFUNCTION AND THE EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE (I.E. CROSSING TRAFFIC, TRAIN TRACKS, ETC...) AT LESS THAN 70,000 MILES, THERE SHOULDN'T BE SPONTANEOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH PROVED TO BE COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR