NHTSA Complaint #10632089 — 2010 BUICK ENCLAVE

I WAS EXPERIENCING RUBBING AND RESISTANCE WHEN MAKING TURNS AT SLOW SPEEDS. I WAS DRIVING WITH 6 KIDS IN MY CAR AND WAS TURNING LEFT ACROSS A MAJOR STREET AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS I ENTERED ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TURNED. GOT HOME AND CHECKED THE STEERING FLUID WAS EMPTY. I REFILLED THE STEERING FLUID AND IT BEGAN LEAKING. TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ($1,000) AND THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE BOOTS GETTING WET FROM SOME STEERING FLUID, BUT MY VEHICLE THE STEERING FLUID LEAKED SO BADLY THAT THE STEERING FLUID NEEDED TO BE REFILLED DAILY. THE STEERING COMPONENTS IN THIS VEHICLE ARE FAULTY AND CREATING VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE THERE ARE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS ON SIMILAR DANGEROUS SITUATIONS OF THEM TURNING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THE STEERING FAILING. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS. MY VEHICLE IS A 2010 WITH 65,000. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS SORT OF ISSUE. IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. *TR