NHTSA Complaint #11149795 — 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE

PASSENGER SIDE VIEW MIRROR HOUSING IS ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF THE 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE IN A VERY BROAD AND BUBBLY MANNER. THIS ENHANCES YET ANOTHER LARGE AND DANGEROUS BLIND SPOT. THIS BLIND SPOT IS ACTIVATED WHEN A VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN) APPROACHES FROM 120-140 DEGREE ANGLE- OR RIGHT HAND SIDE CROSSING MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OR APPROACHING THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO PROCEED ACROSS TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PULLOUT INTO TRAFFIC WITH TWO WAY PASSING VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS, I STOP AND OBSERVE TRAFFIC, A CAR ON THE LEFT IS APPROACHING THE BUICK IT DISAPPEARS INTO THE BLIND SPOT WHERE BY ASSUMING ALL CLEAR TO PROCEED TO CROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC TO BE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BY THE SURPRISE OF A VEHICLE AT THE FRONT CORNER NOSE OF THE VEHICLE. A NEAR MISS LUCKILY IF NOT AN ACCIDENT. IF AT A 4 WAY STOP AT TIMES WHEN THE STREET DOESN'T LINE UP PERPENDICULARLY BUT SLIGHTLY ASKEW, A VEHICLE IS INVISIBLE UNTIL IT IS NEAR ACCIDENT. COUNTLESS TIMES IT IS THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT STOPS SHORT OF MY OVERSIGHT DUE TO THE BLIND SPOT. A REPAIR OR FIX IS NECESSARY!! THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS, I JUST DID NOT KNOW THE APPROPRIATE VENUE TO VOICE MY CONCERN AND ISSUE.