NHTSA Complaint #11150264 — 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE

TRANSMISSION HAD AN OVERHEAT INDICATION ON A TRIP. HAD THE TRANS FLUID REPLACED, CAR WORKED FINE FOR ANOTHER 1K MILES. CAR WOULD THEN NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, NOR COULD IT BE SHIFTED MANUALLY, TOOK IT IN. TECH FOUND A WIRING CONNECTOR WITH BAD CONTINUITY, FIXED THAT. CAR GOOD FOR TWO MONTHS. TRANS BEGAN SLIPPING BADLY AND WOULD ONLY GO INTO THREE GEARS, COULD NOT DRIVE OVER 30 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AFTER A 65 MPH CRUISE. TRANSMISSION REQUIRED COMPLETE REPLACEMENT AT 158K MILES. COST $4,285.00. COME TO FIND OUT THIS KNOWN DEFECT HAS HAPPENED TO THOUSANDS OF ENCLAVE/ACADIA/SATURN SUVS SINCE 2008. SOME WITH AS LITTLE AS 20K MILES, OTHERS UP TO 200K MILES. OF COURSE, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY AND DRIVABILITY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND THE OWNERS COMPENSATED FOR THEIR REPAIR COSTS. INSANE!