2009 BUICK ENCLAVE Fuelpropulsion System Problems

4 NHTSA complaints on file

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Fuelpropulsion System Issues in the 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE

4 fuelpropulsion system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Fuelpropulsion System Complaints

#11130833 |
WAS DRIVING ON RAMP TO ENTER HIGHWAY, WITH MY THREE 6 AND YOUNGER CHILDREN, AND ALSO 7 MONTHS PREGNANT! THE ENCLAVE JUST STALLED AND STILL CAN NOT START BUT ONE TIME IT DID, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BLOW UP MAKING WEIRD NOISES SO I SHUT IT OFF RIGHT AWAY. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS AND I SEE IT IS VERY COMMON WITH 2009 & 2010 ENCLAVES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE? IF THIS HAPPENED SHORTLY LATER I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND SEVERAL PEOPLE COULD BE INVOLVED GETTING HURT OR KILLED. I HAVE HAD IT LESS THAN A YEAR, WITH LESS THAN 104,000 MILES ON IT. ALSO HAS WHEEL BEARING ISSUES WHICH I REPLACED FRONT NOW THE REAR ONES NEED TO BE DONE. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS NEGLECT AND NO ONE TO ASSIST US CONSUMERS UNTIL SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT...
#10734635 |
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 75 NORTH OF CINCINNATI OH IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC ON 7-13-15 IN LEFT LANE WHEN BUZZER SOUNDED ,TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE LOST POWER. TRYING TO GET TO SHOULDER WAS A BAD EXPERIENCE AS TRAFFIC WAS HAVING ONE HELL OF A TIME TRYING TO COPE WITH A CAR THAT SUDDENLY WASN'T MOVING. HOW A BAD ACCIDENT DIDN'T HAPPEN, I JUST SAY IT WAS GOOD LUCK! WE REALLY LIKE OUR BUICK ENCLAVE AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT. I HAVE A CODE READER AND NO CODE WAS REVEALED. I PUSHED THE TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES AND REENTERED TRAFFIC AND THE CAR RAN FINE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS TO HOME......
#10702848 |
WHILE DRIVING, I NOTICED MY ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND HAD PROBLEMS ACCELERATING. SOON AFTERWARDS, THE "MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT" (AKA CHECK ENGINE LIGHT) CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS "PISTONS MISFIRING". I HAD PISTONS/CYLINDERS REPLACED AT A COST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND I HAD OTHER PISTONS/CYLINDERS REPLACED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT A HALF DOZEN TIMES BETWEEN MARCH 2014 AND TODAY (MARCH 2015). I HAVE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PISTONS/CYLINDERS THAT CAN TRIGGER THIS PROBLEM. JUST BY DOING A SIMPLE SEARCH ONLINE, I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BUICK ENCLAVE. AS OF TODAY, 31 MARCH 2015, MY ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING...
#10471667 |
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