While driving and making a turn the power steering failed to function. Took the car to a mechanic and he replaced the rack and pinion and pump. The problem continues . Power steering works when accelerating and stepping on the gas. When you take your foot off the gas or are stopped power steering does not work. When making a turn at an intersection the power steering goes off and it is difficult to complete the turn. I read on line that other 2008 buick enclaves have the same problem.
2008 Buick Enclave steering complaints
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The power sterring pump and rack pionion is out and needs both front and lower control arms need to be replace cannot turn the steering wheel while ran into a park vehicle now I am being sued
This car is a mess. It didn't pass the state emission test sticker. The traction control system in conjunction with the stability track control system. Are bringing up a check engine light with error code p0174 and p0171. Every time those system showed up in the instrument panel I got a follow up check engine light. I don't know what the problem is and two gmc buick dealer have said different fix method. Very back for me. They want to fix different problems. They don't know what the real problem is. They are guessing.
Power steering pump failure. At low speeds wheel becomes almost impossible to turn. This has caused several near accidents. Dealer quoted almost $1600 to replace. Online research shows this is a common problem for this vehicle. I have already had the steering worked on once before after having difficulty turning the wheel. As it is over 3 years since then, I am told the cost is due from me in full.
The power steering pump
Complete engine power reduction automatically casing car instantly to drop from 65 MPH down to 25 MPH in the middle of a 4 lane highway. Lost all power steering ability and not able to turn car and almost drove into trees before it came to a stop. I had to have aaa come and tow my car to walser buick gmc in bloomington, mn
The power steering seems to fail at times. It becomes very difficult to turn the wheel after stopping at an intersection or traffic light. It's also difficult to make turns into traffic when I have to quickly merge into the flow of traffic.
Power steering is hard to turn at low speed
This is a 1 owner vehicle, not driven long distances or on salted or rough terrain. In the last few months, I have had to replace both stabilizer bars, shocks, struts, and because the brakes were not put back on properly the brakes and rotors, and in 2011 the gear box had a leak which was replaced. Now after spending $4k in the last few months, I am being told the rack and pinion (which is the same as the gear box) is leaking again! I only have 74k miles on this car! I previously had a 1990 chevy suburban that never had these kinds of issues! And yet here alone I see over 80 issues for the power steering alone! Make gm recall this vehicle or I fully intend to start a class action lawsuit and include your organization as well for failure to protect the public!
My 2008 buick enclave has been an accident waiting to happen the entire life of the car. My main concern is the power steering. It has gone out 5-6 times in the 8 years I have owned the vehicle.if you would like invoice of each time/date I have them with the exact problem. Five or 6 times it went out.-- three at slow speed low RPM trying to turn in the city and at 6 1 wt 230 it took all my strength not to hit a car head on during the turn.three on the interstate turning off exit an higher speed. If my daughter or granddaughter had been driving in the city they would have been dead. Buick extended the power steering warranty to 150;000 miles . I had the last power steering pump put in at 149,432 miles 11/23/16. My concern to you and buick is about every 25k power steering goes out. I never had a power steering problem with my 2002 chevey sub with 160k witch we still drive--never had a power steering problem with my 2002 gmc den with 251k witch we still drive. .buick knows they made a engineering design flawed car with their first enclave SUV at the expense in money and lives of the 2008 owners all 2008 enclaves should be grounded like the 787 was before boeing/faa found out what was causing the battery fires and fixed them!!.why is a flying public life worth more than the a driving public life? If you and buick will not ground the enclave then at least they should be a free safety check ever quarter for the life of the car for their design flaw problems.I think there are 12. Ps I cannot write 6 times so I put last one on 'when did this happen.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 buick enclave. When the contact pulled out of the driveway, he heard a loud noise and found a piece of metal laying in the driveway. The dealer stated that the steering was unstable. The coil spring was replaced. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.
No power steering
Takata recall power steering pump is bad and all it does it hum
My car has less than 75k miles on it and been maitained very well! The transmission has gone out and I am being told that it will cost 5k dollars to replace due to a wave plate issue. Whay has this not been addressed with recall? In addition to that the sterring has a terrible sound coming from it and this is not being diagnosed right. All the buick dealers want to do is charge for a repair instead of really fixing the problem. I would like to know where the transmission comes from so when I have to spend money I do not have on a new transmission I don't have the same issue with shotty crafsmanship! I am not ever buying another buick. I will also encourange all my freinds to steer clear of them!
Steering wheel squeaking and rubbing on something when turning? When I turn from side to side I can feel a slight drag and rubbing/squeaking noise. I was told it is the steering rack. I have been doing research and see complaints of this dating back to 2009. If they know there is a problem with this why have they not done a recall. The repair cost that was quoted is high over one thousand dollars. There is also the the service lights and stallig that resets itself on the buick enclave it happens when vehecil is sitting still the doors lock and unlock and the lights flash and the car engine makes a sound and the service engine light comes on. We have taken it in twice for this and it seems to reset itself because dealer does not find a problem.
Turning the steering wheel at low speeds is very hard. I bought this 08 buick enclave for my wife and she hates it because is so hard to get out of parking places and not to mention is a safety issue.
We were having problems with the power steering whining and a back tire locking up when we turned right. We had the wheel bearings, power steering pump, struts and rotors replaced. The mechanic called after all of this work and said it was not safe to drive because the back tire kept locking up and putting him into a skid while he was driving down the road at different speeds. We then had to have a yaw sensor replaced. We've only had it back for a day and are hoping the problem is fixed but this is a major safety concern. The technician told us that when the original power steering pump is replaced the ABS system can't keep up which locks your tires while the car is in motion.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 buick enclave. While driving at various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact was informed that the power steering pump and the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 74,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 buick enclave. The contact stated that the steering wheel was extremely difficult to turn. In addition, the steering wheel was shaking and vibrating along with an abnormal noise upon turning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who replaced the power steering pump but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 46,000.
The vehicle repeatedly stalls at random times. This includes at high speed, in the middle of the eisenhower tunnel on I-70, to driving down the street. Repeated visits to the dealership reveal no "codes" so it continues to be ignored. My wife will not drive it anymore so I do. The dealership says "trade it in" but we feel like we would be passing a coffin onto another family. My family has been killed nearly twice from stalling in tunnel and high traffic.
Friday dec 26th at 4:30 pm I was accelerating to merge into rush hour traffic on I-35 when I had a catastrophic transmission failure. There were no alarms, lights, noises, smells or anything else to alert me to the fact that my vehicle was about to fail. As I merged my RPM's suddenly went past 5000 and my 2008 enclave began to decelerate. By the grace of god there was no loss of life, mine or the other drivers around me, as my vehicle lost power. I was surprised to learn that the situation described above is not an isolated event. Like so many others before me my vehicle (at 80,000 miles) was diagnosed with wave plate failure (p0776). I have called gm and requested that they pay for the repair since it's due to a faulty part, but their response is to deny, deny, deny. The manager I spoke to stated that there hasn't been a recall so gm is not obligated to do anything about the problem. The most distressing part of this situation is not the $3500.00 I'll be paying after gm's "assistance". It is the fact that I was never notified of the high failure rate of the gm wave plate. I should have been given a chance to fix it before I was put in such a dangerous situation. This transmission problem is like a ticking time bomb. Thankfully, the "bomb" going off in my enclave didn't result in any casualties, but is that what it's going to take to get a recall? I hope that the federal safety agency does something about this issue before someone is killed.
2008 enclave developed a clunking noise when turning a slow speeds. Took to dealer who says it needs a new rack and struts. Car had been totally serviced in july with no issues seen. I have seen many reports of these parts failing on this model year.
As the 2008 buick enclave vehicle was slowed to make a right turn into a driveway, it suddenly and unexpectedly became very, very difficult to steer, such that the vehicle almost went off of the road and into a telephone pole. Fortunately, the vehicle was going slowly enough that it could be abruptly stopped in the middle of the road and it was not rear-ended. This is a very dangerous condition. When I called general motors customer care, I discovered that this was a known condition for which special coverage #14329 was issued. Given how dangerous this condition is that dramatically affects the ability of a driver to steer the vehicle, I am very upset that general motors failed to notify owners of the affected cars that this hazardous condition existed and that general motors failed to issue an emergency vehicle recall. It is urgent that the federal safety agency requires that general motors issue a recall for this safety defect. Pasted below is the dealer notification that was issued to gm service departments on september 16, 2014 by general motors. "#14329: special coverage adjustment - loss of power steering assist - (sep 16, 2014). Condition. Some 2008-2011 model year (my) buick enclave, 2009-2011 my chevrolet traverse, 2007-2011 my gmc acadia, and 2007-2010 my saturn outlook vehicles may develop a power steering pump wear condition that can cause an intermittent drop of power steering hydraulic pressure that will cause reduced or loss of steering assist. The vehicle may revert to manual steering which requires greater driver effort, particularly at low vehicle speeds."
I was driving at 60 MPH on a busy road after I made couple u turns with no problem and then when I tried to get off the road the steering get to hard to turn I think this is danger need to be a safety recall now!
Lost power steering. Vehicle is difficult to turn at low speeds. Dealership said it was the axles. I replaced them but the problem was not fixed. Maneuvering in parking lots is almost impossible and driving around curves is nerve-racking because the wheel wants to jerk to the side, almost forcing me unto oncoming traffic. It's only a matter of time before I have a wreck because of this issue.
The vehicle loses power steering control at low speed. I have made several complaints to the dealer who can find no problem. The steering has gotten progressively worse and now I am afraid to drive the car. I fear that I am afraid myself or my wife may not be able to control the car. On the last trip to the dealer the problem was diagnosed as a steering gear and pinion issue which is over $1500.00 to repair. I feel that this is a safety issue for the automobile type and it is also a manufacture defect. Please issue a safety recall for this item.
Since I bought my truck I heard a weird noise from the steering wheel I thought well maybe because im not used to it because before I was driving an nissan x-terra 2002. So im a women don't know anything about cars so I said it looks good it was from only one owner before so I think we are good. Plus I thought it's not like I'm paying $5,000 for a truck and it's a buick it's consider luxury so I didn't think I was making a bad choice. Well the noise it's getting worse I barely made it to my house yesterday because the steering wheel didn't want to work anymore it was raining so hard im 9 months pregnant I made that investment doing a huge sacrifice so me and my child could be protected, feel confident that at the end of the day we are in good hands in that truck. Also when I bought this truck a month later the air bag service light was on I did a research it said that this truck had a recall for that so I took it to the buick and they fix it. And now the engine light turns on every now and then. I mean I'm doing everything I should for this vehicle I change oil regularly and I pay for the synthetic oil because they said it was better for this type of brand cars that are luxury for our middle class people. And it's not like I travel in that vehicle I only use it to go to work, groceries, family and friends house honestly I don't use it to travel where I live is a small town so it's not like I have this truck all over the place if you see it's like new it's the cxl it has 2 sunroof, leather seats, dvd player I mean im in love with this truck but c'mon that's not safe for me and my baby.
About one month ago when I would get in my vehicle and attempt to back out of my driveway, the power steering wouldn't function for a few seconds. This happened about four times. This weekend on saturday I drove from my house to a gas station, was pulling up to a gas pump and lost my steering again for about 10 seconds. On sunday I was pulling out of a restaurant onto a busy road and lost my steering for fifteen seconds!! After bringing it to the dealer, being charged $50 and being told nothing was wrong, I called buick. This is a serious safety issue and you can clearly see online that more and more people are experiencing this same problem with the same make, model and year vehicle. Recall this vehicle before someone is seriously injured!
2008 buick enclave. Consumer writes in regards to steering rack replacement. *smd the consumer stated he only became aware of the problem, with the steering rack, after a routine maintenance check.
When driving at low speeds power steering fails. Suv becomes difficult to turn. You need to put a lot of force to turn.
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