2007 Buick Lacrosse: won't start

Filed Feb 2, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · 67,400 miles · VA

Headlights went out while driving - known issue and recall with gm. Car would not start, though battery was dead. Went to jump car and found out fuse box and wiring harness was melted like it caught fire. Numerous sites are showing complaints about this same issue, melting, and electrical issues. Car was parked the night before and was not started or moved prior to this issue being found.

Filed Aug 31, 2014 · Engine · 84,826 miles · CA

We were stopped at a red light and the car just died. We called aaa and before they got there the car started up again. Then we received a recall notice from gm (recall #14299). Since parts are not available according to the letter we removed everything from the keychain leaving only one single key as instructed. However, our car again died on august 21, 2014 but after a few minutes started up again. Today, august 31, 2014 our buick died again in the left turn lane stopped at a red light. We had to be towed home by aaa because it would not start again. This is unacceptable!! We are an 80 year old couple and we only have this one car for transportation. We cannot keep worrying about our car everytime we drive it, much less the dangers of having an accident when it stalls in the most unexpected places and times. We need a rental car to use until gm can get these parts. I don't think that I am asking too much.

Filed Jul 25, 2014 · Electrical · 125,488 miles · MD

A improperly shielded wire grounded out and caused the under hood fuseblock to melt, some reports on line state that the car caught on fire from the same problem. Came out of restaurant and car wouldn't start. When the hood was raised we could smell burning rubber. Had I been driving it could have been very serious reported to gm to try to get reimbursed. Said because it wasn't on recall that they could not help us. The purpose of the fuse box as we understand is to prevent this from happening.

Filed May 2, 2013 · Lights · 63,000 miles · TX · fire

I was having intermittent headlight issues with my car, I would drive and the headlights would randomly shut off, I would pull over and they would come back on about 3 minutes later. I did some research and tried replacing the headlight relay, this seemed to fix the problem for about 2 weeks. On the night of april 13, I was at the mall and when returning to my car, it wouldn't start. I had the car jumped and the fuse box caught on fire. The headlight relay had melted and destroyed my fuse box. I had my fuse box replaced and again, everything was fine for about 2 weeks, when I started getting the intermittent issue again. Last night, may 1st, my car again died. This time, all fuses and relays were removed before jump starting my car, but you can look at the relay and see that it has been melting once again. I've researched online and can't find a proper fix for this. The relay has been replaced and it's not fixing the problem.

Filed Dec 23, 2010 · Electrical · 45,501 miles · FL

Driving a distance of three miles car stalled five times. Started again each time dealership sold me a new battery three days later--acceleration quit, going down the road in heavy traffic. I engaged the accelerator with no response. Able to pull over and turn off key and then start again and proceed. Dealership told me that the computer showed no problem with the car. Two days later the car stalled in my mobile home park, started then stalled and wouldn't start. When I tried to start the car it wouldn't. Then when I tried to start again and released the key, the starter grabbed the key and kept grinding momentarily. Then when I tried to start it the starter clicked as if it were gone. I parked it for the night and called aaa in the morning. The car started right up and was driven on to the truck.. I was told I needed two parts a starter and something else. That was on monday. It's thursday now and I'm waiting for another part. I was told the dimmer switch had shorted out and had been affecting the whole system. It is now thursday afternoon and my part has been snowed in . There is none to ber had in the whole city of tampa florida! I am a snow bird and am thankful I wasn't on the road to michigan when this happened. Losing acceleration and/or stalling in heavy traffic is a very dangerous situation. By the way I didn't trust the century buick dealership I had the aaa garage work on it this time. It cost me $300. The first time ) the second $0.but with no results. Now I'm in it for more that $400.00. Merry christmas.