2011 Buick Lacrosse: won't start

Filed Feb 2, 2022 · Engine, Fuel system · OH · crash

Car been smelling like gas for awhile engine light pop on and off. My car will not start I have replace the fuel pump car still won’t get gas . Replaced battery numerous of times battery keep won’t stay charge . I have a recall on my car I believe the suspension is under recall as well. I also had to replace my windshield wiper motor a few times slapped against my windshield and cracked windshield.

Filed Jul 25, 2019 · Driver assistance · 53,000 miles · CA

July 23, 2019 -I was on the hwy for approx. Four hours with my niece when suddenly my car created a loud sound and I lost power and control of my car including my brakes. I was traveling at 70 mile per hour. Luckily, two cars had just passed me when this occurred otherwise I could have had a very serious accident. I was on the left lane and was able to coast to the shoulder. The hwy. Was flat and I was able to coast to a stop. The engine wouldn't start, but after approx. Five minutes it started but I wasn't able to move. The car idled extremely rough. The electronic stability control (ESC) light and the check engine lights were on. I waited for a tow truck in 96 degree weather for two hours before I was able to get a tow to a garage 40 miles away. This happend on tuesday. I left my car at the buick dealer and left the key in the drop box. I was told wednesday morning that they wouldn't be able to look at it until today (thursday), so I have no idea as yet what damage has occurred to the engine. I have only 53,000 miles on the vehicle and it is a 2011 model. How could something like this happen?

Filed Mar 20, 2019 · Engine · 147,000 miles · OK

Takata recall my buick lacrosse one time going down the road out of the blue it done engine power reduction,and then it just died on me.after that I did get it to start but it ran ruff and after a few weeks it would not start at all.

Filed Feb 5, 2018 · Brakes, Electrical · 80,000 miles · MO

While driving uphill in the winter, went to turn into neighborhood at top of hill, just as turning the vehicle, vehicle died. Everything stopped working. Engine shut off, brakes wouldn't work, steering wheel locked, lights went off, then wouldn't start. Then the vehicle instructed to roll driver window down then up, roll right window down then up. Almost like it was trying to reboot. But this happened in the middle of driving. After trying a third time to start, it started. All information was gone, no mileage, oil life gone, tripometer gone. Drove vehicle home, just a block away and been too scared to drive the vehicle since.

Filed Oct 1, 2015 · Electrical · 49,500 miles · ME

Vehicle has been operating normally. It just came off warranty a few weeks back. Wife came home and parked the vehicle in the driveway. Went out several hours later to go somewhere and it would not start. There were no warnings of a problem. When we turned the ignition key we heard a few clicks and then nothing. Lights we noticeably dim. We were able to get it started with a jumper and let it run for a while. It will be serviced in the morning. It appears the problem is with the battery or there is an electrical problem in the system. While we were running, we checked to see if there were any codes and could not find any. The car was parked on about a 5% incline facing down. We used the incline to move the car to a flat area where we were able to jump start.

Filed Jul 14, 2015 · Electrical · 55,355 miles · NJ

Car was parked in our garage at 2:30 pm. I went into the garage at 7:45 pm and found it extremely hot (115f), opened the garage doors and tried to start the car to get it out of the garage. Would not start and called aaa for a tow. Aaa suggested calling police & fire. Police came and they called fire dept. Temp under hood registered 150f and co alarm in basement started to go off. Firefighters put on protective gear, entered house and their co monitors went off immediately. Gas line shut off, house vented. Car eventually towed to dealership nearby. Gas company came that evening to restart and inspect dryer, water heater, stove and found no co problem. Have yet to hear from the dealer (flemington buick) as to cause, issues, resolution. Update 9/15/15*cw the consumer has since traded the vehicle. Updated 10/15/15

Filed May 21, 2014 · Electrical · GA

On more than 10-15 occasions I've experienced intermittent failure of the keyless ignition, whereby there is only one click and then no ability to start my vehicle unless I continue to press the button while turning off any and all AC, radio, power etc. I purchased the car used 1 year ago in excellent condition but noticed that it already had a new battery that was installed earlier in 2013.the vehicle is a 2011 and that seemed very odd. What I've noticed is that the battery terminals continually corrode mostly on the "positive" terminal and I've removed and brushed them several times and tighten, and that seems to work when it just absolutely won't start. Big inconvenience when I'm usually dressed in a suit... Unfortunately, I've taken it to three different gm buick dealerships over the past month and a half and it never will reproduce the defect when I'm there, so they've not been able to evaluate and remedy. Noticed service bulletin pi-0412 for parasitic drain/discharge so now I'll take it to another dealership to see if they can determine the cause based on this. Very frustrating to not be able to have this diagnosed and corrected before I potentially find myself totally stranded away from home.

Filed Oct 2, 2011 · Electrical · 200 miles · AZ

This vehicle has the push button keyless start. Page 10-89 of the owner manual describes the method to move the transmission lever from park to neutral without starting the engine, for the purpose of towing the vehicle or moving it without starting the engine (if the car battery is dead or the engine will not start for any other reason), such as onto a tow truck for transport to a service center. The manual says to set the parking brake (this cannot be done if the car battery is dead because the parking brake is electrically operated), select the accessory mode (by pushing the start button to show an amber light as described on page 9-20), then squeeze the small lever on the front of the transmission lever, and move it from park to neutral. This does not work. The lever cannot be moved out of park. Applying the foot brake does not help. I took the car to liberty buick in peoria, az, and described the problem to salesmen and service advisors. None of them could make it work or explain why. This procedure was tried with another lacrosse with the keyless start feature and it also did not work, verifying that this is a problem with all lacrosse keyless start vehicles. This procedure works with a "keyed start" vehicle if the key is turned to the 'on' position (not the 'accessory' position as stated in the manual). Apparently, insufficient testing was done on this feature and it was not correctly programmed into the electronic system of the vehicle. The interlock between the engine, brake, and transmission lever is not released in the accessory mode and there is no 'on' position for the keyless ignition without starting the engine. This means that if my car is in my garage or on a road and the battery is dead or the engine will not start, I will be unable to move it out of the garage or out of traffic or onto a tow truck.

Filed Aug 22, 2011 · Engine · 412 miles · LA

The 2011 buick lacrosse with a 3.6 had popping sound upon starting when car was 5 days old; brought to dealership and was asked if I was sure it was my car. They checked vehicle and could find nothing wrong. The problem is intermittent. It popped upon starting 8-9 more times in 3 weeks. Upon leaving a restaurant, the vehicle would not start & had no power; onstar was of no use. Dealer had car towed to them; kept car for 10 days and put 160 miles on it and I was told that they reprogrammed 3 computers but could not replicate the popping sound. I picked up my car and discovered that it had been hit while at dealership. Dealership had car painted. I got my car on tuesday, thursday it popped twice. Returned car to dealer again. They told me to pick car up that they could not find a problem. They found that the exhaust expanded upon starting and made a poofing sound. They said that there was nothing more they could do. I have been in touch with buick executive offices. The car has 1087 miles on it. It had 287 when I purchased it and they put 160 miles on it when they had it. I've only had the car 6 weeks and 2 of those weeks it has been in the shop. They refuse to give me another vehicle like the one I have or give my money back. What options are left?? Lemon law. I don't really want to do that. I love the ride of the car and the features, but I cannot enjoy it at all and do not feel safe driving it.

Filed Jan 5, 2011 · AZ

2011 buick lacrosse. Consumer states problems with keyless push button start feature system *tgw the consumer stated the manual described the method to move the transmission lever from park to neutral without starting the engine, for the purpose of towing the vehicle or moving it without starting the engine if the battery was dead or the engine will not start for any other reason. The manual stated to set the parking brake which can not be done if the battery is dead because the parking brake is electrically operated. The consumer stated everything stated in the manual, can not be performed in reality. The consumer stated it seemed as though insufficient testing was done on the feature.