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Buick LaCrosse repairs by problem area
Engine (21%)
Transmission and Drivetrain (5%)
Brakes and Traction Control (5%)
Suspension and Steering (16%)
Electrical and Air Conditioning (36%)
Paint, Rust, Leaks, Rattles, and Trim (9%)
Other (7%)
Select a problem area
- Engine
- Transmission and Drivetrain
- Brakes and Traction Control
- Suspension and Steering
- Electrical and Air Conditioning
- Paint, Rust, Leaks, Rattles, and Trim
- Other
Chart based on 295 repairs.
Buick LaCrosse electrical repair cost distribution
$2500+ (0%)
$1000 - $2499 (5%)
$500 - $999 (6%)
$100 - $499 (18%)
< $100 (71%)
Chart based on 65 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
2017 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
310-horsepower 3.6L V6 8-speed shiftable automatic AWD
| 44000 mi US $100 |
screen would turn off after being on for 15 minutes |
2014 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
304-horsepower 3.6L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic FWD
| 11000 mi | Mass air flow sensor and ambient air pressure sensor was replaced. Check engine light came on again afterwards. Mass air flow sensor and ambient air pressure sensor was replaced. Check engine light came on again afterwards. |
2014 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
304-horsepower 3.6L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic AWD
| 48000 mi | Left seat haptic motor failed. Repaired under warrantee |
| 3428 mi US $513 |
Replace prk break control module & brake switch |
2013 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
182-horsepower 2.4L I4 Hybrid 6-speed shiftable automatic FWD
| 52452 mi C $396 |
"Service Power Steering" message but no problem. Dealer checks OBDC codes - maybe caused by a low voltage condition. Confirmed as car wouldn't start 1 day, battery dead. Was starting fine, no warnings. Fortunately car can be jump started from hybrid battery without cables using controls on dash. Cost was to diagnose codes and replace battery. |
2011 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
280-horsepower 3.6L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic FWD
| 16200 mi | OEM battery died.... |
| 36640 mi US $238 |
Replaced original battery |
| 6000 mi | Battery leaked, damaged cables and acid damaged paint (and unspecified) other areas. Took 2 trips due to misdiagnosis, took 14 days to repair due to no parts in SE region, over a week for new part. Lousy diagnosis, repair took too long. |
| 25000 mi | A/C was cutting in and out, took car to the dealer. During the checkout they also found, in addition to the compressor bad, a leak in water pump and right catalytic converter plugged. All items, beyond normal oil change, etc, was covered by the extended warranty (that my wife said I should not have taken) that resulted in (repair less warranty cost) a savings of over $500.00! |
| 28000 mi US $900 |
HID headlight unit had to be replaced after the electronics failed. |
| 5000 mi | Display screen is dim on start up. Dash creaks. Must bring car back to leave over night so dealer can duplicate problem. |
| 14300 mi | Replace defective battery |
| 36000 mi US $2388 |
Replace day time running lights. |
| 42000 mi US $426 |
Keyless transmitters inoperable at times. Dash displays remote not detected and engine will not start. Repair:replace remote control door lock receiver. |
| 4000 mi | Air conditioner stopped working. Compressor and other sensor replaced. Time in shop due to parts orders that took multiple days. Dealer provided loaner car |
| 3000 mi | Memory seats for drivers seat worked very erratically. |
| 2000 mi | defective battery |
| 1000 mi | Memory seat module malfunction. When "easy exit" set to on, memory seats would not recall memory positions and/or would move to random positions upon activation (i.e. upon unlocking the car). Memory module was replaced, and the problem went away. |
| 28000 mi | radio hard drive was loosing settings. |
| 46000 mi | 2 year old battery died, replaced in warranty. Turn signal lamp in drivers mirror failed. Replaced lamp. Trunk opening was erratic using the switch on the trunk lid. Switch was replaced with what seems to be an improved switch. Seems to work ok now. |
| 5580 mi | remote keyless fob quit working-had to be replaced. |
| 8460 mi | Electric remote needed to be replaced and reprogrammed all remotes. |
| 32000 mi | We have had problems with the seats and mirrors not holding the memory. Mirrors will reset after reverse to their own settings. Have mentioned this on previous visits and, knowing warranty is about to expire, we wanted this fixed. |
| 32200 mi | Mirrors & seats seem possessed, reset on their own. Car will alert no key present while we are driving. Car will auto-lock itself while you are standing @ the car. Dealer cannot duplicate & car computer shows no history, nothing can be done. |
| 36000 mi | Memory 1 could not be reset when memory 2 was finally used in May. It could not be set or used. We called to have it checked and evaluated and it was discovered it was not reconnected when recall was performed. |
| 36600 mi | Passenger side mirror was not moving when car was put into reverse. Dealer replaced the mirror and paint matched it. |
| 78000 mi US $20 |
Trunk lid would open by itself after car wash or heavy rain. Replaced trunk release switch on trunk lid. |
| 13500 mi | Replace noisy blower motor. |
| 60700 mi US $250 |
Radio and Mac was freezing up and when I remote start back up camera would go black |
| 61100 mi | Radio and Mac was freezing up and when I remote start back up camera would go black |
| 1000 mi | Rear window defrost did not work. |
| 36000 mi | Park sensor failed |
| 12000 mi | Check engine light on: Reprogram for cold start within 10 seconds |
| 21000 mi | Both mirrors wouldn't move Rear windows wouldn't open Adaptive head lights wouldn't move |
2011 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
280-horsepower 3.6L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic AWD
| 8300 mi | 120V outlet not working - loose wire found - |
| 49000 mi | Nav always starts with caution warning and requires OK to be pushed. In addition, address entries are no longer saved or can be deleted after shutting off engine & power. AFL warning display upon engine start. Dealer reprogammed, and changed components |
| 50000 mi | Dealer found Service bulletin to remedy Nav system problems. |
| 75000 mi US $259 |
Battery leading acid and had to be replaced. |
| 76000 mi US $90 |
Positive battery cable was damaged by battery leak |
| 1000 mi | New car was delivered with heated steering wheel function not working. Dealer replaced defective wiring harness. |
| 7000 mi | "Service AFL Lamp" message was appearing on gauge cluster when starting car. AFL refers to Adaptive Front Lighting system. Dealer updated software on that component and problem went away. |
2011 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
182-horsepower 2.4L I4 6-speed shiftable automatic FWD
| 12300 mi | Tire pressure sensor reading. |
2010 Buick LaCrosse
Engine not specified
| 10000 mi | Radio does not remember preset stations. Clock resets to 12:00 with every shutdown. |
| 10800 mi | Radio was replaced because it would not retain station memory. |
2010 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
280-horsepower 3.6L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic FWD
| 77500 mi US $815 |
A/C compressor stopped working. |
| 91700 mi US $406 |
AC compressor changed July 2015 under extended warranty changed again in July 2016 3 days prior to GM's 1 year part warranty expiring. |
| 105000 mi | This vehicle is not cooling continuously and is showing the same identical symptom as the previously failed compressor units. I have until mid-July to get GM to provide another compressor as the units they provide fail to last one year. |
| 106552 mi US $450 |
A/C compressor failed again for the 4th time. I was told the part number changed for the compressor so maybe GM has finally figured out they were producing an inferior/defective product and have made the needed correction to remedy the problem, hopefully forever. |
| 120000 mi US $1200 |
Actuator that controls the flow of outside air would only close intermittently not allowing the inside of car to cool. |
| 10000 mi | IPOD connectivity issues. Microphone for bluetooth didnt work. Nav has issues understanding street names |
| 38000 mi | Parking assist light came on. GM couldnt duplicate the problem even though it happened to me multiple times. They refused to buy it back, so I sold it. Bluetooth, iPod connection, and microphone didn't work when sold. |
| 3380 mi | Various radio malfunctions - fail to remember last audio source, fail to remember song position (USB drive playback), Nav warning screen displays at every engine start. |
| 6820 mi | Driver seat intermittently failed to return to driving position after using the "driver seat auto exit" functionality which slides the seat back when exiting the car. |
| 19780 mi | A previously corrected issue returned. The nav keeps reverting to Washington, DC, entering nav mode always showed disclaimer screen. |
| 25420 mi | One of the rear ultrasonic parking assist sensors failed. Replacement ordered, required painting and had to return a second time to install it. |
| 39060 mi | Horn was partly working. The LaCrosse has a two-tone horn - one of the tones was shorted out. Horn replaced under warranty. |
| 56420 mi C $180 |
A/C system was making noise. Analysis showed no freon. Recharge solved it. Likely a leak exists but none was found. |
| 27680 mi | Horn stopped working again. It's a two-tone horn and only one tone was working. If the horn was pressed more than 5 seconds it blew a fuse. |
| 61160 mi C $1068 |
Air conditioning stopped working. Dealer found the high pressure switch, high side service port valve and condenser leaking. Parts replaced. |
| 3000 mi | Interr AFL message related to passenger side headlamp. Reprogrammed headlamp control module. Reference # PI0219 Complete in 45 minutes. |
| 7700 mi | Replaced passenger side fog lamp that was inoperative. |
| 4300 mi | Rear defog inop. PI5434 referenced. Control module reprogramming. |
| 10300 mi | Nav system defaulting to Washington D.C. Disclamer page shows every ignition cycle. HDD starts with the first tune selected every time. Clock always show AM even when you set it to PM. System was updated with 415, and this fix all the issue |
| 30000 mi | When starting the car the time display would have a random number for the hour. The minutes were always correct. |
| 8000 mi | blind side alert sensor malfunctioning |
| 18000 mi US $30 |
tire pressure monitor didn't reset after refilling tire with air |
| 35000 mi | the back up sensor would sound sometimes and would not turn off when putting the car back in Drive. It wasn't a major issue, only happened infrequently. A software update has seemed to take care of it. |
| 12300 mi | IPod function issues started 3 weeks after purchase(4/30/10).This latest repair is the 4th time car has been in. Problem could not be duplicated until last week. New radio installed and another part on the steering wheel. |
| 18200 mi | Radio keeps resetting. Needs replacement |
| 9500 mi | Installed new rear sunshade/new memory module for driver's seat and reprogrammed which then allowed the side mirrors heaters to work again. Driver seat memory module diagnosis Electric rear sun shade diagnosis |
| 23000 mi | Nav and info screen went intermittently dark. did not affect runability in any way |
| 37800 mi | Rear defog not working properly....installed software update |
2010 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
255-horsepower 3.0L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic FWD
| 42300 mi US $200 |
Battery died. No prior sign of problem. Cleaned extensive corrosion on positive terminal. |
| 45000 mi US $120 |
Replaced battery cable as corrosion returned. |
| 40300 mi US $950 |
squeak developed in air cond compressor. would eventually fail. |
| 25200 mi | After AC runs in heat for a few hours, stops blowing cool air, & fan will only blow at low, even though it is on high. if you stop car, cut if off and start it back, everything works. Car went into shop last summer and fan was replaced. |
| 46000 mi | Blower motor problem returned in 2011. Finally after 3 resets and 4 trips for the radio/electronic hub, they have ordered a new "brain." It goes multiple times for the same thing and then they finally think they have a fix and that doesn't work. |
| 51000 mi | "brain" of electrical central that runs a/c and nav, etc replaced |
| 56000 mi | After "brain" was replaced in May, the air conditioning went out again and the new tech at dealership said there was a update for a/c that they could try. brain had been reset previously |
| 57800 mi | Same problem, air conditioning will stop blowing any air, but motor is running at full speed. |
| 64000 mi | They replaced 5 parts, resistors, blowers, and did another update. |
| 22000 mi | Electrical system malfunctioned. Radio screen would not turn off. Pulled a fuse myself, but something continued to draw on the battery and the car died and couldn't be jumped. Not sure what the source of the problem was. System reflashed. |
| 18000 mi | Intermittent operation of seat recall memory. Odor from AC |
| 39000 mi | Battery went dead. |
| 21080 mi | Battery Leak caused fuse box damage and power steering pump leakage. |
| 38000 mi | AC blowing warm air. Hose leaking and compressor locked up. Replaced evap assembly hose and charged system. After charging system found compressor inop. Ran diag and found locked up. Replaced AC compressor. |
2010 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
252-horsepower 3.0L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic AWD
| 1000 mi | Service airbag light. Ipod connection not functioning properly Lumbar function on drivers seat didn't work. Ipod connection not functioning properly Lumbar function on drivers seat didn't work. |
| 4000 mi | Ipod connectivity issues. Was informed that GM is aware of the issue and is working on a fix. Memory seat button not working. New switch ordered and replaced. |
| 4000 mi | Rear defroster stopped working. Was told it suffered from "logic lock". Apparently the module that controls the defroster had a malfunction and needed to be reprogrammed to keep it from happening again. |
| 4000 mi | iPod connection still not working and defroster had stopped working again when traded. |
2007 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD
| 1000 mi | Warranty repair on right rear tire pressure monitor. |
2006 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
240-horsepower 3.6L V6 4-speed automatic FWD
| 58571 mi C $58 |
Trouble shooting Heatlight Failure |
2006 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sedan
200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD
| 52000 mi US $100 |
A/C condenser cooling fan relay replacement. |
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