2009 BUICK ENCLAVE Electrical System Problems

Odometer Fraud. The contact owns a 2009 Buick Enclave. The contact purchased the vehicle from a local used car dealer in April 2025. The contact stated that the odometer and the bill of sales indicated that the mileage was 133,000. The contact stated that while registering the vehicle with Carshield, the contact was informed that the mileage was reported in January 2025 at 163,000. The dealer was made aware of the issue.

Mileage: 163,000

The seat caught on fire. Origin of fire started in the seat according to fire officials.

The contact owns a 2009 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that the rear driver’s side and center seat belt failed to latch securely. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed but no failure could be determined. could not be determined. The contact then stated that on another occasion, while driving at an undisclosed speed, the gear shifter failed to operate in drive(D). The contact stated that the shifter was stuck in drive (Low). As a result, while the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to exceed 30 MPH. Additionally, the contact stated that on multiple occasions, the instrument panel digital display failed to illuminate, and the contact was unable to state whether there were any warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the instrument panel light bulb was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

WE REPLACED COIL 4 AND 2 BACK IN DEC 2015, THEN NUMBER 1 ON 10-30-2017, AND NOW THEY ARE STATING NUMBERS 3 AND 5 ARE BAD...IS THIS NORMAL? DO WE HAVE A DEFECTIVE CAR? ALL OF THE GM CARS WE HAVE OWNED, WE HAVE NEVER HAVE TO REPLACE 1 MUCH LESS 5!!

Mileage: 115,000

TWO MONTH OLD BATTERY WENT DEAD. DISCOVERED WATER SURROUNDING THE BATTERY AND SOAKED ALL UNDER CARPETING ON FLOOR BOARDS. WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AND SINCE I AM A WIDOW ON FIXED INCOME CAN NOT TAKE IT TO BUICK AS THEY CHARGE EXORBITANT PRICES FOR PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD BE COVERED AND NOT HAPPEN. AAA DRIVER SAID THERE APPEARS TO BE A SEAL SOMEPLACE NEAR BATTERY THAT HAS COME OFF LETTING WATER COME UP THROUGH THE UNDERSIDE AND COLLECT AROUND BATTERY .

Mileage: 48,043

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GRACO CHILD SAFETY SEAT THAT WAS LATCHED IN THE SECOND ROW SEATING ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS MOVING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE, AS WELL AS THE KEY FOBS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE LIGHTS AND KEY FOBS, WHERE THE BATTERY AND SENSOR HAVE BEN REPLACED IN THE KEY FOB AND THE BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOR THE LIGHT. HOWEVER, THE FAILURES RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FOR THE SEAT BELT ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

MY ENCLAVE 2009 WAS CAUGHT FIRE WHEN IT WAS PARKED STATIONARY IN A GARAGE AT 9:40AM ON 5/30/2016. THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTS IN THE WHOLE CAR TOTALED. ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING MUCH FROM THIS EVENT. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAPPENED TO OUR VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE (ABOUT 30,000), WELL MAINTAINED BY US AND GM SHOP IN THE PAST (ALL THE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE IN GM SYSTEM). ON 5/31 WE REPORTED TO GM WITH DETAILED INFORMATION AND REQUESTED AN INVESTIGATION. ON 6/2, CUSTOMER DEPARTMENT CONTACTED ME, STATING THAT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AND THEY DON'T INVOLVE IN AN INVESTIGATION AS WE HAVE OUR INSURANCE COVERED. I TOLD THEM NO MATTER OUR INSURANCE COMPANY INITIATES AN INVESTIGATION OR NOT, AS THE MANUFACTURER, GM NEEDS TO CHECK THIS VEHICLE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPROVE ITS PRODUCT IF THERE IS A DEFICIT IN GM ENGINE. HOWEVER THEY STILL ASSERTED THAT THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF SUCH CASE. I HAVE KEPT THE RECORD OF OUR CONVERSATION IN CASE NEEDED. IT'S AN UNHAPPY EXPERIENCE. ALL THE EVIDENCE WE GOT SO FAR SUGGESTED IT'S THE PROBLEM OF THE ELECTRONICAL SYSTEM/ENGINE. WE DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE. WE HOPE GM TO HAVE SOMEONE TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION ASAP.

Mileage: 30,000

CAR SPUDDERING ON ACCELERATION AND INCLINES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. NEEDS ALL SPARK PLUGS AND COILS REPLACED AGAIN. CODES P0300, P0302, P0303 STORED. MISS FIRE ON 2 AND 3 CYCLINDERS. ALSO, NEEDS REPLACE LINE AND RECHARGE SYSTEM AS AC DISCHARGE LINE IS LEAKING.

Mileage: 116,210

MY BACK HATCH JUST STARTED OPENING ON ITS OWN. MOTOR IN THE LOCK KEEPS RUNNING. NOW MY DRIVER SIDE LOCK WON'T WORK. WHEN IN PARK, DOOR LOCK POPS UP BUT INSIDE HANDLE STILL LOCKED. NOW INDOOR LOCK BEING DIFFICULT. *TR

SQUEAKING BRAKES AND STEERING NOISE. RESUBMITTED FOR REPAIR COULD NOT DUPLICATE AT DEALERSHIP. RESUBMITTED IN 2011 AND 2013, WATER PUMP REPLACED, STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED, STEERING PUMP REPLACED, THROTTLE BODY CLEANED. ENGINE TIMING OFF AT IDLE, HARSH/RUFF TRANSITION BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. REAR HATCH FAILED TO OPERATE. SENSOR REPLACED, THEN ACTUATOR REPLACED, THEN CONTROL BUTTONS REPLACED THEN FINAL CONTROL BUTTON AND INTERNAL DOOR SENSORS REPLACED NOT BY WARRANTY, REAR HATCH STRUTS FAILED AND DROPPED ON CHILD AND OWNERS HEADS, OPEN AND CLOSE BUTTONS NON RESPONSIVE ON REMOTE FOR THE HATCH. ONLY THE INTERIOR HATCH RELEASE BUTTON WORKED. ONSTAR WOULD NOT POWER DOWN, NO NOTICE IT WAS CONNECTED, DROPPED CELL CALLS AND KILLED BATTERY. UPON JUMPING, THE CONTROL MODULE FOR ONSTAR FAILED AS DID CELLULAR ANTENNA NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. BRAKES SQUEAKING AND FLUTTERING PLUS PULSE AT SLOW DOWN. MASTER CYLINDER HAD HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING INTO BRAKE LINES, BOOST PUMP FAILED AND REPEATED FLUSHING DID NOT CLEAR THE SYSTEM. AIR IN LINES CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE NEAR COLLISION AVOIDED WITH EVASIVE OPERATOR DRIVING MANEUVERS, 3RD FLUSH CLEARED THE LINES NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. STEERING UNSTABLE ON UNEVEN ROADWAYS AND IN LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, REPEAT/RECUR, FINAL SUBMISSION 4TH TIME, ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN AND POSSIBLE SPARK PLUGS FOR IDLE PROBLEMS. REPLACED SPARKE PLUGS DID NOT RESOLVE IDLE SPEED OR HARD SHIFT OUT OF 3/5 GEARS. A/C OUTAGE THREE TIMES, NO LEAK DETECTED, FREON LOADED AND RELOADED: EVAPORATOR COIL DIAGNOSED AS PROBLEM. TOTAL DASH DISASSEMBLED, SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES SURFACED SINCE INCLUDING ONSTAR, ECM ERRORS, NAV SYS STAYED ON, CELL PHONE NOT CONNECTING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING WITHOUT CAUSE CODES. OVER $16500 IN REPAIRS COMPLETED ON THIS VEHICLE, SOME COVERED BY WARRANTY, SOME NOT, BY 2013 NEARLY ALL REPAIRS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 3,764

THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CAR BEING ON AND WONT TURN BACKWARDS SO YOU CANT TURN VEHICLE OFF. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS SHORTED. INSTALLED NEW BATTERY. VEHICLE STARTED BUT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WITH KEY REMOVED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF EVEN WITH KEY REMOVED. FOUND WATER LEAKED INTO DASH. CHECKING INTERNET BROUGHT OTHER REPORTS OF OTHER POSSIBLE WATER LEAKS. *TR

Mileage: 68,140

ISSUE: INDICATOR LIGHT RECEIVED TO SERVICE REARVIEW PARK ASSIST RESOLUTION: DEALERSHIP FOUND NOT PROBLEM AND LIGHT NOT ON AT TIME VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE. NO CODES STORED IN SYSTEM AND NO REPAIRS MADE. THE ISSUE IS SPORADIC AND I STILL HAVE THE ISSUE TODAY. ISSUE #3. *TR

Mileage: 15,259

ISSUE: BATTERY NOT HOLDING CHARGE AND FREQUENTLY NEEDS JUMP RESOLUTION: DEALERSHIP VERIFIED AND FOUND THAT BATTERY HAD BAD CELL. BATTERY REPLACED ISSUE #4. *TR

Mileage: 44,890

ISSUE: RADIO/MAIN CONTROL PANEL FOR CAR WOULD NOT TURN ON AT ALL (TOTALLY BLANK) RESOLUTION: DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT POWER WAS GOING TO RADIO BUT NO POWER OUT OF CONNECTOR AT RADIO. TO REPAIR, IT WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE RADIO AND REPAIR CONNECTOR FOR CIRCUIT. AND REPROGRAM. ISSUE # 1. *TR

Mileage: 6,425

ISSUE: NAVIGATION/MAIN CONTROL PANEL GOES BLANK AGAIN RESOLUTION: DEALERSHIP FOUND DOCUMENT 237119 ADDRESSING ISSUE. PER DOCUMENT, UPDATED NAVIGATION SOFTWARE AND REPROGRAMMED RADIO WITH SPS ISSUE #2 *TR

Mileage: 9,906

ISSUE: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ISSUE RESOLUTION: DEALERSHIP FOUND CODE P0304 AND P0306 WERE STORED. RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF #4 AND #6 COILS AND PLUGS. REPAIR REPLACED ALL PLUGS AND COILS. ISSUE #7. ITR

Mileage: 73,296

ISSUE: REPAIR DONE FOR PREMATURE TIMING CHAIN WEAR DUE TO ENGINE CONTROL MODULE RESOLUTION: RECALL REPAIR #10287 PERFORMED AND REPROGRAMMED ENGINE CONTROL MODULE ISSUE #5. *TR

Mileage: 57,796

POWER STEERING FAILS AND THE WHEEL IS HARD TO STEER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. IT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. IN ADDITION, AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL WENT OUT IN THE VEHICLE. WE STOPPED THE VEHICLE, RESTARTED IT, AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. *TR

Mileage: 64,523

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS VEHICLE, IT IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS WE'VE HAD. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED TWICE FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. IN DECEMBER IT STARTED MISFIRING, HESITATING AND BECOMING SLUGGISH. AFTER TAKING IT TO THREE DIFFERENT REPAIR FACILITIES THEY FIGURED OUT THE PISTONS WERE MISFIRING AND THREE IGNITION COILS(ALL ON THE SAME SIDE) HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHILE I REALIZE THE TIME FRAME OF THE WARRANTY HAS PASSED, WE WERE UNDER THE MILEAGE FOR WARRANTY COVERAGE. I GUESS AUTOMOBILE MAKERS PENALIZE YOU FOR NOT PUTTING A LOT OF MILES ON YOUR CAR. NOW, JUST THREE MONTHS LATER WITH ONLY A FEW MORE THOUSAND MILES ADDED - OUT OF THE BLUE I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND NUMEROUS WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. PARK ASSIST GOES OFF, ALL WHEEL DRIVE GOES OFF, ABS WARNING LIGHT, AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ALL COME ON AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER I WAS TOLD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT SHOULD BE FINE - IT WASN'T. THEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS OK TO DRIVE IT! IF SO, THEN WHY ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS? TOO MANY THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG, FOR A PRICE TAG OF OVER $50,000.00. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE SUGGESTED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, I FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS NOT MADE WELL AND IS NOT WORTH THE PRICE TAG, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY - HOW SAFE IS IT??? *TR

Mileage: 79,000

PURCHASED NEW 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE CXL FWD(3/30/09) FULLY LOADED. 4 MONTHS LATER, BATTERY DIED. MADE 5 OR MORE VISITS TO GM DEALERSHIP. THEY RAN PARASITIC DRAIN DIAGNOSTICS OVER NIGHT , NEW UPGRADES INSTALLED, REPLACED BATTERY TWICE AND MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS BATTERY DIES. I THINK THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THIS KIND OF PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER A RECALL BEFORE SOME ELECTRICAL CATCHES ON FIRE AND GM WILL HAVE TO PAYOUT MILLIONS.

Mileage: 3,621

IF WE DON'T DRIVE OUR 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE EVERY FEW DAYS, THE BATTERY GOES COMPLETELY DEAD AND WE HAVE TO CHARGE IT TO EVEN GET THE KEY OUT OF IT. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THE BATTERY IS FINE BUT THERE IS A "BULLETIN" (BUT NOT A RECALL) ABOUT A "PARASITIC POWER DRAW" PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES AND THEY WILL LET US KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE A REPAIR AVAILABLE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE TO MAKE A POINT TO RUN OUR ENCLAVE EVERY FEW DAYS. *TR

Mileage: 2,500