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    Service battery alert service code SAC002

    Receiving alerts to service battery. Had battery replaced after owning for 24 months which was replaced under warranty. Now getting the message again after 24 months receiving the service battery alert. This will be my cost. Is anyone else having to replace Your battery every two years.
  2. Sal Collaziano

    Have you replaced a hybrid battery in your Buick? What did it cost?

    I think it would make a nice reference to have a discussion on the cost of replacing hybrid batteries in Buick vehicles. If you've been through this experience, please respond with details.
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    How to Remove Battery Terminal

    Hi there, Have a 2000 Buick Park Ave with the Mk 2 3800. I have an interstate battery and its connected via the 8mm's into the back, those come on and off easy. But the 15 MM that connects the battery cables to the back won't come off. If I put too much force the metal on the connectors start...
  4. Buick gogo69

    1998 Buick century has multiple failures and I’m about to get my car towed. If I can’t figure it out, please help.

    For a few days before my car died there was a squeaking noise coming from the belt area, and when I pulled up to a gas station, the car wouldn’t start again, and I tried jump boxes and jumping the battery itself with no luck. During the testing phase I just described, someone had damaged the...
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    Steering wheel jerks when car starts after auto shut off

    Started about a weekago…Almost every time it auto shuts off it jerks my wheel when starting back up. Even when it’s straight. Gives a quick message on the dash sometjing to do with steering assist disabled……or reduced…..today it shut off and didn’t start back up when releasing the brake. Gave...
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    Electrical Issues with Windows, Accessories Staying On, Dead Battery

    My 2011 Regal window problems started after leaving it for a week at the airport in the Texas July heat this year (2023). First, the front passenger window stopped working. And I noticed when locking the doors with the key FOB that the horn honking was intermittent. Then, a few weeks later...
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    Encore backup camera problems

    Hello, folks. I have just joined this forum in an effort to get some advice on a issue with the backup camera on a 2021 Encore GX. It’s my mom’s car, bought new, has about 10k miles on it. (Mom is 92, still loves to drive but literally only drives to church, golf, and grocery store!) The backup...
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    Battery, Alternator Headlight Issue?

    Ok guys I have a weird one.... Yesterday I went to get in my car and it wouldn't start. Mind you I never had any indication my battery was on its way out. AS/S and remote start we're working just fine until the day before yesterday. Battery was reading 11.3 I think. So I drove down to Walmart...
  9. M

    Battery will not charge in ‘64 Buick Electra

    Hey everyone, I’ve got a Buick Electra 225(1964 with the 6.6L Wildcat 445) and I am having some chargin issues. I changed the alternator for a Delco Remy remanufactured one as well as the regulator for a Solid State Converted one. Once installed, they were both working fine, but then 2 days...
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    Struts/Battery/Spark Plug Help

    2018 Buick Regal Sportback Preferred Does anyone have information on how to take the battery off? Can someone tell me how to change the spark plugs or things to lookout for? Has anyone changed their struts before? What brand? Front and Rear directions please anyone.
  11. M

    HELP Dead Battery I think?

    New Here, Ive seen a few threads of Buicks with battery/starting issues, how ever not the same make of Buick as mine. SO here we go... I have a 2014 Buick Enclave, that I love BTW. My car will not start. I have a portable jumping thing Ive had to invest in to insure Im not stuck dead somewhere...
  12. Caleb.Carter521

    2011 Enclave Headlights flickering

    Typing this on mobile so I apologize in advance. my 2011 Enclave headlights started flickering. I thought it was the alternator, but it seems to flicker while I am moving as well. I haven’t checked anything yet, just need some ideas on where to start. I am definitely going to be checking the...
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    Roadmaster Wagon battery/alternator issue - please help

    Hello, I have a '94 Roadmaster Wagon with 131k miles on it. For the most part, everything on the car runs great, but I've been having an issue I was looking for some help on. Sometimes at stop lights or right after starting the car, the headlights will dim...then come back to normal...then...
  14. O

    No Start - 2004 Lesabre

    Hello everyone, I've had absolutely NO problems with my 2004 Lesabre - that is, until this week. I was driving a few nights ago and everything was going fine. Then, I turned on my high beams and they burnt out nearly immediately. Almost directly after this happened, a message appeared on...
  15. J

    EAssist Battery %

    Gents, I just discovered a way to see the % charge of the Hybrid battery. Using an ODB2 bluetooth monitor and the app that comes with it I am able to see how charged it is. The PID you need to look for is "Hybrid Battery Pack Remaining Life" The range I've seen it is 37% for a low and 51% for a...
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    Battery

    I have a 2013 Buick LaCrosse; Last Friday my battery died. Jumped it, everything went well. Couple days later I went to start it and it BARELY started. Yesterday it died again twice. I had to have it jumped again today... thinking welp, you need a battery at this point. I drove to a shop they...
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    2005 LeSabre: Technical Question about Lead Acid Batteries

    My understanding of lead-acid batteries in cars is that they are primarily for starting the car and for supplying instantaneous power when the load on the electrical system suddenly increases. I define a sudden increase as turning on a high-power amplifier or turning on the headlights. Very...
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    2014 Lacrosse electrical problem

    I've driven this car (16,000 miles total since new) for the last nine months, and the dash voltmeter always stays at 14V. I know that sounds high by traditional standards, but that was normal on this car. One cool morning, the car would not start, and all symptoms were consistent with a dead...
  19. Everyshadeofblue

    Remote not detected and then works - Big battery or remote battery?

    Hello all! I have a 2013 GS and have had an issue twice where my remote doesn't work (not detected) and I have to manually unlock the door and have fun with the car alarm. The battery in the remote isn't dead I was assume since it works hours later. Both times this has happened it was after...
  20. J

    Disconnecting battery

    So I'm going to replace the hid light tomorrow and it looks like I'll have enough room to do it without dropping the bumper and pulling the headlight assembly. But to be safe I wanted to make sure I disconnected the battery. Has anyone had problems after disconnecting and reconnecting the...
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