biggest complaint about your LaCrosse

[Human]

Feel the same today..lol

I'm thankful mine is an eAssist hybrid. It doesn't get the mileage of say, a Prius, but I'll take 25 around town with the A/C blowing. Of course, excessive oil consumption at 86,000 miles is a bit of a drag.

 

[Globetrot1]

I am having transmission problems with my 2006 Buick Lacrosse. It's hard trying to diagnose if it is the transmission going out or if it is the cam shaft sensor that is needing replaced.

The transmission that goes into these tends to be a durable unit. How many miles are on the car and have you had the transmission serviced from time to time?

I've had a slight shudder from 1 to 2 that came on infrequently. I was also getting rare APP sensor codes. When I read about these codes, it said that it could cause hard starting, stalling, and even a shudder when pulling away from a light. Since I had the accelerator pedal done within the last few weeks, the shifts are nice and clean. I hope it's just a sensor or a solenoid that can be more easily and more cheaply fixed.

 

[Baconnaise]

The drivers side foot rest works well for me.

I've gotten used to the footrest but I have to agree after having an Acadia and Enclave for over a decade the placement always felt off to me in the LaCrosse.

My major complaint with the LaCrosse is that there wasn't an option with a supercharger. The final nitpick is that the tri shield logo isn't filled in and colored as it should be.

 

[Globetrot1]

So, first generation LaCrosse problems seem to mostly be:
1. Door lock actuators failing
2. ABS/traction control message coming on and what that entails ... most likely hub bearings
3. Reduced engine power message coming on and most likely a new pedal
4. Dashboard lighting doing strange things
5. Suspension components here and there
6. Select batches with the 3800 V6 have excessive oil consumption, which GM washed their hands of by saying that 1 quart every 2,000 miles is acceptable ... NOT

 

[Gibbyman]

No interior trunk release button, ventilated seats could work a bit better. Otherwise, I like the car a lot.

Check your door lock buttons mine have an arrow pointing up and if you hold them up it opens the trunk

 

[G-239831]

Drivers sunshade is too small (probably passengers too, but I don't use that one). Does not adequately block the sun when rotated to the door position.

Agree with that 100%

 

[Kemberly]

All replacement parts are discontinued and only found on stockwise.con reasonably.bushing not anywhere to be found no list of all yoy need.

 

[Human]

Agree with that 100%

I also agree. I really miss the dual sun visors that GM put on some of their full size cars (LeSabre, Park Avenue, Riviera, Olds Eighty-Eight Aurora, etc) in the 1990s. I actually bought a set off of an Olds Eighty-Eight at a junk yard and put them on a Pontiac Bonneville I was driving at the time that didn't have them.

As for parts availability, I have not run into this issue. I had to replace the entire timing set this summer and everything that was needed was readily available, although the shop had to order it and it took about ten days for them to get everything in and do the repair.

 

[EDSELRANGER]

All replacement parts are discontinued and only found on stockwise.con reasonably.bushing not anywhere to be found no list of all yoy need.

I get the first part... a complaint about parts availability. I think 'some' parts being discontinued would be more accurate than "all" parts, but I understand your frustration.
The second part of your post is a mystery... to me anyway.

 

[Globetrot1]

I get the first part... a complaint about parts availability. I think 'some' parts being discontinued would be more accurate than "all" parts, but I understand your frustration.
The second part of your post is a mystery... to me anyway.

I thought part availability was supposed to continue for some 25 years. I was under that impression when Oldsmobile ceased to exist.

I have started to see some "discontinued" when I am on the GM Parts Direct website looking for my 2008.

 

[Human]

I thought part availability was supposed to continue for some 25 years. I was under that impression when Oldsmobile ceased to exist.

I have started to see some "discontinued" when I am on the GM Parts Direct website looking for my 2008.

FYI: GM Parts Direct isn't actually operated by General Motors. It's the mail order/ecommerce operation of Flow Chevrolet in Winston-Salem, N.C.

 

[Globetrot1]

FYI: GM Parts Direct isn't actually operated by General Motors. It's the mail order/ecommerce operation of Flow Chevrolet in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Yes, I immediately noticed the Winston-Salem address. After a part was discontinued, I then tried a dealership and they looked up the part and saw that very few dealerships even had it. I was able to obtain it. But, GM Parts Direct sure was a good option.

 

[BuickGirlFromMars]

I thought part availability was supposed to continue for some 25 years. I was under that impression when Oldsmobile ceased to exist.

I have started to see some "discontinued" when I am on the GM Parts Direct website looking for my 2008.

25 years??? For what? Or do you mean you thought you heard a pledge from GM? I wouldnt trust any pledge from GM from the era where they killed basically everything that made GM gm. efficient killers. Killed buick(2005 buick died, its just opel and china opel since then) , oldsmobile(2004), saturn(2009?), pontiac(2009/10?), the other divisions they had picked up.... rick wagoner wasnt good at a lot of things but he was good at ruining nice things.

I thank obama for firing him

 

[EDSELRANGER]

25 years??? For what? Or do you mean you thought you heard a pledge from GM? I wouldnt trust any pledge from GM from the era where they killed basically everything that made GM gm. efficient killers. Killed buick(2005 buick died, its just opel and china opel since then) , oldsmobile(2004), saturn(2009?), pontiac(2009/10?), the other divisions they had picked up.... rick wagoner wasnt good at a lot of things but he was good at ruining nice things.

I'm on board with all you said but I had to delete that last line. Just can't do it...

 

[BuickGirlFromMars]

I'm on board with all you said but I had to delete that last line. Just can't do it...

you like rick wagoner? You dont have to like a person to give credit where someone does something you agree with

Infact, that goes to just being a grown up. I think he was weak and really fizzled out compared to campaign trail overall but i can say that firing satan from GM was a positive 🙂

Maybe i have a ingrown advantage and easily being able to separate myself from basically all emotions when thinking/talking about things(an advantage here, possibly, but its to my detriment for daily life) but its quite easy for me so I guess I just dont understand lol.

 

[PulpFriction]

Ten years is the most common claim I hear for required OEM parts availability, but as for as I can tell there is no such law. I do suspect ten years, give or take, was once a guideline at the majors. Maybe it still is.

Parts will be available on the aftermarket as long as there is sufficient demand. Maybe. I know of one case in which a long-unavailable part showed up on the shelves because a persistent enthusiast/sleuth contacted the original vendor and apparently convinced them that there would be demand for the part if they made a batch.

 

[Kemberly]

you like rick wagoner? You dont have to like a person to give credit where someone does something you agree with

Infact, that goes to just being a grown up. I think he was weak and really fizzled out compared to campaign trail overall but i can say that firing satan from GM was a positive 🙂

Maybe i have a ingrown advantage and easily being able to separate myself from basically all emotions when thinking/talking about things(an advantage here, possibly, but its to my detriment for daily life) but its quite easy for me so I guess I just dont understand lol.

I can't find the damn suspension bushings kit is what I meant. Get it now buddy?

 

[Kemberly]

I can't find the damn suspension bushings kit is what I meant. Get it now buddy?

Sorry replied In wrong post.

 

[Globetrot1]

25 years??? For what? Or do you mean you thought you heard a pledge from GM? I wouldnt trust any pledge from GM from the era where they killed basically everything that made GM gm. efficient killers. Killed buick(2005 buick died, its just opel and china opel since then) , oldsmobile(2004), saturn(2009?), pontiac(2009/10?), the other divisions they had picked up.... rick wagoner wasnt good at a lot of things but he was good at ruining nice things.

Markets do strange things. Sometimes they respond to demand and sometimes they create it. I think one of the worst chapters in GM's history was Roger Smith. That whole era with the diesels that weren't worked out, rolling out CCC (Computer Command Control) that blinked way too easily, the V8-6-4, and more strange stuff was really bad for the company and they reacted a little late with a great 3800 V6, high value Chevy V6s, the Intrigue and the Aurora, and some cars showing they were starting to get their heads screwed on correctly.

You have a lot of steamed coupe and sedan drivers right now who are not happy with GM. I am in that fold.

I either read or heard that an automaker in continuous operation is either going to make a part or a non-OEM outfit will make a part for 25 years. I have gone to the junkyard after about 10 years for the cars I've had because the original part or non-OEM part was too expensive. I once picked up a $35 blower motor for my '92 Regal and put it in there - some tortuous maneuvers and a lot of patience to get everything out of the way, put it in its place, and then button it all up.

I'm now looking for sections of dashboard with lights and they're not easy to find. This is after 15 years.

That tells me that I either heard wrong, misunderstood, or am dreaming.

 

[BuickGirlFromMars]

Markets do strange things. Sometimes they respond to demand and sometimes they create it. I think one of the worst chapters in GM's history was Roger Smith. That whole era with the diesels that weren't worked out, rolling out CCC (Computer Command Control) that blinked way too easily, the V8-6-4, and more strange stuff was really bad for the company and they reacted a little late with a great 3800 V6, high value Chevy V6s, the Intrigue and the Aurora, and some cars showing they were starting to get their heads screwed on correctly.

You have a lot of steamed coupe and sedan drivers right now who are not happy with GM. I am in that fold.

I either read or heard that an automaker in continuous operation is either going to make a part or a non-OEM outfit will make a part for 25 years. I have gone to the junkyard after about 10 years for the cars I've had because the original part or non-OEM part was too expensive. I once picked up a $35 blower motor for my '92 Regal and put it in there - some tortuous maneuvers and a lot of patience to get everything out of the way, put it in its place, and then button it all up.

I'm now looking for sections of dashboard with lights and they're not easy to find. This is after 15 years.

That tells me that I either heard wrong, misunderstood, or am dreaming.

V864 was actually not that bad but of course they axed it instead of fix. but that system as it was originally designed wouldnt be a good system for 2nd, 3rd owners orhigh mileage. if active fuel management in the 2000s with monitoring by computers still couldnt figure that out then I dont expect gm to have been realistically gotten it to be foolproof in the 80s even if they tried lol. But for the original owners v864 could have been OK. Too bad it wasnt something that could be failsafe to the point that pulling a fuse would stop it and the engine would functionally and overtime wear normally etc lol