1- WE BOUGHT OUR USED 2010 BUICK ENCLAVE IN JUNE 2010 WITH ~24000 MI. (BOUGHT FROM A DEALER; CAR HAD BEEN OWNED BY A RENTAL CAR PLACE.) AFTER ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS THE # OF TIMES THE STEERING TIGHTENED BEGAN TO INCREASE. IT IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT GOING INTO/OUT OF PARKING/TIGHT SPACES. YOU HAVE TO USE A LOT OF MUSCLE TO TURN THE CAR. I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT IT DURING A ROUTINE SERVICE CALL, BUT...OF COURSE...THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG (AT THE TIME IT WAS INFREQ.) I CONTACTED THE DEALER AFTER HAVING THE CAR 1YR. THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THAT I PUT TOO MANY MILES ON MY CAR FOR THEM TO HOLD IT UNDER WARRANTY; I COULD BRING IT IN FOR A $70 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. THE $70 WOULD NOT BE APPLIED TO ANY SERVICE. I WAS GIVEN A GUESS-TI-MATE OF $1200-1500 IF I HAD PARTS REPLACED...I DECIDED TO WAIT. THE STEERING ISSUE COMES AND GOES BUT NOW HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I'M IN A TIGHT TURN. I CAN'T BELIEVE GM STILL HAS NOT BEEN MADE TO RECALL THIS ISSUE. 2 - MY CAR DOES THE ROLL-BACK ON ALL INCLINES TOO. I AGREE WITH OTHER CAR OWNERS - THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN AN AUTOMATIC. PLEASE MAKE GM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE ISSUES. *TR
2008
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
I RECENTLY BOUGHT A BUICK ENCLAVE 2008. WHILE DRIVING I ROLLED DOWN THE BACK WINDOWS TO LET SOME AIR IN THE NEXT THING I HEARD WAS A TERRIBLE NOISE AND IT HURT MY EARS, THE FASTER I DROVE THE WORSE THE NOISE BECAME. I TOOK THE ENCLAVE BACK TO THE BUICK DEALER AND AFTER THEY DROVE IT THEY ALSO HEARD THE NOISE. FROM WHAT THEY TOLD ME IT IS BECAUSE THE ENCLAVE HAS A LOT OF AIR SPACE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSE THE NOISE BUT, WHY DOES IT NOT MAKE THE NOISE WHEN, I OPEN THE DRIVER WINDOW ALL THE WAY DOWN?? THEY COULD NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. HOWEVER I DID FIND OUT THAT ALL OF THE BUICKS AND GMC'S ARE BUILT THE SAME AND MAKE THE SAME NOISE. I ENJOY THE ENCLAVE BUT I DO NOT LIKE BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE REAR WINDOWS OF MY ENCLAVE. CAN YOU HELP ME OR TELL ME WHAT I CAN TO TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM? MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH IN OUR MID 60S AND WE WANTED TO ENJOY A GOOD VEHICLE. THANKS JAMES BOOT *TR
