Ownership Cost for 2012 Buick LaCrosse (Convenience Group)
Estimated: $42683 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2895
$1389
$1216
$1100
$984
$7584
Insurance
$1862
$1927
$1994
$2064
$2136
$9983
Fuel
$1773
$1826
$1890
$1965
$2054
$9508
Maintenance
$2360
$1680
$1082
$1190
$2105
$8417
Repairs
$832
$1005
$1143
$1265
$1462
$5707
Taxes & Fees
$1001
$1001
$1001
$1001
$1001
$1482
Total Ownership Costs
$10722
$7942
$7471
$7677
$8871
$42683
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3600.0
Displacement CI: 219.68547874103
Displacement L: 3.6
Doors: 4
Drive Type: FWD/Front Wheel Drive
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine Model: LFX
Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Fuel Type Secondary: Ethanol (E85)
Make: BUICK
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: LaCrosse
Model Year: 2012
Note: Body type: 4Dr Sedan; Notchback
Other Engine Info: Book Codes: 0G, BE, A. VVT, E85 Max, Aluminum.
Plant City: Fairfax
Plant Company Name: GMNA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Kansas
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Convenience Package FWD
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE STEERING BECAME PROGRESSIVELY LOOSE AND LOUD WHENEVER THE VEHICLE MADE A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CHECKED THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS DAMAGED AND THAT IT ALSO HAD LOOSE WIRING FROM THE CHASSIS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND REPAIRED THE LOOSE WIRING. THE CONTACT HAS NOT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING SINCE THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD BANG UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT OF THE LOUD BANG THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE REVERSAL BELT ON THE TRANSMISSION FEEL OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DEALER BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,199.
2012
POWER TRAIN
UN SMOOTH SHIFTING AROUND 30 MPH ,CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK OR BRAKE FEELS LIKE THE ASSIST IS NOT SENSING ,CAUSING THE HAD TO DEALERSHIP NOTHING THEY CAN DO ALL CHECK OUT BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. *TR