Ownership Cost for 2012 Buick LaCrosse (Touring Group)
Estimated: $45166 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3338
$1602
$1402
$1268
$1135
$8745
Insurance
$1899
$1966
$2035
$2106
$2180
$10186
Fuel
$1773
$1826
$1890
$1965
$2054
$9508
Maintenance
$2470
$1805
$1167
$1375
$2156
$8973
Repairs
$880
$1049
$1194
$1315
$1516
$5954
Taxes & Fees
$1216
$1216
$1216
$1216
$1216
$1800
Total Ownership Costs
$11575
$8387
$7864
$8143
$9198
$45166
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: Premium Package 4, w/Leather FWD
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS OR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 28,000.
2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2012 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO ATTEMPTED TO INSPECT THE FAILURE FOR OVER TEN DAYS, AS WELL AS PERFORM SEVERAL TEST DRIVES BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO FURTHER INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,300 THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 06/01/12