- VIN: 2G4WC58229121****
- MPG: /
- Year: 2009
Ownership Cost for 2009 Buick LaCrosse CX
Estimated: $40466 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
Depreciation |
$2255 |
$1082 |
$947 |
$857 |
$767 |
$5908 |
Insurance |
$1688 |
$1747 |
$1808 |
$1872 |
$1937 |
$9052 |
Fuel |
$1733 |
$1785 |
$1848 |
$1922 |
$2008 |
$9296 |
Maintenance |
$2763 |
$1748 |
$1021 |
$925 |
$2291 |
$8748 |
Repairs |
$977 |
$1138 |
$1298 |
$1417 |
$1627 |
$6457 |
Taxes & Fees |
$677 |
$677 |
$677 |
$677 |
$677 |
$1002 |
Total Ownership Costs |
$10094 |
$7579 |
$7020 |
$7056 |
$8718 |
$40466 |
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Body Class: Sedan/Saloon Displacement CC: 3800.0 Displacement CI: 231.89022755998 Displacement L: 3.8 Doors: 4 Engine Configuration: V-Shaped Engine Cylinders: 6 Engine Model: L26 Fuel Injection Type: Sequential Fuel Injection (SFI) Make: BUICK Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC Manufacturer Id: 984 Model: LaCrosse Model Year: 2009 Note: GM Code: 19, 69 Other Restraint System Info: Roof Airbags for Driver and passenger and Occupant Sensor Plant City: Oshawa #2 Plant Country: Canada Plant State: Ontario Seat Belts All: Manual Series: CX TPMS: Direct Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
2005 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP |
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER THREE TIMES TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. ON THE LAST VISIT TO THE SERVICE DEALER, THEY DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW SENSOR. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL LEAK, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE MACHINED. THE GAS CAP ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE TURNED ON, THE HEAT WOULD CUT OFF. UPDATED 12/12/06 *JB |
2009 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC |
I HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED MY VEHICLE IN A PARKING AREA AT A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX WHERE I WAS DELIVERING A MEAL TO MY NEPHEW WHO RESIDES THERE. BECAUSE I HAD JUST RECENTLY LEARNED THAT SOMEONE FROM MY COMMUNITY WAS DYING FROM AN ENCEPHALITIS-INFECTED MOSQUITO AND I AM VERY PRONE TO MOSQUITO BITES, I DECIDED TO RE-START MY CAR AND BACK INTO THE OPEN PARKING SPACE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE CONDO UNIT, A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 40 FEET FROM MY ORIGINAL STOP. I PROCEEDED TO BACK UP VERY SLOWLY AND VERY CAREFULLY INTO THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF THE CONDOMINIUM UNIT. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE TO STOP, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND INSTEAD, IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE A FLASH, ROCKETED BACKWARD, A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 40 FEET INTO THE SIDE OF THE CONDOMINUM. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SO FAST THAT IT MISSED THE SHRUBBERY IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND STRUCK THE WINDOW ABOVE IT, CRASHING INTO THE BUILDING. AT THE TIME, I WAS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER WITH A PERFECT DRIVING RECORD OF OVER 30 YEARS. THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT I APPLIED THE BRAKE, BUT IT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. BASED ON MY RECOLLECTION AND ON MY DRIVING EXPERIENCE, I AM CERTAIN THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I HAD STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR BY ACCIDENT. ON THE CONTRARY, I BELIEVE THIS WAS AN INSTANCE OF SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I SUFFERED WHIP LASH BUT WAS TREATED AND RELEASED IN THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, HOWEVER. TO THIS DAY, I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES OF THE HORRIBLE FEELING WHEN THE CAR THAT I HAD LOVED SO MUCH ROCKETED BACKWARD AND I FELT TOTALLY HELPLESS AND TRAPPED INSIDE. HAVING NOT PREVIOUSLY HEARD OF SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, I WAS INITIALLY IN SHOCK AND AT A TOTAL LOSS TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I ONLY KNEW THAT I HAD STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED IN ITS BACKWARD PATH AND, IN A FLASH, ROCKETED BACKWARD. *TR |
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