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Buick Lacrosse · 2005

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V355000·2014-06-23

    GM Recalls Vehicles for Ignition Switch Airbag Deployment Risk

    General Motors is recalling specific Buick, Cadillac, and Chevrolet models because the ignition switch may move out of the run position, potentially preventing airbag deployment and causing loss of power steering and braking.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC, BUICK, CHEVROLET DEVILLE, LACROSSE, MONTE CARLO, DTS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V519000·2015-08-14

    GM Recalls Vehicles for Headlamp Driver Module Overheating Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2005-2009 models because the headlamp driver module may overheat and fail, causing lights to stop working.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK, SAAB, PONTIAC RAINIER, LACROSSE, 9-7X, GRAND PRIX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • AQ14001 Audit Query · electrical system
  • RQ13003 Recall Query · electrical system:propulsion system:traction battery

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2008 · airbags 65 complaints, median 50,000 mi
  • 2010 · electrical 43 complaints, median 63,000 mi
    Includes 6 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2011 · electrical 30 complaints, median 72,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2012 · engine 27 complaints, median 55,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · steering 24 complaints, median 64,941 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,410 manufacturer service bulletins across 15 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2019: 4.3/5 · 6 complaints
  • 2018: 4.1/5 · 12 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2017: 4.0/5 · 34 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2016: 3.9/5 · 48 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2015: 3.6/5 · 44 complaints · most complained-of: steering

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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