Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| PI-0324-C | 04/17/2012 | 10043647 | Gmc/chevrolet/buick: transmission pump needs inspecting due to engine cranking but fails to start, has no forward, no reverse, transmission leaks, hard shift and no cranking. *pe | 04/17/2012 | |
| PI-0670 | 02/01/2012 | PI-0670-A | 10043628 | Gmc/buick/chevrolet: transmission slips when in reverse or not in reverse, 3rd gear or no 3rd gear, flare shifting to 5th or no 5th gear. *pe updated 4/17/12. *pe | 04/16/2012 |
| PI-0670 | 02/01/2012 | 10043628 | Gmc/buick/chevrolet: transmission slips when in reverse or not in reverse, 3rd gear or no 3rd gear, flare shifting to 5th or no 5th gear. *pe | 04/16/2012 | |
| PIP-4624-M | 04/04/2012 | 10043487 | Chevrolet/buick/gmc: restriction, through the pqc, has been placed on the valve control solenoid (tehcm) p/n 24256524 and 24265367, to assist engineering feedback product. *pe | 04/04/2012 | |
| PIP-4990 | 12/01/2011 | 10043320 | Buick/chevrolet/gmc/pontiac/saturn: some model year vehicles may experience service engine soon (ses) lamp illuminated. issue may be caused by the control solenoid/module assembly or may have damaged or poor terminals for under hood fuse | 03/13/2012 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) | |||||
| PIP-4993 | 01/01/2012 | 10043488 | Buick/chevrolet: due to a collision that caused contactors to open, service charging system message, mil may be inoperative. *pe | 04/04/2012 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - LEVER AND LINKAGE - COLUMN SHIFT | |||||
| PI0670B | 03/01/2012 | 10043890 | Gm: diagnostic tips for dtc p0776, slips when reverse is selected or no reverse. slip or flare when shifting into third/ fifth gear or no third/fifth gear. also included model chevrolet captiva sport model year 2012. model chevrolet orlando | 05/01/2012 | |
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | |||||
| SB-12082 | 05/01/2012 | 10044384 | Gm: service update for inventory vehicles only. rear differential module seal leak. expires may 31,2013. this bulletin provides a service procedure to replace the clutch piston seal in the rear differential module. *js | 06/18/2012 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 06/17/2011 | 100 | 1 | |
| I parked the vehicle in parking bay at a gas station and went inside. i was in there approximately 3 minutes and a gentleman game into the building and asked did anyone in there own a buick lacrosse. i said it was mine, he told me it had rolled out of the parking bay towards his mercedes, he had stopped my vehicle. i subsequently found i had turned the engine off while the vehicle was in drive so there was no braking effect. where i had parked the pavement was a very gentle slope so i did not notice any movement of the vehicle when i alighted from it. this model has remote wireless key so you do not insert any key to either start or stop the engine. to start you have to have the key within the vehicle be in either park or neutral and depress the foot brake and then press the start button. what i have found is when turning off the engine the vehicle can be in any of the following, drive, reverse, neutral or park. so if you happen to be in anything but park and then turn off the motor then the vehicle is free to roll away with the possibility of it hitting something or worse still hitting a person. with all automatic vehicles i have previously owned you needed to put the vehicle in park before you could remove your key and after exiting the vehicle you knew it was effectively braked and was not going to roll away. i believe this matter needs addressing before it does result in a possible fatality. to alleviate the possibility of the vehicle moving either the engine/transmission management system needs to be altered so that you must put the vehicle in park before turning off the engine or at the very least there should be either an audible alarm or visual alarm to alert the driver that the driver has not left the vehicle in a safe condition. after contacting the dealer it was determined this anomaly applied to all of these vehicles. *tr | |||
| 06/17/2011 | 100 | ||
| I parked the vehicle in parking bay at a gas station and went inside. i was in there approximately 3 minutes and a gentleman game into the building and asked did anyone in there own a buick lacrosse. i said it was mine, he told me it had rolled out of the parking bay towards his mercedes, he had stopped my vehicle. i subsequently found i had turned the engine off while the vehicle was in drive so there was no braking effect. where i had parked the pavement was a very gentle slope so i did not notice any movement of the vehicle when i alighted from it. this model has remote wireless key so you do not insert any key to either start or stop the engine. to start you have to have the key within the vehicle be in either park or neutral and depress the foot brake and then press the start button. what i have found is when turning off the engine the vehicle can be in any of the following, drive, reverse, neutral or park. so if you happen to be in anything but park and then turn off the motor then the vehicle is free to roll away with the possibility of it hitting something or worse still hitting a person. with all automatic vehicles i have previously owned you needed to put the vehicle in park before you could remove your key and after exiting the vehicle you knew it was effectively braked and was not going to roll away. i believe this matter needs addressing before it does result in a possible fatality. to alleviate the possibility of the vehicle moving either the engine/transmission management system needs to be altered so that you must put the vehicle in park before turning off the engine or at the very least there should be either an audible alarm or visual alarm to alert the driver that the driver has not left the vehicle in a safe condition. after contacting the dealer it was determined this anomaly applied to all of these vehicles. | |||