15V519000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Headlamps that do not illuminate reduce the driver's ability to see the roadway and reduce the vehicle's visibility to oncoming vehicles, both of which increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
2008 BUICK LACROSSE
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 343 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints343
Complaints citing a crash16
Complaints citing a fire9
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
14V355000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, a key knocked out of the run position will cause loss of engine power, power steering, and power braking, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
What owners report most
- 76ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 75AIR BAGS
- 58EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 17ENGINE
- 14UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 14LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
- 13STEERING
- 10SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 BUICK LACROSSEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.