21V00F000
SUSPENSION:REAR
A rear toe link fracture may reduce the driver's ability to control the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
2012 BUICK LACROSSE
5 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 306 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints306
Complaints citing a crash15
Complaints citing a fire4
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 5 of 5
20V764000
SUSPENSION:REAR
A rear toe link fracture may reduce the driver's ability to control the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
14V447000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
If the driver's seat unexpectedly drops, the distraction and altered seat position may affect the drivers' control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V173000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
If the vehicle is continued to be driven, the engine may stall and/or the vehicle may not start. In addition, there may be a burning or melting odor, smoke, and possibly a fire in the trunk.
11V404000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THE IMPROPER DIAGNOSING MAY CAUSE THE ESC TO FALSELY ACTIVATE, RESULTING IN SUDDEN CHANGES IN VEHICLE HANDLING AND DECELERATION, PARTICULARLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS, WHICH MAY CAUSE THE DRIVER DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING THE VEHICLE'S DESIRED PATH OF TRAVEL AND DESIRED VEHICLE SPEED, AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
What owners report most
- 59ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 46ENGINE
- 29SUSPENSION
- 24STEERING
- 24ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 23POWER TRAIN
- 17UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 16SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.