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2009 Buick ENCLAVE Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1091880
Internal NHTSA #	10616607
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	BUICK
Model	ENCLAVE
Model Year	2009
File date	01/01/14
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	We intermittently lose power steering at low speeds. So far we have not hit anything, but have come close at intersections, in parking lots, and in driveways. I am not sure when it first happened. Maybe about a year ago. At the beginning, it was once in a while. Now just about every trip we have an incident. Power steering reservoir is full and pump appears to be working properly. When i told the dealer of the issue i am having, they recommended changing the pump and gear at an approximate cost of $2,000. As an engineer, i found it hard to believe that both the pump and gear needs replacing. I did some research online and found that many people with same issue who did change pump and gear still had the same issue. Further research leads me to believe that the power steering system has a design is defect that needs to be addressed by national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa). The enclave and other gm vehicles have a variable effort steering (ves) system that varies the amount of effort to steer the vehicle. Apparently the steering gear valve solenoid can stick causing lose of steering with no warning. I recommend that nhtsa requires gm to either replace ves system with a highly reliable design or disable the system to reduce possibility of having an accident due to power steering failure. Nhtsa is welcome to use my vehicle to analyze the issue. *js
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	85000
Number of Occurences	2
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ORLANDO, FL
VIN pattern	5GAER23D09JXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	14/12/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	10
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2009 Buick ENCLAVE Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Buick ENCLAVE Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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