CarComplaints.com Notes: Buying the first model year of any vehicle is rarely a good idea. You become a guinea pig for the automaker and they are really not nice to guinea pigs.
The 2008 Enclave has a wide enough range of problems to issue a warning. There's transmission failure under 90k miles, new power steering units costing over $1,300, and enough engine complaints to NHTSA to scare anyone away.
6.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- $900
- Average Mileage:
- 90,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 2 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace components (1 reports)
- replace switch (1 reports)
body / paint problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2008 Buick Enclave (as we call it "Christine"). Tail/lift gate opens and closes all by itself. Really! 3 mornings in a row found the car w/ the tailgate standing open. Accused my wife of accidentally hitting the open button on the fob. (Bad idea to accuse wife. Make a note of that). Next day she went shopping while I stayed in the car. Motor running, in Park. Almost crapped my pants when the tail gate went up by itself. As I was praying the gate went back down by itself. Several minutes later, while I was still praying for God to save me from these devils, it did it again. Yikes!!! Shop tried to fix by replacing a switch. Next morning tail gate standing open again. Took it back. They had to completely dismantle the tail gate and replace another switch. Cost $900. It never happened again. Thank GOD it never happened while driving. Only in Park. I'll stick to my F-150.
- rather own a ford, Waukesha, WI, US