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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.

2.7

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
54,983 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

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2008 Buick Enclave fuel system problems

fuel system problem

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2008 Buick Enclave Owner Comments

problem #8

Mar 162022

Enclave

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Sunroof messing up electrical system clogs up easily radio and everything else don't work right electrical all messed up because it clogging sunroof crankshaft won't relearn

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #7

Apr 192019

Enclave

  • 5 miles
This SUV is the devil it self. Is giving me all kind of problem right now it have a limp mode and I have no idea what to do the transmission is not working in any gear. The soft codes said P0171, P 0174, P 0420, P 0300 is crazy. I have change the alternador, the purge valve, the valve canister on top of the gas tank and the other sensor that tell you about the fumes of the tank went filling. I also change the PCV valve all the breathers hoses in the intake housing, I change the troutle body, the spark plugs, the coils, the intake gaskets, the oxigents sensors, the batery poles. And this SUV still giving me problems now it went to a transmission limp mode and is not coming out not even if you erase the codes and all fuses are good.

- Brockton, MA, USA

problem #6

Sep 222018

Enclave

  • 173,000 miles
I bought this vehicle July of 2017 probably about 6 months driving my radio makes a loud static noise and then no sound not even blinker sounds. I get in it later that day crank it it's fine. Then begin to have intermittent cranking issues crank it nothing everything on the dash blacks out nothing nothing happens turn the key back turn it back over it cranks that still seems to be a problem it still does that. Then a few months later my liftgate just opens by itself that has happened on several occasions I just been wake up in the morning the and the liftgate is open. One morning my husband wakes up to go to work and goes outside my car has actually remote start itself I was just sitting in the yard running like somebody remote started it but no one was up to do that. At night when I go to bed I don't lock my vehicle because I'm afraid it may be auto started the next morning when I get up and now my check engine light is on with my service traction control and service stabilitrak light the engine is giving the code for injectors 2 4 and 6. P204 202 206. These lights will randomly come on and go off and when their own the vehicle won't start bog down and try to cut off or cut off it doesn't want to stay running came to a red light three days ago those lights come on in the middle of pulling off from a red light it was green so I was pulling away car just shuts off put it put it in park crank it up drives right off.

- Gaston, SC, USA

problem #5

Oct 072015

Enclave

  • 101,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. While driving 70 mph, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there was a leak in the fuel tank. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 101,000.

- Asheboro, NC, USA

problem #4

Jan 212016

Enclave

  • 38,859 miles
The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. While reversing at a low speed, the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel injector needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 38,859.

- Cleveland, OH, USA

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problem #3

Oct 032015

Enclave

  • 107,000 miles
The throttle body on several GM vehicles has failed. I was driving my car down the highway when the traction control light started flashing, then the engine reduced power start light went on, then the car sputtered, slowed down and would not go over 30 mph. This could cause an accident when driving at a high rate of speed, the vehicle slows down quickly and you cannot get power to move over 30. I have researched this and it is a common problem with GM vehicles.

- Waterloo, WI, USA

problem #2

Jul 082009

Enclave 6-cyl

  • 20,000 miles
The vehicle repeatedly stalls at random times. This includes at high speed, in the middle of the eisenhower tunnel on I-70, to driving down the street. Repeated visits to the dealership reveal no "codes" so it continues to be ignored. My wife will not drive it anymore so I do. The dealership says "trade it in" but we feel like we would be passing a coffin onto another family. My family has been killed nearly twice from stalling in tunnel and high traffic.

- Edwards, CO, USA

problem #1

Sep 222014

Enclave 6-cyl

  • miles
The engine light came on... (4) recalls for other malfunctions..., the current re-call - 10/2014 on side air bags, that was taken care of. The engine light continued to stay on...the dealership found the problem... the gas tank...a brand new gas tank was needed. How can that be, the car is ( 6 ) years - six. The mileage ( 64,000 ).. record shows consistent car services, good care from the initial purchase. The dealership states the cost would be $505. "the car could at any time stop receiving gas into the tank!!!.... the car at any time, could just stop!!!, due to a defected gas tank; assembled at a GM plant, 2008 to me, this is their/ GM responsibility. This is definitely a **safety road issue, not caused by me.... they did some sort of test; automobile was not even at the service area, when the so-called test was administered; it was then declared that the charge is mind.... I spoke to a gmbuick rep, in detroit. Mi., he sent me to dealership, dealership determines who pays. GM transfers its responsibility to a dealership... please advise.... GM lacks the ability to interact with customer; no options, no customer service, no consideration, no satisfaction was given, especially; no manners... dealership did not make the car; nor equipment...please.

- College Park, GA, USA

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