Went to turn left from a slow coast off of a two lane road into a parking lot with traffic coming from opposite direction. The steering got really tight and I needed maximum force from my arms to turn the wheel to get the car out of the way of an oncoming vehicle that had to quickly apply brakes to avoid hitting me. I had just got two new tires when the event occurred and spent the next 10 months with two more tires thinking the tire store had messed up the steering. They looked it over twice and couldn't find any issues. The steering became so the tightness was felt mostly getting into parking spaces at slow speeds. Then, I almost hit a parked car the first week of June when turning left again from not being able to turn the wheel, so I took it to the dealer where they diagnosed a failed steering pump and a leak in the steering rack. GMC paid for the parts and I paid $700 for the labor.

- Annapolis, MD, USA

I narrowly avoided 2 accidents recently when I was unable to turn my vehicle into driveways with vehicles coming in the opposite direction. The steering wheel would not turn. The service manager at the Buick dealership said that it was a power steering failure.

- Bulverde, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2010 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that each time the steering wheel was turned to it exhibited an abnormally loud rubbing noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for the defect. The dealer advised that they were aware of the defect, but did not have a solution in correcting the failure at that time. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 25,000.

- Wilsonville, AL, USA

I lost my steering with only 400 miles the first time.the power steering pump was replaced. The second time the mileage was 6404 the rack was replaced. The first incident was in Florida the second was in New York.

- Punta Gorda , FL, USA

My 2010 Buick Enclave has now had the steering rack fail twice in it's first year. The steering pump has now failed. This starts off as a rub and then soon after begins to have grinding in the steering wheel. I have not let it progress and had it repaired immediately each time. The dealer told me the parts were redesigned yet less than 6 months after installing the new parts, it failed again. I was told by the mechanic that there was insufficient oil in the part and the redesign was to add more oil. Clearly that has not worked. I was told if not promptly repaired, it would lead to loss of steering. I have already filed for repurchase of the vehicle under the lemon law in my state. The dealer also made statements about this being a known issue and that they are trying to get vehicles repaired as they come in and are trying to figure out why it's failing. Additionally I visited the Buick Enclave forums and some other sites and have indeed found this to be a common problem. I don't have a working knowledge of auto mechanics but I'm very concerned about the possible loss of steering control and the inability of the dealer to fix my problem.

- Sammamish, WA, USA