NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Buick LaCrosse Recalls
The 2005 Buick LaCrosse has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 14, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Buick LaCrosse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 315
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Buick LaCrosse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 Buick LaCrosse
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 15V519000
- Reported
- August 14, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 429,170
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009 LaCrosse, 7 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V355000
- Reported
- June 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,141,731
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009 LaCrosse, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 06V417000
- Reported
- October 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 794
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006 LaCrosse, 10 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 05V156000
- Reported
- April 20, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Buick LaCrosse
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 LaCrosse, 10 other models
2005 Buick LaCrosse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 315 owner complaints about the 2005 Buick LaCrosse, the newest on August 13, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Buick LaCrosse, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (26%), followed by the electrical system (25%) and the steering (16%).
1 of the 2005 Buick LaCrosse's 5 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2005 Buick LaCrosse owners gave the mileage (224 complaints), the median was 64,022 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting82
- Electrical System80
- Steering51
- Air Bags34
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic21
- Power Train19
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 29 | |
| 2006 | 16 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 61 | |
| 2015 | 46 | |
| 2016 | 45 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 Buick LaCrosse peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 61. 21% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Buick LaCrosse drew 2.9× the complaints of the median Buick LaCrosse year in the same window: 1st highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the Buick LaCrosse years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 315 complaints about the 2005 Buick LaCrosse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick LaCrosse by model year
Other 2005 Buick models
Newest record on this page: August 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted