NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Buick LaCrosse Recalls
The 2006 Buick LaCrosse has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 14, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Buick LaCrosse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 299
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Buick LaCrosse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2006 Buick LaCrosse
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 15V519000
- Reported
- August 14, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 429,170
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2009 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 2005, 2007–2009 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 2005 LaCrosse, 10 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007 LaCrosse, 10 other models
2006 Buick LaCrosse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 299 owner complaints about the 2006 Buick LaCrosse, the newest on January 20, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (5%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Buick LaCrosse, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (52%), followed by the electrical system (28%) and the air bags (13%).
1 of the 2006 Buick LaCrosse's 4 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2006 Buick LaCrosse owners gave the mileage (217 complaints), the median was 78,246 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting156
- Electrical System83
- Air Bags38
- Steering26
- Suspension11
- Engine8
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 46 | |
| 2015 | 80 | |
| 2016 | 50 | |
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Buick LaCrosse peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 80. 8% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Buick LaCrosse drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Buick LaCrosse year in the same window: 7th highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 299 complaints about the 2006 Buick LaCrosse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick LaCrosse by model year
Other 2006 Buick models
Newest record on this page: January 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted