NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Buick LaCrosse Recalls
The 2008 Buick LaCrosse has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 14, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Buick LaCrosse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 250
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Buick LaCrosse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2008 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
2008 Buick LaCrosse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 250 owner complaints about the 2008 Buick LaCrosse, the newest on September 30, 2024. Of these, 12 describe a crash (5%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Buick LaCrosse, the component group named most often is the electrical system (34%), followed by the air bags (31%) and the exterior lighting (24%).
1 of the 2008 Buick LaCrosse's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Buick LaCrosse owners gave the mileage (200 complaints), the median was 53,291 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System84
- Air Bags77
- Exterior Lighting61
- Engine17
- Latches/Locks/Linkages14
- Steering14
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 60 | |
| 2015 | 69 | |
| 2016 | 26 | |
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Buick LaCrosse peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 69. 10% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Buick LaCrosse drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Buick LaCrosse year in the same window: 5th highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 250 complaints about the 2008 Buick LaCrosse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick LaCrosse by model year
Other 2008 Buick models
Newest record on this page: September 30, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted