2005 Buick LaCrosse from North America - Comments

To those that question Buick's quality on this thread, I found it was interesting that 5 out of the 6 owners on this site said they would buy another Buick. Compare that to say those who own late model Toyota Camrys who said they would purchase another Toyota product. It isn't even close to 5 out of 6. Buick buyers are among the most loyal in the business and for very good reason. I think it is safe to say that all of the Buick naysayers on here have never owned one much less driven one.

I own a 2006 Buick Lacrosse and so far it has performed well. The only thing that bugs me is that the brake pedal is too close to me and the gas pedal is too far. It's the first car I have driven that has given me this problem. Maybe it's because of the retirees in Florida that kept hitting the gas pedal instead of the brakes and caused accidents?!

Let me see if I can put all this into perspective, I agree with Buick reliability. Honda's and Toyota's also nice vehicles. However, I went to my locate dealer today to check out a Lacrosse. Liked it, although, nothing special as far as styling goes. Didn't find the driver's seat all that comfortable. It may just be new. There were still 6 new 2006 models on the lot??? with the 2008's due out in less than a month. Needless to say, this car is not popular. That equates to a high depreciation. From a financial aspect, The absolute worse thing you can do to yourself when buying a ***NEW*** car is buy one which tanks in value. With that said, a 3-4 year old Lacrosse could be a very good value. You should be able to buy it "right" and it would a very viable vehicle for years to come.

I purchased a 2005 Buick LaCrosse CXL in August 2005. It has performed well with minimal warranty issues except for one regarding the cluster lights. They are designed to come on during daylight driving to enable the driver to see the odometer, temperature, compass and the clock. The first year they came on within seconds of exiting the garage, with rare occasions of driving a few miles. As time went on, it took longer for them to come on, and sometimes not at all. The dealer at first said it was functioning normal and no repairs were needed. I took it to two other Buick dealers and got the same answer. I was finally able to get the car to a dealer with the cluster lights not functioning and had the service writer and a technician agree the lights were not working. They were not able to determine the cause of failure and called Buick tech support who again said it was normal. Now I drive many miles without cluster lights which according to Buick is normal functioning. So far, I have hit a blank wall and Buick refuses to recognize the problem, and I am to drive the car without cluster lights. Although the car has performed very well in all other areas, unfortunately the lack of concern and failure to remedy the problem, compels me to write off Buick as my next car.

I am interested to know if anyone else has had this problem and/or any suggestions, or is my situation unique.