Buick Lacrosse
The Buick Lacrosse appears on NHTSA's register for model years 2005 to 2019: 23 recall campaigns (43 model-year entries) and 1,638 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is exterior lighting (209.3 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by electrical system (208.4).
The 2005 model year has the most complaints (303). Recall campaigns peaked in 2014 with 5; complaints were received in the largest number in 2015 (376). Within Buick, this line ranks 4 of 27 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Buick Lacrosse | 4 | 303 | 277% | 3,633,289 |
| 2006 Buick Lacrosse | 3 | 278 | 255% | 3,571,695 |
| 2007 Buick Lacrosse | 3 | 237 | 217% | 3,572,503 |
| 2008 Buick Lacrosse | 2 | 228 | 209% | 3,570,901 |
| 2009 Buick Lacrosse | 2 | 101 | 92% | 3,570,901 |
| 2010 Buick Lacrosse | 1 | 148 | 136% | 220,006 |
| 2011 Buick Lacrosse | 3 | 109 | 100% | 644,518 |
| 2012 Buick Lacrosse | 4 | 104 | 95% | 681,320 |
| 2013 Buick Lacrosse | 4 | 52 | 48% | 322,386 |
| 2014 Buick Lacrosse | 5 | 35 | 32% | 3,704,173 |
| 2015 Buick Lacrosse | 3 | 17 | 16% | 3,681,240 |
| 2016 Buick Lacrosse | 2 | 15 | 14% | 3,680,845 |
| 2017 Buick Lacrosse | 2 | 9 | 8% | 13,331 |
| 2018 Buick Lacrosse | 3 | 2 | 2% | 405,628 |
| 2019 Buick Lacrosse | 2 | 0 | 0% | 404,733 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Buick Lacrosse complaints (2,236 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Buick model lines
- Lesabre 57 recalls · 3,676 complaints
- Regal 165 recalls · 2,927 complaints
- Century 75 recalls · 1,795 complaints
- Lacrosse 43 recalls · 1,638 complaints
- Park Avenue 23 recalls · 1,356 complaints
- Enclave 66 recalls · 1,302 complaints
- Rendezvous 14 recalls · 1,198 complaints
- Lucerne 17 recalls · 802 complaints
- Skylark 55 recalls · 522 complaints
- Rainier 15 recalls · 376 complaints
- Roadmaster 17 recalls · 329 complaints
- Riviera 39 recalls · 316 complaints
- Verano 15 recalls · 241 complaints
- Terraza 6 recalls · 200 complaints
- Encore 22 recalls · 169 complaints
- Reatta 4 recalls · 51 complaints
- Electra 31 recalls · 37 complaints
- Envision 15 recalls · 33 complaints
- Skyhawk 18 recalls · 14 complaints
- Estate 14 recalls · 6 complaints
- Encore GX 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Estate Wagon 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Apollo 8 recalls · 0 complaints
- Wildcat 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Centurion 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Envista 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- Special 3 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Buick Lacrosse model years have the most recalls?
2014 (5), 2005 (4), 2012 (4). Across model years 2005–2019 there are 23 distinct campaigns.
Which Buick Lacrosse model year has the most complaints?
2005, with 303 of the line's 1,638 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Buick Lacrosse complain about?
exterior lighting (209.3 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (208.4 per 1,000 mentions), air bags (93.9 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.