Buick Lacrosse Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which Buick Lacrosse years should you avoid?

Going by 2,125 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Buick Lacrosse years to avoid are 2007.

20072.1× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (18 fires, 8 crashes).

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2017 and 2015 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2019	7	2	—	—	Engine	Routine
2018	12	3	—	—	Electrical System	Routine
2017	36	2	—	—	Electrical System	Routine
2016	48	2	2	5	Steering	Routine
2015	44	3	—	5	Steering	Routine
2014	63	5	1	7	Electrical System	Routine
2013	130	5	3	5	Electrical System	Fatalities reported
2012	206	5	4	10	Electrical System	Above average
2011	169	4	1	15	Engine	Routine
2010	189	2	9	6	Electrical System	Routine
2009	106	2	4	3	Exterior Lighting	Routine
2008	251	2	6	12	Electrical System	Above average
2007Avoid	250	4	18	8	Exterior Lighting	Above average
2006	299	4	7	16	Exterior Lighting	Above average
2005	315	5	6	7	Exterior Lighting	Above average

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2019

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Engine

Routine