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2006 BUICK LACROSSE — Complaint #1138055

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH filed December 10, 2014

NHTSA complaint #1138055 (ODI reference 10663425) concerns a 2006 BUICK LACROSSE and was filed on December 10, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 28, 2014. The vehicle had 75,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Indiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:headlights:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BUICK LACROSSE cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:headlights:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2006 BUICK LACROSSE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2006 BUICK LACROSSE
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
State
Indiana
Mileage
75,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK LACROSSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THE RUNNING LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHT MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 01/28/15*LJ UPDATED 10/7/2015*JS

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1138055
ODI Number 10663425
Date Filed December 10, 2014
Failure Date November 28, 2014
VIN 2G4WD582661

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.