2011 BUICK LACROSSE — Complaint #1872136
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:HILL START ASSIST:CLUTCH SOLENOID filed February 9, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1872136 (ODI reference 11506409) concerns a 2011 BUICK LACROSSE and was filed on February 9, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 9, 2023. The vehicle had 72,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:adas:hill start assist:clutch solenoid, 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 electrical system:adas:hill start assist:clutch solenoid 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 2011 BUICK LACROSSE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2011 Buick LaCrosse. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, it started on its own and would shut down on its own. The contact heard a roaring noise coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 72,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1872136 |
| ODI Number | 11506409 |
| Date Filed | February 9, 2023 |
| Failure Date | February 9, 2023 |
| VIN | 1G4GC5ED0BF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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