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2012 Buick Lacrosse stability control problems

25 complaints about stability control have been filed for the 2012 Buick Lacrosse, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
25 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
84,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control complaints by mileage, 2012 Buick Lacrosse Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 84,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 84,000 miles
Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 24 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

I was driving my car down a interstate highway when all of a sudden the stability track can on my dash and the car freaked out and breaked really hard ! I stated to spin out and then a loud crack the lower control arm broke on the rear right side . We almost really lost our lives! This is the 12 time this has happen and the mechanics tell me nothing is wrong they can see!! I'm taking it to buick to see what they say this should be recalled asap! Somebody will get severely hurt soon omg

Reported at 235,000 miles, July 2020 Crash

Takata recall. As I was driving on the highway my vehicle slowed down on its own in the midst of 70 MPH traffic and as I pushed on brakes my vehicle jerked. When I tried to speed back up my car slowly accelerated. I was terrified when it slowed down because the car behind me almost hit me. My car is now give me a warning sign 'stabilize track assist' but I had my breaks check and they were fine. Now I start to smell a burning smell sometimes when I'm driving

Reported at 158,000 miles, April 2019

Other problems reported for the 2012 Buick Lacrosse

Stability control problems in other years

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Stability control problems across all Buick models