2008 Buick Enclave Air Bags & Restraints Problems

1st incident was 6/29/24 my driver seat airbag deployed. 2nd incident happened 8/3/24 when the airbag on the driver side deployed the whole side from the front to the back of the trunk.

My airbags driver side and the passenger front all exploded while sitting in my driveway nobody in the vehicle

Passenger airbag will disable randomly while driving for random periods of time ranging from a few seconds to a few hours despite there being a 140+ lb passenger. This will happen every few minutes.

The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle the air bag sensor light had illuminated and the message "service air bag" had displayed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the failure was due to water corrosion in the air bag system. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 200,000.

IT SAYS SERVICE AIRBAG

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG HAS FAILED IN CAR AND WAS NOT DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED INTO IT, FIXED CONNECTIONS AND STILL IT IS DISPLAYING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. SIGNAL STARTED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED AFTER CONNECTIONS TO PASSENGER SEAT WERE REPAIRED.

THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT IS ON IN MY 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. I HAD NOTICED THAT AT FIRST, IT WOULD GO ON AND OFF IF I WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT AND SOMEONE ELSE WAS DRIVING. I ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE IT THOUGHT I WAS A CHILD SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT, AS I AM A 30 YEAR OLD FEMALE WHO BARELY WEIGHS 100 LBS. THE LIGHT IS NOW CONSTANTLY ON.

AIR BAGS LIGHT STAYS ON REAR WIPER STOP WORKING

THE AIRBAG KEEP GOING OFF AND ON SERVICE AIRBAG AND WHEN I BRING IT TO GET IT CHECK THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT

I purchased this vehicle several years ago used and everything was working fine. Several months later, whenever a "passenger" sits in the front passenger seat, the check airbag and seat belt system message appears in the dashboard. After the seat becomes unoccupied, the message remains on...sometimes for a couple of days, sometimes for a week, and sometimes for a month or two. Then it may stop showing the message until a person sits there again. This also happened when the vehicle was not running and the key was in my pocket. I went and applied pressure to the passenger seat and when I started the vehicle with an empty passenger seat, the message appeared again. I took my vehicle to the dealer and they were going to charge me an arm and a leg for the repair and I was thinking this should be a covered repair. What I am saying is the message appears that something is wrong and when someone sits in the seat.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE DRIVING, THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CALLED HUTCHINSON BUICK GMC CADILLAC (3989 RIVER PL DR, MACON, GA 31210, (478) 757-2177) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SENSOR OR MODULE IN THE SEAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD A COMPUTER SCAN TEST BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000.

SERVICE AIRBAGS JUST STARTED ILLUMINATING TODAY. FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE BEEN SEEING. IT'S BECAUSE THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER PASSENGER SEAT GETS PINCH. ALSO THE SUN ROOF IS LEAKING THROUGH THE AIR BAG AREA ON THE DRIVER SIDE TO THE LEFT OF THE WINDSHIELD WHILE SITTING INSIDE THE CAR....

1.Passenger airbag- warning light gives me a daily message to service the airbag. I worry about whether the airbag will deploy at any moment or may not deploy if an accident occurs as I travel with my children daily. 2.Power steering- My power steering locked as I was driving 2 years ago. The auto shop has replaced/repaired the power steering system multiple times, however steering continues to whine and rub. 3.Trunk liftgate- The liftgate has abruptly lowered as my children and I have tried to get items in and out of the back. This resulted in one of them getting hit in the head. The back liftgate button has stopped engaging.

CHECK AIR BAG MONITOR KEEPS COMING ON

WENT TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE FROM DRIVER SIDE AND THE DOOR WOULDNT OPEN. YOU CAN PULL THE DOOR HANDLE BACK BUT DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. DOOR WILL OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG NOTIFICATION COMES ON FOR A WHILE BUT THEN WILL GO OFF PERIODICALLY. WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE IT WILL SAY "SERVICE AIR BAG" (PICTURE ATTACHED).

2008 BUICK ENCLAVE (RECALL# 14030)-FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORKING. RESEARCHED AND DISCOVERED THAT GENERAL MOTORS LLC (GM) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2013 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING WITH A PASSENGER IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE AIRBAG SENSOR WILL NOT REGISTER ANY IF THE PERSON IN THE PASSENGER SEAT IS NOT OF A CERTAIN WEIGHT. THIS IS REALLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION GIVEN THAT MY TEENAGERS RIDE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT MOST TIMES. PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY TO GET THIS RESOLVED. THIS RECALL IS IDENTICAL TO MY 2008 BUICK BUT YET NOT SHOWING FOR MY VIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, WATER LEAKED INTO THE CABIN AND ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BECOME SLIPPERY WHEN DEPRESSED. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER (ECKENHOFF BUICK, 919 CHURCH RD, CHERRY HILL, NJ) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. *TT*JB

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG WARNING WORKS ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING IN TRAFFIC WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JIM CAUSLEY BUICK GMC TRUCK (38111 SOUTH GRATIOT AVENUE, CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI 48036, (866) 774-0267) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT SENSOR FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT IF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT SENSOR WAS NOT REPLACED, THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.