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2018 Buick Enclave Steering problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2018 Buick Enclave's steering with NHTSA - 3% of all its complaints, most recently on August 25, 2025. Loss of power steering, stiff or loose steering, wandering, column and rack problems.

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Steering complaints

SteeringEngine & cooling

Wednesday August 6th 2025, I was coming home from work, the low engine compression and engine light came on the car was shaking and I lost power on a busy road, I had to pull it off the road quickly before I lost all power. I stayed there for a few minutes, then turned the car back on to retreat to a safer spot, I then waited for my husband to bail me out, we checked the oil on the dipstick, there was minimal oil on it. We added 1 quart of oil, then the lights went off, all seemed fine. August 23rd 2025, I was...

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driving my car and the same thing happened car lit up with low engine compression and engine light came on car was shaking, I shit the car off. we added 1quart of oil. But the engine light stayed on after about 30 min. I shut the car off. The engine light went off after I shut the car off.

Filed Incident Steering · EngineNHTSA 11682988
SteeringElectrical systemEngine & cooling

The car shuts off at random when coming out of autostop, the car will disable power steering when coming out of autostop to make turns making it difficult to turn the steering wheel. Coming out of autostop is typically when you are trying to go or make a turn. This has been an ongoing issue that happens often. The issues began around 60k miles.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11610932

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