Excited to buy an Enclave, we paid to much for the first one that came to our dealer, completely loaded Diamond tricoat CXL. Then the fun began.
1. Recalled for leaking roof.
2. Recalled for transmission flash if you wanted it. We did.
3. Replaced seat belt plastic hootus where belt was wearing through it. New one's are doing it too.
4. Replaced the power steering pump under warranty.
5. Replaced the battery, $220 installed, that was under warranty but not on the car warranty which is what they use.
6. Recall to have the heated fluid disabled and giving $100 for our inconvenience.
7. Navigation unit has map read error, never works. Iphone and Around Me works better anyway, still sucks and hurts the re-sale.
8. Water pump went out. Took it to a hometown auto shop for replacement where they broke it off in us for $725. Realizing that it
would have been covered under the drive train warranty I began the long and painful process of trying to get reimbursed. Ended up
getting $365 from our dealer for my screw up. That was the rate our dealer would have charged GM. Thats a full refund.
9. One month later the transmission goes out. Instead of replacing with a reman they are overhauling it. They have had it for two
weeks this Tuesday because they had to wait on parts. Should be done Tuesday or Wednesday.
I've been a die hard GM guy for as long as I've driven. Because of this experience and the bailout I will never own another GM vehicle as long as I live and I hate that.
By the way we love our Enclave when it isn't being recalled or repaired. Unfortunately we are stuck with it for awhile and that scares me. I hope all of the bugs have been worked out on the new ones because the 08 has been a pain in the ass to own and I can't wait to trade it off. Sad thing is that year is starting to get a reputation.
1. Recalled for leaking roof.
2. Recalled for transmission flash if you wanted it. We did.
3. Replaced seat belt plastic hootus where belt was wearing through it. New one's are doing it too.
4. Replaced the power steering pump under warranty.
5. Replaced the battery, $220 installed, that was under warranty but not on the car warranty which is what they use.
6. Recall to have the heated fluid disabled and giving $100 for our inconvenience.
7. Navigation unit has map read error, never works. Iphone and Around Me works better anyway, still sucks and hurts the re-sale.
8. Water pump went out. Took it to a hometown auto shop for replacement where they broke it off in us for $725. Realizing that it
would have been covered under the drive train warranty I began the long and painful process of trying to get reimbursed. Ended up
getting $365 from our dealer for my screw up. That was the rate our dealer would have charged GM. Thats a full refund.
9. One month later the transmission goes out. Instead of replacing with a reman they are overhauling it. They have had it for two
weeks this Tuesday because they had to wait on parts. Should be done Tuesday or Wednesday.
I've been a die hard GM guy for as long as I've driven. Because of this experience and the bailout I will never own another GM vehicle as long as I live and I hate that.
By the way we love our Enclave when it isn't being recalled or repaired. Unfortunately we are stuck with it for awhile and that scares me. I hope all of the bugs have been worked out on the new ones because the 08 has been a pain in the ass to own and I can't wait to trade it off. Sad thing is that year is starting to get a reputation.