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What 46 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Buick Lacrosse Hybrid

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (46)Crash / fire / injury (7)Steering (12)Transmission & drivetrain (7)Speed control (6)Airbags (5)Brakes (4)Engine (3)Fuel system (3)Driver assistance (2)Electrical system (2)Body & structure (1)

4 of 46 complaints match · Brakes · clear filters

Oct 18, 2023BrakesDriver assistance

Adaptive cruise control dropped out, taking along with it the ABS (warning light), Stabilitrak (handling system) (warning light), Collision prep (message). Dealer states the ABS computer module failed, now in process of finding a replacement. Meanwhile, the ABS, cruise control, and other systems mentioned here are inoperative. It may well be that this may be considered to be a component failure, not an inherent safety issue but under some driving conditions it is clearly a safety consideration.

NHTSA ODI 11550579

Jul 9, 2023Transmission & drivetrainSpeed controlBrakes

control module,left and right rear wheel speed sensors

NHTSA ODI 11531198

May 5, 2022Transmission & drivetrainBrakes

When braking from 50 mph or 40 mph coming to a stop my car jerks and it’s very hard to stop it uncomfortable hesitation, Jerk, or lurch. Almost caused accident twice where I couldn’t stop the vehicle this is very unsafe for me and my family also transmission downshifts and up shifts are really hard in this vehicle

NHTSA ODI 11463473

Oct 3, 2018Speed controlBrakes

ADAPTIVE CRUISE ENGAGES ANTILOCK BRAKES IN A RANDOM MANNER EVEN WHEN NO CAR IS IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPEEDS. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

NHTSA ODI 11133159

Working with the data? Download all 46 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 24, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2016 Buick Lacrosse Hybrid verdict →