Airbags & Seat Belts issues make up roughly 1% of all Buick owner complaints. The majority of the issues have been reported by LaCrosse owners.
The complaint we hear about most often is air bag light on/off while driving in the 2008 LaCrosse.
Some Buick models are part of the Takata airbag recalls. Takata, a parts supplier for numerous automakers, manufactured defective, shrapnel-hurling airbag inflators that have affected over 34 million+ vehicles.
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