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My neighbor is my insurance agent. He had to come look and praised its appearance highly. As he did he was telling me that his daughter had visited earlier and told him about the beautiful Lacrosse she'd seen earlier when they realized there was one in my drive. Different color.
As drivers become aware of the new styling they will become inclined to look more especially those that might be nearing a new vehicle.
But being fair, that was the attitude when the first Edsel showed up in the neighborhood. Lots of gleaming chrome and far nicer looking than anything else in the Ford stable at the time. Appearance can bring in new buyers. Quality brings buyers back.
Took a slow drive to store this morning to get pack of cigarettes. Not over 35 MPH. Lots of time to observe the slow rolling sound the tires were making, like they were out of round. I knew that sound from somewhere. Not a close to it, but dead on.
It came to me, my Dad's Chrysler 300. Big tires under it but not low profiles. So it would seem it is not a low profile with 19" wheel thing.
Can you say Badyear?
I don't see any undercoating on my car but I find it quiet and have no beef with the GY RSAs yet.
My last car was a 2009 MB E350 4Matic. The Buick is possibly quieter.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
I know people who replaced them with Michelin or Bridgestone and said it was like night and day. Some people don't even know how bad they are until after they are off and they have driven on a new better/higher quality tire.
Don't believe me about how bad they are, go to tirerack.com and check out the survey results for the high performance all season tires. You'll see the RS-As are ranked near the bottom of the category.
You won't have iPod menues or controls available. You are better off to get a cable that goes from the iPod main connector and terminates in a male pin at 3.5mm. This is true line out level audio and better than headpone output.
http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-35508-iPod-Compatible-Connector/dp/B000J022G6/re- f=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1286783641&sr=8-1
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Maybe you actually got a round set of GY but the other shortcomings likely exist.
There is absolutely no doubt what I'm hearing is noise from the tire against pavement (constant). The repetitive is with the turn of the wheel, like out of round or flat spot. The only other source of this particular sound can sometimes come from within tolerance rotors as they slightly shift caliper. The source is actually the moving of caliper on the slide mount. It will usually change intensity with time after braking and change during braking.
Because of issue, I checked wheels for mark that is supposed to show alignment for tire mounting. Not sure what it is supposed to be on these 19" The only mark I can find is a small stamped into metal mark on inner edge. It is aligned to the red dot on tire on two wheels or fairly close. Tire three is off by about 60 degrees. I can find no mark on the fourth wheel. Was it that perfect or maybe done by the guy who showed up high and drunk?
The balance weights are all less than 5, both inner and outer, except driver front which has 12 weights on outside.
Maybe they missed putting in sound deadening panel, but the source is obviously the tires.
I ended up downloading the music to computer, burning CD, & transferring to HDD.
If it works with yours, let me know.
Most download sites use 128kb/s, poor quality for a lot of music.
Also some use a narrower audio band limiting upper frequency to 20Khz. 24KHz is available.
Now this begs an answer to how CDA is recorded to HDD. Is it CDA format, and exact copy to HDD, or is it converted to MP3 automatically.
I would really like to know what the XM stream is? It does seem to be proprietary.
Has anyone tried using a HDD on the USB port?
One of my favorite radio streams is Virgin classic rock from the UK. It is 160 ogg but don't know how well it would convert. I would only try doing it to CDA on DVD disk and load to HDD or HDD input.
It would not matter if the tire was designed to be quiet for this size. And this seems to be proven a bad tire, not just on this vehicle.
Although this would not rule out a noisy design by Buick, I would certainly expect that Buick not overlook such an important feature connected to their nameplate, quiet ride.
The 2010 Buick LaCrosse, by that standard, has left a lot of jaws hanging open. It was so well-recieved, it was a finalist for the North American Car of the Year award.
It's a sharply styled sedan that rewards a second look with unexpected, fine details. Its interior is one of the most luxurious available at its price point, with soft leather, French seams, intuitive electronics and edgy, cool blue lighting that appeals to a younger crowd. It offers a choice of two responsive V6 engines, and while it doesn't handle like a rear-wheel-drive sport sedan, it acquits itself quite well on a winding road for a front-wheel-drive four-door.
This car is in close competition, along with the Cadillac CTS, to claim the title of GM's best sedan. It compares well to some of the best entry-level luxury cars on the market. The Los Angeles Times says the LaCrosse "was built to put the cross-hairs on a single bogie, the Lexus ES350, and I'll tell you right now, it blows the Lexus out of the sky. Pow. Parachute. Smoking crater." And the Times fails to mention that the LaCrosse's starting price undercuts the ES by a few thousand dollars.
Yesterday evening, still quite light out, but dark enough for the auto lights to come on, the nav screen was dimmed I suspect. Could not tell for sure because I could not see it at all thus I could not use menus.
Have I missed something?
Shall have to check if it is adjustable via commands.
It does appear that some things are sacrificed if you move to run-flats though.
Just by moving from one surface to another really shows the noise is from the contact of tire to the pavement.
Using this tire, then they should have at least added more sound deadening.
I believe the bailout money just may have been a very large waste. This is begining to look like my C5, always something broke.
It does not match the Olds Aurora Classic when it comes to ride tightness/control.
An injury to neck followed by a whiplash several years later.
Compression injury to mid-upper thorasic, followed by an impact from the side several years later with a bad sprain. Entire lumbar region suffers from disk degeneration and I've told there is some of the same to my neck.
So it is imperative I maintain good posture to avoid strain to my back. Good posture is sitting upright, shoulders back, and looking straight ahead or level. And good support is very helpful.
So, how can anyone do that with these terrible headrests????????
I went for the longest drive to date with my new car, a little over an hour. I had the seat back reclined just enough to aid with the headrest. Back started hurting. I tried adjusting lumbar. (I really wish it had the dual inflatable type.)
I had to straighten the seat back to erect to get relief, but then the darned headrest was forcing my neck out of anything resembling good posture. My head was being forced so far forward I must have looked like an old hunchbacked granny peering over wirerim glasses.
If anyone can tell me how to reposition just the headrest, I owe you big.
The backseat headrests do not have that horrible arch!
I have not figured out how to remove the headrest either. For me they are unsafe because they are injurious.
I feel for you. Beginning to think GM is a mistake already and wish I'd looked at new Lincolns. It has been several years since being in one and it was a very sumptuous ride, Town Car. Handled very good for big vehicle, very quiet, and good with highway MPG, 28.8.
Is there any place on the WWW that we can query Service Alerts? I did a Google and could not find anything related to this. Even went to GM.com and found nothing.
I apologize that you are experiencing a concern with your vehicle. If you currently have a case with GM can you please e-mail me your case number? You can get my e-mail by clicking on gmcustsvc. Thank you,
Mariah GM Customer Service
This is my first US car in over 30 years. I have owned MB, Infiniti, Toyota, Nissan, and VW. What is the problem? R They (GM) Mushrooms?
The newer GM engines (3.0L, 3.6L and 2.4L) all have DI and VVT and other features after almost twenty years and are a vast improvement in performance.
The feds just approved 15% ethanol in gasoline today, over the muted objections of the car industry for apparent engine damage to components not designed for higher ethanol content. Seems like they fear additional warranty claims with more ethanol used in cars not designed for the materials effect on components.
Does anyone on the board know how to avoid ethanol in fuels or are we stuck with this feeble attempt to reduce imported oil even though we all know ethanol use results in lower MPG on all cars that results in more oil and ethanol use- DUH!
Encourages new buyers of Buicks.
Good post on tires and wheels. You made me want to check the weights on our 2010 CXL with 18" alloys and Michelin Sport tires . BIG coincidence- we also have 4 weighs on all wheels except driver's front that has 12 as yours does. HMMMMM.
Velly Intellesting as they say. Michelin used to say if a tire took too much weight do not mount it due to out of round possibility. Wheels are often the culprit, but alloys are cast not machined for basic shape so methinks the 12 weights on both cars is compensating for something else.I have NO suspension or RFB know how so can't guess why all that outboard wheel weight on the LF only. Coincydink?
I wonder if it's grams.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I had to find a young GM engineer on the Camaro Forum, to get a straight answer about my Lacrosse bluetooth issue. My selling dealer didn't know anything and offered to try a mechanics phone (bad idea unless its an identical model). Another local dealer's Service Rep referred me to my salesman, in effect, refusing to accept any ownership of the problem.
Bottom line, 2010 models do not allow download of bluetooth phonebooks, only implemented in 2011. GM is not planning a firmware upgrade. They apparently think this is the way to sell me another car.
Have you read through your owners manuals carefully? Unless you have the Nav system, downloading info to the car would likely not be available. 09 Malibu only allowed about 10 contacts to be voice entered into the system. With that limit I almost always accessed phone via bluetooth for calling.
I do wonder why the new system only allows 30 downloaded contacts. Way too few compared to phone capabilities. I hoping that when I use the list command for the phone it will show the contacts on the nav screen, otherwise I would have to physically access phone screen, definitely not hands free.
The issue is that a common function, one that is expected, was left off, i.e., disabled by the incomplete bluetooth implementation. Neither my salesman, my selling dealer's service department, or an alternate dealer service manager are aware of this. Everyone is quick (you too) to assume user error.
Who in their right mind supplies HDD storage of 40 mg but leaves off a way to put phone contacts there?
Since the problem is fixed for 2011 models, is it unreasonable to expect GM to do a firmware upgrade? The competition does.
PS I entered several contacts manually and applied tags. This system is a disaster. It refuses tags it deems too similar to commands, especially "cancel". I can't wait to see the look on my friend Jim Brown's face when I tell him his name sounds like "cancel". Try to add a person by first and last name when you want a home and a cell number. Try to come up with a consistent way to name / tag people. How can a user be expected to remember the tags when you are forced to use first names at times, but last names only at other times. Don't have more than one friend named Mike or any friends with two phone numbers.
There should be an "automatic" choice as the third setting option. Be sure that in using voice commands, you don't accidentaly switch out of this mode. I did it once. "Auto" works great in my experience.
We tend to NOT over maintain cars if they ain't broke we don't fix em.
Seems like most of the chatter on the Lacrosse is on the memory seats, bad cell phone pairing with Bluetooth and operator errors with systems. Real issue will be long term durability of components and expendable parts not the fringe items IMO.
I don't know what current pump technology is. For awhile some ventured down the avenue of using electric pumps but that did not seem to work well. Issues of meeting instantaneous demand seemed to occur.
If I were testing, I'd try a pump similar to that used in automatic transmissions, Ford for sure. They are variable vane and vary the amount of fluid pumped to maintain proper pressure as measured at the output of the pump. If pressure drops, the volume is increased near instantaneously. An overpressure bypass valve is present in the same circuit but it is secondary an only acts as an emergency relief. Thus you should never hear that buzzing of the pressure regulator. And that sytem would reduce the power load to only what is needed.
Does anyone know what pump style is installed?
I would still do the purge of the system because it is quite simple, Nothing to disassemble. Just jack the front to remove weight on wheels. And then turn wheel stop to stop a few times. Look up procedure because I'm no longer certain if it is done engine off, engine running, or both. The intent is to remove any residual air in the steering mechanism which can cause noise at limits and a slight kickback.
I believe that rule of too much weight still applies and what I hear about RFB is it will give you a no-go indication for such tires.
GOK, God only knows, Maybe the line the tires are mated to wheels allows so many weights for each set and the right front is the 4th tire of each set. Lazy worker just slaps whatever is left for each set at that location. No leftover weights to clean up at the end of the day.
I heard a lot of GY were replaced at Chev shop because they would not pass a RFB. I certainly will check if Buick dealer has a RFB machine. It is my understanding the machine was created because of annoying vibration issues prevalent in stiff bodied vehicles like Cadillac and some Olds.
With the crunch, Cadillac dealer went bankrupt. The Chev dealer recently picked up Cadillac.
Turn-on phone, after it says ready say bluetooth, ready, say voice, ready, say persons name. It works.
Got it from the new online manual for my car, not the one it came with.
"Hello T.R.,
I checked the notes in the case and it shows that the problem has been escalated to engineering and they are working on a fix. I would continue to check back with your agent or your service manager for an update to see if they have found the fix. Unfortunately they are not going to give us an answer until the engineering department has a current fix. If you have any further questions please let me know. Thank you, Mariah GM Customer Service"
Maybe there is a different system in China where this car was designed for.
The FE I suspect is iron meaning they are moving away from lead. After some googling, I see they are commonly available in 5 gram increments up to 60 grams and 1/4 ounce. These would seem to be 1/4 ounce then at that is 3 ounces at one location. So much weight on a new tire is definitely pointing toward a problem.
To locate the problem in troubleshooting, the first step is to verify the problem. Showing the salesman or tech might be helpful.
BTW, I think the HDD size is 40GB, not 40mg, or 40MB if the milligram abbreviation was meant to be MegaByte.
The system in the Malibu had trouble understanding some names too. Phones are often lost as well, so frequently I did not enter full names for security reasons. Sometimes only the first letter of last name for last name. That makes it hard for anyone to figure out the real name. Sort of like not putting full name on check heading. Using only first and middle initial makes it impossible for a thief to know how you actually sign and an easy clue for the bank to know something is wrong. Avoid keeping ID with checks or other cards as well.
It might sound like a waste of tag space, but my cell has room for a thousand. Rather than have to pick from a list when there is more than one number and you want to use strictly voice/bluetooth, assign as a middle name H for home, C or M for cell or mobile, etc.
Is there anyone else having a 2010 system with your problems? Find out if the dealer has a 2010 on the lot, even a used one, and show them.
On the HDD, I'm thinking I read somewhere that not all of the 40GB is accessible for one purpose. That maybe part of it is dedicated to Nav, another part for music, etc. Sort of like setting user space limits under XP Pro and who can access what.
If China, then I'd think English would not be available as a choice or at least Chinese would be. But, that does not mean an employee who was quitting didn't do some funny business.
Has anyone tried accessing the system with a laptop via USB port?
Maybe someone can tell us what OS it is using and some guru can come up with special programming. 40GB is a lot of space unless you are working with video.
1) These terrible headrests. They need fixing. Maybe by the method someone else mentioned, making them adjustable fore and aft, like the ones in my Old Olds Aurora. For those who can't properly adjust, you can't cure stupid.
2)The terrible tires that come with the Touring package.
3) The dumb memory seat system. Why would anyone want the seat to move ahead before they get in?
I hope we can get these issues fixed on our vehicles, not just the ones down the road. Doing it that way will have me include the comment that GM is unwilling to fix current problems, "So, buyer beware!".
Additionally, lumbar support is not that great with only one support and because the bottom moves independent of the back, it means readjusting the lumbar anytime the bottom is adjusted for height. I liked the two air bag support system better.
A vehicle this nice should have cornering lamps.
It can use some desparate improvements to storage space.
How about some center armrest? It seems they could have build it into the side of the console.
And lumbar for the passenger.
Better seat bolsters would be nice, especially with the smooth leather. The Malibu has better bolsters with a suede that you are less likely to slip around on.
All of the above would go a long way toward saying luxury.
And a separate point i've noticed. The size of XM dead zones has quadrupled. I no longer remember for sure, but I'm thinking the antenna itself was not painted on Malibu. Paint can interfere with radio signals, especially metal flake. This makes me suspicious of paint on antenna as being source of weak signal.
Thank You
I like your idea of the middle initial as code for "home" or "cell" etc. The system can't handle these as i rejects them as sounding too similar. Try to enter Ron H Smith and then Ron C Smith. You can't.
I have 797 names in my Blackberry. Probably 100 are businesses with just one phone number, many contacts have just one number, however, I'd guess that 400-500 have two phone numnbers and some have three.
I am delaying my second trip to the dealer until I need that first oil change.