Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10021980May 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
THE VEHICLES INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND RESULTED IN A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *MR *TS *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021978May 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START CAR WHEN THE ENGINE BACKFIRED, THE MANIFOLD EXPLODED AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. *MR *TS *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021930May 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ONCE AT 7000 MILES AND FAILED AGAIN AT 23,000 MILES. BOTH REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *MR *TS *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020544May 27, 2003
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
VEHICLE WAS T-BONED AND THE SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SERIOUSLY HURT WITH HEAD INJURY. 2000 BUICK LASABRE. YOU ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON FILE CONCERNING THIS MAKE AND MODEL AS WELL AS WITH THE PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AND THE BUICK PARK AVENUE. *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10019740May 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
VEHICLE FIRE/ VEHICLE DESTROYED. *MR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, PRIOR TO FIRE, VEHICLE WOULD SURGE THEN DIE OUT AT BOTH STOPS AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN. ALSO ENGINE HAD A WHINING NOISE. DEALER REPLACED GENERATOR ASSEMBLY. FUEL FILTER ALSO REPLACED. CLEANED THROTTLE BODY. BRAKES MADE SQUEALING NOISE. REAR BRAKES CLEANED AND ADJUSTED. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE IN THE RIGHT REAR AFTER HOT AT STOPS. EXHAUST SYSTEM MISALIGNED. THE MIRROR COMPASS AND REAR WINDOW WERE ALSO INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO FIRE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019002May 20, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOWS HAVE BROKEN 6 TIMES. THE DRIVERS WINDOW ACCOUNT FOR 3 OF THE TIMES. THE DRIVERS WINDOW IS CURRENTLY STUCK IN THE UP POSITION. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018868May 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
UPPER AND LOWER MANIFOLDS LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE CRANK CASE ON THE 3800 SERIES ENGINE...($1254.24 REPAIR COST) DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN ON THE MANIFOLDS, THE COMPANY REDESIGNED THE MANIFOLD TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM...WHY HASN'T THE COMPANY HAD A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM...?*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019630May 16, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
VEHICLE STALLED / ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. MR. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THE FUEL INJECTORS MAY HAVE BEEN FAULTY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019636May 16, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1998 BUICK LESABRE DESCRIPTION OF COMPLAINT NOT GIVEN. MR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020040May 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018770May 15, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL (DASHBOARD) IN MY CAR TWICE WITHIN THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS. EACH TIME I HAD TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT AND LOST THE USE OF MY CAR FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018687May 14, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I AM WRITING YOU BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO. I PURCHASED A 2000 BUICK LASABRE FROM BROWN PONTIAC IN AMARILLO TEXAS AT THE END OF 2000. ALL 4 WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING, BECAUSE OF ONE LITTLE PLASTIC PART THAT HAS BROKEN ON THE WINDOW REGULATOR, RENDERING THEM USELESS, AND POSES A PROBLEM IN CASE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, OR OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE THE WINDOWS NEEDED TO BE OPERABLE. IT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN MATERIAL USED, WHICH IS A LITTLE PLASTIC BALL, WHICH HOLDS THE ELECTRIC WIRE IN PLACE THROUGH A TENSION SYSTEM. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS IT IS, IS TO PURCHASE AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE WINDOW REGULATOR AND MOTOR, WHICH IS ABOUT $300 EACH, AND STILL THE SAME POTENTIAL PROBLEM EXISTS. ACCORDING TO USED PARTS PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THAT HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHEN MY TWO REAR WINDOWS STOPPED, I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, AND BECAUSE I HAD NOT PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANT ON THE VEHICLE, THEY ESSENTIALLY LAUGHED AT ME. I JUST HAD MY MECHANIC IN PAMPA TEXAS FIX THEM SO THEY WOULD AT LEAST STAY UP, AND SO MY CHILDREN WOULD NOT GET HURT ON THEM, OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. NOW MY FRONT TWO WINDOWS HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING, AND NO LONGER WORK, AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THEM IS TO REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATORS AND MOTORS IN ALL FOUR WINDOWS WHICH IS ABOUT $1200. THIS TO ME IS ABSURD WHEN THE PROBLEM IS ONE LITTLE PLASTIC BALL WHICH HOLDS THE TENSION SPRING IN PLACE SO THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS CAN GO UP AND DOWN. I AM HOPEFUL YOU CAN HELP ME TO GET BUICK AND GM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, BEFORE SOME LITTLE CHILD IS INJURED OR FALLS OUT A WINDOW BECAUSE IT NO LONGER WORKS, OR SOMEONE DIES OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BECAUSE THE WINDOWS NO LONGER GO UP AND DOWN. I APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE ME IN GETTING THIS UNFORTUNATE DANGEROUS SITUATION RESOLVED, AND MY WINDOWS REPAIRED. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR TIME AND CONCERN FOR DEALING WITH THIS MATTER. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019616May 12, 2003
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
THE FRONT WINDOW FAILED TO ROLL UP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019665May 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE LEAKED COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018496May 10, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
I HAVE A 2002 BUICK LASABRE, WITH 49000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD ON IT, THE TIE RODS ARE WORE OUT AND NOW, THE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED AND ARE FALLING APART. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018472May 9, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT OPERATE. THIS IS THE FORTH POWER WINDOW REGULATOR REPLACEMENT IN THREE SEPARATE WINDOWS THAT I HAVE HAD TO HAVE FIXED. TWO OF THESE REGULATORS BROKE IN ONE WEEKEND. I BELIEVE GENERAL MOTORS IS AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND WITH THE SERVICE BULLETIN 9908110008 ISSUED ON SEP. 1,1999 STATING THAT THE UPPER REG. ATTACHING BOLT MAY BE TOO FAR FOWARD AND NEEDS BOLT HOLE ELONGATED SO WINDOW GLASS DOES NOT BIND WHEN ROLLING UP WINDOW. THIS FAILURE RECORD IS COSTING ME AND OTHER CONSUMERS COSTLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018473May 9, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
LOUD KNOCK NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL IN SHARP TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. DEALER REPOSITION CRADLE BOLTS WITH NO HELP. FOUND LATER AFTER FACTORY WARRANTY WAS OUT THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WERE OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN. THIS PART SHOULD NOT WEAR THIS QUICKLY AND COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF THE STEERING SYSTEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019518May 8, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THEY HAD BEEN FIXED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE DEALER CHANGED THE BULB AND DETERMINED THERE WERE NO OTHER PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018216May 6, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR
THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BEARING SNAPPED WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO WOBBLE AND MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016980May 4, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE HORN TO WORK. AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF PRESSURE HAS TO BE APPLIED IN THE RIGHT SPOT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I HAD TO HONK THE HORN SUDDENLY AND I HAD DIFFICULTY DOING SO, BARELY AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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