Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#722280May 4, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL AND WILL NOT WORK ON DELAY WHEN TURNED ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861393May 4, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, INTERIOR LIGHTING
VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED OUT. PRIOR TO STALLING, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CAME ON. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552073May 3, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FAILED MAKING IT HARD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722217May 3, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
ALTERNATOR FAILED AT 45,600 MILES, WATER PUMP FAILED AT 46,000 MILES, MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AT 48,017 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722223May 3, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
ATTACHING BOLT (DRIVERS SIDE) HOLDING THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION TO THE CRADLE BROKE, ALLOWING THE RACKAND PINION STEERING TO SHIFT IN THE RIGHT SIDE MOUNING BRACKET. BOLT SHOWED NO STRETCHING OR SHEAR FORCE CAUSING IT TO FAIL. BOLT HARDENED TO 10.9 (ON HEAD OF BOLT) BOLT IS UNAVAILIBLE UNTIL MIDDLE OF MAY DUE TO NUMBER CHANGES. (TELLS ME SOMETHING IS WRONG SOMEWHERE ! ). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552072May 3, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL PAINT COMING OFF, REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL NECESSARY. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861109April 28, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAKE WINDOWS SMEAR AND LOOK LIKE THE HAVE OIL ON THEM, AFFECTING CONSUMER'S ABILITY TO SEE. CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE WINDSHIELD, NOT IN THE WIPERS BECAUSE HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND TRIED TO CLEAN WINDSHIELD 4 TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552005April 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
THE DESIGN OF THE HORN MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO THE DRIVER TO USE THE HORN FOR EMERGENCY. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860809April 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE BACKFIRES DURING START UP. THIS COULD LEAD TO AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-030
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860648April 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
REAR BRAKE CYLINDER LEAKED, CAUSING SATURATION OF REAR BRAKE DRUMS, AND RESULTING IN REPAIRS OF THE REAR DRUMS BY THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860664April 20, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552096April 18, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
HEATER HOSE ADAPTER FAILED DUE TO POOR DESIGN (PLASTIC) CONSUMER REPLACED ADAPTER WITH METAL. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551907April 18, 2000
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG MODULE FAILURE CAUSED THE HORN TO BLOW CONTINOUSLY. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721500April 15, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
CAR MADE TERRIBLE "BANG" WHEN MOVING TO LEFT LANE TO AVOID ANIMAL,MISSING BOLT DISCOVERED BY REPAIR FACILITY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860333April 14, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH HEARD A NOISE, AND THEN THE RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE HOOD, AND THEN IT BROKE LOOSE AND WENT IN A DITCH, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAD HEADLIGHT REPAIRED. THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED UNSAFE BECAUSE THE WIEGHT OF THAT LIGHT COULD HAVE STRUCK SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, CAUSING A FATAL ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860368April 14, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES TO MOVE PAWL FROM PARK TO REVERSE, IT IS HARD TO DO SO. SOMETIMES MOVES TO NEUTRAL WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE. TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED TO FIX PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721455April 14, 2000
TIRES, SUSPENSION
DEALER WORKED ON FRONT END 3 TIMES. GENERAL REPLACED TIRES. STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. I DROVE A DIFERENT CAR, SAME TIRES, SAME PROBLEM. DROVE A CAR WITH DIFFERENT SIZE TIRES, WIDER AND 16" CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.ALSO SAME PROBLEM AS ODI ID: 858266 "HORN PROBLEM" DEALER UNABLE TO FIX!!. *AK PROBLEM MAY POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO THE SUSPENSION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721403April 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
MAJOR OIL LEAK PROMPTED INVESTIGATION THAT REVEALED DEFECTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860159April 12, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AND OVER A BUMP, THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP ALL OVER THE ROAD *AK CONSUMER FIRST NOTICED THAT VEHICLE LEANED SEVERELY ON CURVES, THIS WOULD ALMOST CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, AT TIMES, THE BACK SHOCKS WOULD BOTTOM OUT, CONSUMER HAD THE REAR SPRINGS REPLACED. RECENTLY, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, OVERCORRECTED, AND VEHICLE OVERTURNED, CONSUMER WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT, HIS WIFE WAS ALSO INJURED. VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED A RATTLE IN THE DASHBOARD, THE DEALER PULLED THE DASH FORWARD TO SECURE IT BETTER, HOWEVER THE RATTLE RETURNED, SO CONSUMER FIXED PROBLEM HIMSELF. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#860176April 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
BUICK DEALER SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR TRANSMISSION. BUT CONSUMER NEEDED TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER TO SEND RECALL NOTICE. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT DEALER SHOULD MAIL THE RECALL NOTICE. NO ONE EVER MAILED CONSUMER THE RECALL NOTICE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE 6 TIMES. THE DEALER IS MIDPOINT BUICK, 17801 VIRGIL GOODE HIGHWAY, PO BOX 887 ROCKY MOUNT, VA 24151 540-483-5860. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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