Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10167588September 7, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOW CONTROLS: ALL 4 WINDOWS FAILED BETWEEN AUG 2004 AND MAY 2006. THERE ARE ALREADY 104 REGISTERED COMPLAINTS IN THIS DATABASE FOR THIS ISSUE ON THIS CAR MODEL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED TECH BULLETINS TO DEALERS BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PUBLICS' REQUESTS FOR REMUNERATION. DEALERSHIPS CHARGE BETWEEN $400-$600 TO REPAIR EACH WINDOW, AND THE REPAIR MAY ALSO FAIL. *NM
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10167464September 6, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
BOUGHT 2000 LESABRE NEW IN OCT 1999. WIFE'S CAR AND ONLY HAS 69000 MI ON IT NOW. NO CHILDREN USING THE CAR. NO CHILDREN AT HOME, RARELY ANY PASSENGERS IN THE CAR. NOW..TO DATE ALL FOUR WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT A TOTAL COST OF OVER $1,600.00. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WENT FIRST IN 2003, IN 2006 ALL THREE REMAINING WINDOW WENT OUT WITHIN MONTHS OF EACH OTHER, THESE WINDOWS ALMOST NEVER WERE USED! IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE AREN'T MORE INCIDENTS OF THESE REGULATOR FAILURES. I CAN'T BE THE ONE THAT GOT ALL THE BAD REGULATORS. *NM
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No
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0
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0
#10167466September 6, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
PURCHASED NEW 2000 BUICK LESABRE. ON OCT 4, 2001 THE FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT WINDOWS GOT STUCK. BOTH WINDOW REGULATORS WERE REPLACED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. ON MAR 03, 2003 THE RIGHT FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR AND LOCKING ROD HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION, BOTH REAR WINDOWS GOT STUCK ON SAME DAY AND BOTH WINDOW REGULATORS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THIS TIME AT MY EXPENSE. CURRENTLY THE RIGHT FRONT WINDOW IS AGAIN GETTING STUCK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS WINDOW HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AGAIN AT THIS TIME. *NM
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10167359September 5, 2006
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ON AUGUST 17TH, 2006, WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY IN THE PASSING LANE, I FELT A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE REAR OF MY 2005 BUICK LESABRE. SOON AFTER, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD THUMPING AND BANGING ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE CAR LURCHED UPWARD. WHILE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE MY WAY TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. I THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE TREAD HAS SEPARATED FROM THE CASING AND THE SHREDDING RUBBER CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL, BUMPER, PAINT, REAR SENSORY WIRING HARNESS, AND LEVELING CONTROL TO THE LEFT REAR SHOCK. THE TIRE NEVER LOST AIR AND THERE WERE NO PUNCTURES AND THE TIRE WAS ONLY HALF WORN AND ROTATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE TIRE WAS A GENERAL AMERI-GS60. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167356September 5, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR POWER WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE REGULATOR AND MOTOR WERE BAD.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167251September 1, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
BOTH REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED OPERATION IN DOWN POSITION. DEALER STATED THIS WAS COMMON AND WOULD COST OWNER $1000 TO FIX BOTH WINDOWS. OWNERS ARE RETIRED ON FIXED INCOME WITH NO PASSENGERS IN READ SEATING. REAR WINDOWS RARELY OPERATED. *NM
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167179August 31, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2001 BUICK LESABRE, WINDOW REGULATOR ON FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE BROKE, CAUSING WINDOW GLASS TO DROP RAPIDLY. ON INSPECTION SAME PIECE BROKE ON BOTH, THE TOP PLASTIC GUIDE FOR THE REGULATOR MOTOR CABLE. INSTALLED AN AFTERMARKET PART AFTER FINDING OUT BUICK REPLACES REGULATOR WITH IDENTICAL FAULTY COMPONENTS. AFTERMARKET HAS BEEFED UP GUIDE ON REGULATOR. BOTH FAILURES WERE CAUSED BY NORMAL USE. WINDOW GLASS CANNOT BE SECURED AFTER REGULATOR FAILURE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT. PARTS WERE EXCHANGED DURING PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167021August 30, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOW DROPPED OR FELL INTO DOOR AND BROKE AFTER FAILURE OF REGULATOR OR TRACK. THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH INCIDENT ON THE SAME VEHICLE IN APPROXIMATELY 12 MONTHS, BUT INVOLVED A DIFFERENT WINDOW EACH TIME. EACH REPAIR COST APPROXIMATELY $500. BOTH MANUFACTURER AND DEALER CLAIM IT HAS NOT RECEIVED AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, BUT MANUFACTURER HAS RELEASED AT LEAST ONE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM (TSB #3483, NHTSA ID #10017398). *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167083August 30, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE REGULATOR WAS BAD AND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE REGULATOR. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED THE OLD PART. THERE WAS CONCERN EXPRESSED THAT THE OTHER POWER WINDOWS WILL ALSO FAIL.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166690August 28, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I OWN TWO BUICK LESABRE'S, ONE IS FROM 2000 AND THE OTHER IS FROM 2002. BOTH VEHICLES HAVE OR ARE UNDER 50,000 MILES. THE WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING IN THREE OF THE 2000 MODEL AND TWO OF THE WINDOWS IN THE 2002 MODEL NO LONGER WORK. THE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN 1-7 DAYS OF EACH OTHER ON EACH VEHICLE. SEEMS TO BE TIMED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166732August 28, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
LAST FRIDAY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO ROLL UP MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW I HEARD A POP AND IT STOPPED WORKING. I TRIED PULLING THE WINDOW UP BY HAND FOR SAFETY REASONS AND IT WILL NOT STAY UP. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH BUICK LESABRE'S. IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM...ABOUT $600 TO REPLACE!! IF YOU DO A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOR "BUICK LESABRE WINDOW PROBLEMS" YOU CAN READ HOW COMMON THIS IS AND I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A RECALL ISSUE. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166592August 26, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
RECENTLY, MY 2002 BUICK LESABRE (PURCHASED NEW IN 2002) HAD THE TWO REAR WINDOWS FAIL WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. IN BOTH CASES, THE CABLE WHICH RAISES/LOWERS THE WINDOW BROKE. THE CABLE CANNOT BE REPLACED ALONE BUT THE MOTOR AND REGULATOR MUST ALSO BE REPLACED. THE COST FOR THIS AT A GM DEALER WAS $479.00 WHILE THE SAME JOB COST $290 AT A NON-GM REPAIR CENTER (GEMINI/GOODYEAR). I LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH BUICK AND THEN RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. I FOUND A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON A 1999 BUICK LESABRE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND ONE WHICH IS KNOWN TO BUICK FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THE 2002 MODEL. WHILE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE (UNLESS THERE IS ADVERSE WEATHER SUCH AS FREEZING COLD OR DRIVING RAIN), IT IS AN ECONOMIC ONE. WHY NO RECALL BY BUICK? IS IT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM CROPS UP AFTER THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. I SUSPECT SO. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166528August 25, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2000 BUICK LESABRE 38000 MILES. WINDOW ROLLED DOWN AND HEARD A POP. WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL UP ANYMORE. LOOKED IT UP ONLINE. I LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND IT IS A VERY COMMON VERY KNOWN PROBLEM. IT COSTS ABOUT $400 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. FOR MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM PLEASE SEE THIS WEB PAGE. HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_52823.HTML NEEDS A RECALL VERY BADLY. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166556August 25, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WINDOW FELL TO INSIDE OF DOOR AND COULD NOT BE BROUGHT UP. FOUND TO BE REGULATOR/MOTORS FOR ELECTRIC WINDOWS ON BUICK LESABRE FAILED. HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR NEW REGULATOR/MOTOR. ALSO, NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166944August 25, 2006
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
2000 BUICK LESABRE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE, IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FENDER OF THE VEHICLE. THE RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD END WAS LOOSE, WHICH WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166421August 24, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR PASSENGER POWER WINDOW MOTOR REGULATOR FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE THE WINDOW WAS HALF OPEN. THE WINDOW WOULD NOT CLOSE. THIS WAS THE 3RD TIME, THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR MOTOR HAD FAILED. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. UPDATED 9/13/2006 - THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED TWICE AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED ONCE. *NM
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166331August 23, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING THE REAR PASSENGER AND BOTH DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS FALL DOWN ON THEIR OWN DUE TO POWER CONTROL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE WINDOW REGULATORS WERE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166345August 23, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
HAVE A 2000 BUICK LESABRE (CUSTOM) BOTH REGULATORS (PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE) ON THE REAR WINDOWS HAVE FAILED. THE FIRST WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2005 AND THE SECOND WAS AUGUST OF 2006. BOTH REGULATORS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. IN BOTH CASES, THE WINDOWS WERE DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO UP. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165846August 14, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER REQUESTING INFORMATION ON RECALLS FOR A 2002 BUICK LESABRE. *KB
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10164381August 3, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INTAKE MANIFOLD BURNED AT EGR PASSAGE ADJACENT TO THROTTLE BODY COOLANT PASSAGE(ALL PLASTIC- ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS PROBABLY CAST ALUMINUM). SUBSEQUENT COOLANT LOSS INTO ENGINE AIR INTAKE CAUSES ERRATIC OPERATION AND PROBABLE ENGINE DAMAGE. REPLACED MANIFOLD WITH NEW ONE AT A COST OF $500 PARTS PLUS 5 HOUR. LABOR COMPLAINED TO GM BUT TO NO AVAIL. *JB
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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