Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10059802April 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SAME EXACT THING OCCURRED. EACH TIME, AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND IGNITION WIRES *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066876April 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 50K MILES. *PH THERE WERE TWO OTHER SAME MAKE/MODEL VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT GM COMPENSATE CONSUMER'S FOR THIS PROBLEM. THERE WERE TICKING NOISES UPON ACCELERATION AND THERE WAS A CLUNK SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067264April 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM, AND SPARKS BEGAN TO COME FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066140April 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1998 BUICK LESABRE STALLED AT A STOPLIGHT AND WOULDN'T START. AFTER HAVING THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REMOVED, WATER WAS DISCOVERED IN THE INTAKE AND IN THE CYLINDERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065695April 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
1998 BUICK LASABRE...WITH PLASTIC INTAKE DEVELOPED A CRACK AND ALLOW ALL COOLANT TO PASS THRU ENGINE AND OUT EXHAUST...WAS STRANDED 100 MILES FROM HOME...TO GET TOWED AND REPLACE THIS DESIGN FLAW COST ME OVER 600.00 DOLLARS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065697April 7, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
1998 BUICK LASABRE...REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS LEAKING ON DRIVERS SIDE...CAUSED WHEEL TO LOCK UP COMPLETELY ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066782April 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE PARKING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STARTED UP THE VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT VALVE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066783April 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE PARKING CONSUMER NOTICED COOLANT LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STARTED UP THE VEHICLE AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT VALVE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065463April 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE FRONT RIGHT BULB SOCKET WAS SO CORRODED IT CAUSED THE BULB TO STOP WORKING. *PH THE RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. THE CONSUMER SMELLED ANTI-FREEZE AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS COMPLETED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064413April 2, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE WINDOW ASSEMBLIES IN MY VEHICLE ARE DEFECTIVE. THE SERVICE DEPT (WHO HAVE BEEN SO NICE TO ME AS HAS THE DEALER -- BOUGHT MY CAR THERE) ADMITS THAT THE PLASTIC PULLEYS INSIDE THE WINDOW ARE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSE REPEATED BREAK DOWN OF THE WINDOW. I HAVE HAD 6 WINDOW ASSEMBLIES/REGULATORS PUT ON MY CAR, 4 IN FRONT AND 2 IN BACK SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2000. AT $400 A POP NOW THAT MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS! THE FIRST ONE WAS PUT IN AT ONLY 17,000 MILES! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061444April 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM UNDER THE DASH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059618April 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
THE BATTERY WENT DEAD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONSUMER CALLED AAA TO JUMP START THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE STATION AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN MANUALLY. THE CONSUMER HAD TO SLIDE THE KEY THROUGH THE WINDOW TO THE SERVICE MECHANIC TO OPEN THE DOOR. ONCE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, THE DOOR OPENED. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065345March 31, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD BANG, THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064863March 25, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
VEHICLE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELTS. THE RETRACTOR WORKED INTERMITTANTLY. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON 4 OCCASSIONS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064806March 24, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE MECHANIC NOTICED A LEAK IN THE UPPER PLENUM MANIFOLD. UPON PERFORMING A ROUTINE SERVICE, THE UPPER PLENUM MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE ENGINE. THE ANTIFREEZE WAS MIXING WITH THE ENGINE OIL. THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE ENGINE SEIZING UP IF THE LEAKED HAD GONE UNNOTICED. THE DEALERSHIP IS GOING TO REPLACE THE PLENUM MANIFOLD WITH A NEWER DESIGNED MANIFOLD. THE ENGINE IS A 3800 SERIES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063831March 24, 2004
SEATS
BOTH FRONT SEATS HAVE GOTTEN WRINKLES IN THE LEATHER, THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT THE WRINKLES. I BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN AND I WILL NOT EXCEPT THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *JB UPDATED 07/26/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064985March 23, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
PASSENGER FRONT AND REAR WINDOW REGULATOR WAS BAD AND THE WINDOWS DIDN'T WORK. *PH *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062792March 22, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
I HAVE A 2000 BUICK LLESABRE AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE REGULATOR IN THE RF DOOR AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVE ONE REPLACED IN THE LF DOOR. NEITHER WAS COVERED; THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THIS INDICATES POOR QUALITY CONTROL AND OR DESIGN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064652March 22, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ABS BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER FELT PULSATION IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT REAR BRAKES WERE AFFECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062638March 19, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
AIR BAG DESIGN FLAW - A LIFE THREATENING DESIGN FLAW. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 1999 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM (PURCHASED AT THE END OF THE MODEL YEAR). THE CAR OFTEN SPENDS TIME IN THE BRIGHT FLORIDA SUN. ALTHOUGH I USE A REFLECTIVE WINDSHIELD SUN SCREEN, THE CAR STILL GETS HOT INSIDE (AS DO MOST FLORIDA CARS). RECENTLY, THE HORN BEGAN TO HONK CONTINUOUSLY. I TOOK IT INTO THE ORANGE BUICK AND GMC DEALER IN ORLANDO FL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE AIR BAG HAS SWOLEN UP AND COMPRESSED THE HORN RELAY. THE AIR BAG IS BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS APPARENTLY A FLAWED AIR BAG DESIGN, WHICH MUST ALSO ENDANGE PEOPLE WITH THIS STEERING WHEEL/AIR BAG DESIGN, LIVING THROUGHOUT THE HOT SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. THE COST TO REPLACE THE POORLY DESIGNED AIR BAG (WITH ANOTHER ONE HAVING THE SAME POOR DESIGN) IS OVER $700 (DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO SINCE I RECENTLY LOST MY JOB, WHICH HAS MOVED OFF SHORE TO INDIA). IT SEEMS THAT THE BUICK MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THEIR LIFE-THREATENING FLAWED AIR BAG DESIGN. I HOPE TO HEAR BACK FROM THE D.O.T. ABOUT THIS LIFE-THREATENING SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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