Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10120332May 9, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
DT: BOUGHT USED A USED CAR, HAD IT A YEAR. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FUEL LINE. AND THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND CAUGHT THE ON FIRE. GM OFFERED TO BUY THE CAR BACK BECAUSE IT WAS TOTALED AND TOLD HER THAT HER GAP INSURANCE WOULD PAY HER THE REST OF THE PAYOFF. GAP INSURANCE SAID IF GM WOULD PAY A SET AMOUNT THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE REST. THEN GM RESENDED THEIR OFFER. GM TOLD HER THAT THE OFFER WAS CLOSED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121453May 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2000 BUICK LESABRE DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING PROPERLY.*MR THE P/C SOLENOID SWITCH FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY PROVIDED NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120437May 6, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2001 BUICK LESABRE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER WINDOWS.*MR SHORTLY AFTER THE 36-MONTH WARRANTY EXPIRED THE REAR POWER WINDOW WOULD GO DOWN AND NOT GO BACK UP. BUICK AGREED TO FIX IT FREE ONE TIME. THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE FOR THE FIRST WINDOW FAILURE, WHICH IS VERY UNFAIR AS THE WINDOW ELEVATOR MECHANISM CLEARLY MUST HAVE A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117815May 6, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO DECELERATE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED IT WAS AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115917May 6, 2005
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
AFTER BEING REAR ENDED CONSUMER STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT SEAT BELTS WERE VERY LOOSE, AND DID NOT HOLD HIM PROPERLY. THE POLICE DID NOT REPLY.*AK *BF *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10091593May 6, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. WHILE ACCELERATING THE NOISE GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER. THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE, THEN IT STALLED. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER BUT THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT HE WAS UNSURE IF THE ENGINE WAS NEW(AS ORDERED) OR REBUILT. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120408April 29, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
1998 BUICK LESABRE HAD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED. THE CONSUMER'S CLAIM FOR A REFUND FOR REPAIRS WAS NOT APPROVED. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD TURNED LEFT ONTO A LOOP AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO MISS AND MAKE NOISES. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND VIEWED A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT HE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPARK PLUGS THAT WERE DAMAGED WHEN THE WATER FLOODED INTO THE BLOCK AND OR THE RUPTURED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. REFER TO RECALL CAMPAIGN#04V090000. THE HORN WOULD GO OFF WHEN THE HORN PAD WAS BUMPED OR WHEN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE BECAME' HOT. *SC THE MANUFACTURER WROTE THE CONSUMER A LETTER WHICH STATED THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118717April 29, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTOR HAS GONE OUT ON 3 OF MY 4 WINDOWS WITHIN 30 DAYS. LSO, TIE ROD ENDS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON WITHIN SAME TIME FRAME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120367April 26, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
1998 BUICK LESABRE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR PART THAT WAS INSTALLED DURING A RECALL. *MR RECALL CAMPAIGN# 04V090000. *SC THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE AT A DEALERSHIP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119124April 25, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE SPED ACROSS THE ROAD INTO ANOTHER LANE, CAUSING A HEAD ON COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONSUMER WAS INJURED AND ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL, FRIEND OR RELATIVE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10115032April 25, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THERE WAS AN INTAKE BACK FIRE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE. WHEN TAKEN TO GET SERVICED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY INTAKE MANIFOLD.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN 96V116000:INTAKE BACKFIRE DURING STARTING. TURNED THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR AND HEARD A LOAD NOISE. THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND DID NOT TRY AGAIN. MECHANIC SAID LUCKILY THE CAR DID NOT BURN BECAUSE THERE WAS GAS ON THE ENGINE. MECHANIC CALLED BUICK, BUT THEY DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND SAID THE CAR WAS NOT COVERED. *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115276April 25, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR A NEW STARTER ASSEMBLY. WHILE THE MECHANIC WAS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED. THE MECHANIC SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK WHEN THE NEW STARTED WAS BEING TESTED THE MANIFOLD BLEW UP. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10119181April 21, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
1998 BUICK LESABRE EXPERIENCING REPEAT PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE REAR BRAKE CYLINDER FAILED AND THE BRAKES STARTED TO LEAK BRAKE FLUID ONTO THE REAR BRAKES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE CYLINDER. SIX MONTHS LATER THE REAR BRAKE CYLINDER FAILED AGAIN, WHICH REQUIRED THE REAR BRAKE CYLINDER TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115356April 18, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE REGULATORS ON ALL WINDOWS HAD TO BE REPLACED. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM PERSISTED. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED BUICK, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE LACK OF USE. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116867April 13, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
3/17/2005 TRAVELED TO MYRTLE BEACH, SC MOSTLY ON I-95. ON THE WAY I EXPERIENCED PERIODS OF RAIN. THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED A PROBLEM WAS DURING RAIN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSED ME APPLY MY BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. WHEN I APPLIED FOOT PRESSURE IN THE NORMAL MANNER THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND PROPERLY, INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN IMMEDIATELY, I DISCOVERED I NEEDED TO APPLY AT LEAST 2-3 TIMES MORE PRESSURE (IF NOT MORE) TO GET THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. I ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP WHENEVER I WAS IN WET CONDITIONS. I DID NOT EXPERIENCE ON DRY ROADS AT ANY SPEED, AND I WAS DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 75 MPH. 3/23/2005 RETURNED TO HARRISBURG, PA. EXPERIENCED RAIN FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER ALL THE WAY HOME (APPROXIMATELY 520 MILES). THE RAIN VARIED IN INTENSITY FROM A LIGHT DRIZZLE TO A DOWN-POUR. THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO NOT SLOW THE CAR IN THE NORMAL WAY (MY TOP SPEEDS VARIED FROM 55 TO 75 MPH). I CONTINUED TO HAVE TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FOOT PRESSURE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE OR EVEN GET IT TO RESPOND. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE RESPONSE WAS VERY SIMILAR TO DRIVING A CAR FROM THE 40'S OR 50'S EQUIPPED WITH BRAKE SHOES THAT HAS BEEN DRIVEN THROUGH A LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER AND THE BRAKE SHOES NEEDED TO BE DRIED BY APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DRY THEM BEFORE THEY WOULD TAKE HOLD AGAIN. AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT THE FLOOR MAT MIGHT BE THE CULPRIT AND INTERFERING WITH THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE MAT WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, BUT THE DAY I WAS ABLE TO DO THIS THERE WASN'T ANY RAIN AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. WHEN WE RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN AGAIN I WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117853April 12, 2005
POWER TRAIN
1998 BUICK LESABRE HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION.*MR *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116741April 11, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BETWEEN 5/24/02 AND 3/14/05 VEHICLE LOSES COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER. FIVE TRIPS TO DEALER HAS FAILED TO IDENTIFY OR CORRECT PROBLEM I CALLED THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE REP ON 3/30/05. SHE STATED THAT GM DOESN'T RECOGNIZETHIS ISSUE AS BEING A PROBLEM. SHE SUGGESTED I TAKE THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION AS SOLUTION. THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE UNTIL MY LAST VISIT TO THE DEALER AND I REPORTED THAT IT APPEARS MY VEHICLE LOSES POWER ONLY WHEN I LET THE KEY IN IGNITION. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE OWNER'S MANUEL THAT STATES THE KEY MUST BE REMOVED, SO LONG AS THE KEY IS NOT LEFT IN THE ACCESSORY MODE, AND IF NOT, THERE MUST BE A DEFECTIVE IGNITION. THE GM REP, MYKA SKINNER, PH 866-952-4368 EXT. 58735. DEALER NAME: LYNN CHEVROLET, BUICK, PH 800-883-3141, SVC REP. CHRISTOPHER HUDSON. I HAVE THREE OTHER CARS PARKED IN MY GARAGE, NONE OF WHICH LOOSES POWER THE WAY MY 2001 BUICK LESABRE DOES. THIS IS VERY OBVIOUSLY A VEHICLE DEFECT WHICH GM DOES NOT WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST REPORTED TO THE DEALER. PLEASE HELP !*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116764April 11, 2005
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
VIBRATION: DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CAUSED VIBRATION WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON MY 2002 BUICK LASABRE. FOUND THAT TIE RODS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONLY ON MAIN ROADS AND HAD NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE FRONT END. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106807April 8, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED A SPLASH OF WATER FROM A TRACTOR SLASHED ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS LOCKED UP TEMPORARILY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED PREVIOUSLY BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117527April 6, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE IT ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE CONSUMER GIVING THE VEHICLE GAS. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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