Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10092603September 14, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAD A FUEL LEAK PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTIFICATION. *NM THE RECEIVED A DENIAL LETTER WHICH STATED THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092551September 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING. *NM THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FAILURE WAS CLEARLY AN INFERIOR DESIGNED PART. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092036September 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED. AFTER SENDING THE RECEIPTS TO THE MANUFACTURE, THEY ARE NOT REFUNDING THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092205September 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FAX INQUIRING WHAT ACTIONS TAKE PLACE ONCE A DEFECT PROBLEM IS POSTED AND REFERENCED WITH NHTSA, DEFECTIVE AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN HIS 2004 BUICK LESABRE INJURING HIS WIFE. *MR THE CONSUMER'S WIFE SUSTAINED SEVER ABRASIONS ON BOTH ARMS AND A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN THAT STILL PERSIST TODAY WHEN RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. *NM *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10087989September 14, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
ON THREE SEPARATED OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE HEAD REST MOVED UP ON IT'S OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE HEAD REST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLACED IT THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AT THIS TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087520September 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TURNING LEFT AT A STOP SIGN ANOTHER VEHICLE COME UP THE HILL ON THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POLICE DID ARRIVE ON THE SEEN BUT NOBODY WAS CITED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR HEAD INJURIES. *AK *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10083831September 14, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V090000. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS, NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. BOB SAKS, 248-478-0500. *AK *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081584September 14, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TIE RODS BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOSE. ONE ON THE LEFT WAS REPLACED AT 28,000 MILES, AND THE OTHER WAS REPLACED AT 49,000 MILES. ONE OF THE TIE RODS REPLACED WAS ON WARRANTY. BUT, CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE SECOND ONE. THIS WAS NOT NORMAL FOR A 2001 VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092481September 13, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NM THE CONSUEMR BELIEVES THAT A FUEL PRESSURE RECALL, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN INITIATED, WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER HE WAS TOLD THAT HIS VHEICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THREE WEEKS AFTER SETTLING MATTER WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092761September 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE'S ENGINE MISFIRES AND LOSES POWER. *MR THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON ALONG WITH THE MISFIRES AND POWER LOSS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUE TO THE ENGINE HYDRAULIC LOCK. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT GM WAS AWARE OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEM. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091886September 13, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATED TIE ROD ENDS WOR EOUT PREMATURELY. THE PART HAD BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, HOWEVER PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091901September 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER NOTICE D WHITE SMOKE AND LOSS OF COOLANT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091985September 13, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081564September 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT BATTERY CABLES WERE NOT GETTING ENOUGH CHARGE TO START THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING AFTER SHIMMYING ALL OVER THE ROAD. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090743September 10, 2004
STEERING, SEATS, TIRES
SEPT.3,2004 MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2004 BUICK LASABRE NEW,.WITH ABOUT 90 MILES ON THE CAR AT INTERSTATE SPEED I NOTICED THE CAR HAD A SLIGHT VIBERATION AND A SLIGHT PULLING TO THE RIGHT,THE DRIVERS SEAT AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER SEAT ALSO BECAME VARY UNCOMFORTABLE,I FELT LIKE I WAS FIGHTING THE CAR THE WHOLE TRIP TO FLA.THE FUTHER WE DROVE THE WORSE ALL PROBLEMS GOT,WE GOT AS FAR AS DAYTONA BEACH,FL. WHEN THESE CONDITIONS GOT SO BAD I STOPPED THE TRIP AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASST.AFTER TALKING TO THE DEALERIN FLORIDA (NOT THE SELLING DEALER) I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES WHERE OUT OF SPEC, AND ALL TIRES WHERE OUT OF BALANCE,WHEN I AS IF THE TIRES WHERE REPLACED THEY SAID NO,REASON WAS THEY CLAIMED THAT THE TIRE MAKER WAS ON STRIKE AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES BUT SAID THEY DID BALANCE ALL 4 TIRES,THEY SAID THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE VIBERATION,BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY THE CAR WAS PULLING SO HARD TO THE RIGHT ALL THE TIME,WHEN I ASK THE DEALER IF THERE WAS A CHANCE OF THE TIRES BRAKING UP ON MY TRIP BACK TO KY, I WAS TOLD 50/50 .ON THE WAY BACK HOME NOT ONLY THESE PROBLEMS GOT WORSE BUT THEN THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE,THEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BROKE,THESE NEW PROBLEMS HAPPENED BEFORE WE EVER GOT TO THE FLORIDA STATE LINE,AFTER A LONG PAINFULL TRIP HOME LEAVING ME AND MY WIFE WITH BAD PAIN IN BOTH LEGS FROM THE KNEE DOWN (AND PAIN STILL EXSISTING) I TOOK THE BUICK BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND TRADED IT IN ON ANOTHER CAR (NOT BUICK) EVEN AFTER I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT HOW UNSAFE THIS CAR WAS TO DRIVE I STILL HAD TO TAKE A 5,000.LOSS TO GET RID OF IT.THIS CAR IS AGAIN FOR SALE AT THE DEALER, BETWEEN EVANSVILLE IN,AND OWENSBORO KY THIS CAR IS SILVER LAST 5 NUMBERS OF THE VIN IS 66948 DO NOT THIS CAR NEVER SHOULD HAVE PASSED QUALITY CONTROL AND GOT OUT OF THE FACTORY,BUICK HAS NOT REPLIED TO MY COMPLAINT,THEY HAVE ALSO NOT OFFERED TO PAY FOR OUR TRIP INTERUPTION OR OUR PAIN AND SUFFERING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10091769September 8, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR 1998 BUICK LESABRE RECALL.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THEIR VEHICLE JULY 2, 2004. RECALL #(04V090000 ) REGARDING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE REPAIRS DONE ON THE VEHICLE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. DEALER REPLACED STARTER ASSEMBLY. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076072September 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE REAR BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090495September 6, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO WINDOW REGULATORS WITHIN ONE YEAR. BOTH INCIDENTS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE WINDOW DROPPED DOWN AND I COULD NOT GET THE WINDOW BACK UP. I SEE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FILED REGARDING THIS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090479September 5, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, WHEELS:HUB, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
THIS ALL HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF THE PAST 5 YEARS, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS SITE WAS AVAILABLE, SO SUBMITTING NOW. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090127August 31, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE FUEL PUMP IS NEAR THE GAS TANK OR INSIDE THE GAS TANK. IT IS LIKE PLACING A LIGHTER NEAR THE GAS TANK. THE DESIGN IS POOR. FUEL PUMP IS DEFECTIVE, AND CONSUMER IS WAITING FOR A MANUFACTURER'S RESPONSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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