Buick LeSabre Complaints (2001)

328 consumer complaints on file.

#10081495July 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053806June 14, 2004
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS RENDERED THE AIR BAGS INOPERATIVE. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. *AK AFTER TWO TRIES, THE DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM IN THE SYSTEM. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074479May 29, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
4 WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED IN ONE YEAR ON MY 2001 BUICK LASABRE GM DENIES ANY PROBLEMS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073764May 11, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE'S RIGHT TIE ROD ENDS BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH. *MR THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE TIE ROD ENDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS A YEAR OLD, HOWEVER IN APRIL OF 2004 THE TIE ROD BUSTED LOOSE, BOTH INNER AND OUTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE MECHANIC STATED THE TIE RODS WERE MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM AND THE SOFT METAL WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR THE TIE RODS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067355May 11, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP DUE TO THE RACK AND PINION FAILURE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK FIRST FAIKURE OCCURRED WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH, VEHICLE HAS 12,409 MILES ON IT. SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH, VEHICLE HAS 17,067 MILES ON IT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
#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
#10055273March 17, 2004
SUSPENSION
THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WANDERED INTO OTHER LANES OF TRAFFIC AND ALSO BOUNCED. THE DEALER AGREED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057265January 23, 2004
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE DANCED SIDEWAYS WHEN IT WENT OVER BUMPS. *PH THIS WOULD OCCUR AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055489January 20, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BATTERY ACID LEAKED OUT OF THE POSITIVE TERMINAL ONTO THE FLOOR PAN. *PH (NAR) *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051658January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE ORIGINAL ANTIFREEZE WHICH GM USED IN THE BUICK LESABRE DAMAGED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE HEAD GASKET. BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FUMES FROM THE TOXIC ANTIFREEZE CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO EXPERIENCE NAUSEOUSNESS AND DIZZINESS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054021January 14, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE IS PRESSED DOWN IT POPS BACK UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050642December 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
LEAKS COOLANT. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED AN INTAKE VALVE REBUILD KIT, APPROX. $600. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047986December 10, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
THE LEFT AND RIGHT TIE ROD WORE BADLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO WANDER WHILE DRIVING. *AK *NLM CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS HANDLING RIGHT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET NEW TIRES AND LEARNED THE TIE RODS WERE DEFECTIVE. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047277November 20, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK
I AM REPORTING WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A SAFETY DEFECT IN THE 2001 BUICK LASABRE. TONIGHT MY HUSBAND'S BUICK LASABRE WAS PARKED ON AN UPHILL SLOPE. HE POPPED THE TRUNK AND IT WENT UP WHEN HE POPPED IT (AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO). HOWEVER, AS I THEN WENT TO PUT A PACKAGE WITHIN THE TRUNK, THE TRUNK LID CRASHED DOWN ON MY HEAD, INSTEAD OF LOCKING IN A UPWARD POSITION AS IT SHOULD HAVE. I STILL HAVE QUITE A HEADACHE FROM THE IMPACT. EVIDENTLY THIS IS NOT AN INFREQUENT OCCURRENCE; MY HUSBAND SAID THAT HE FEELS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE MECHANISM WHICH SHOULD HOLD THE LID UP. HE SAID THAT THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED ON AN UPHILL SLOPE. BECAUSE I RARELY DRIVE HIS CAR OR PUT ANYTHING IN THE TRUNK, IT IS THE FIRST TIME I WAS AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. WHEN THIS HAPPENED TONIGHT, MY HUSBAND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD REPORTED THIS DEFECT TO BUICK SOME TIME AGO BUT NEVER GOT A RESPONSE. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE TRAGEDY WHICH COULD HAVE OCCURRED IF I HAD BEEN HOLDING ONE OF MY THREE SMALL GRANDCHILDREN AS THE LID CAME CRASHING DOWN ON ME. I DO HOPE YOU INVESTIGATE THIS POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS SITUATION AND SEE THAT BUICK DOES SOMETHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10046204November 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER DISCOVERED METAL DEBRIS IN TRANSMISSION PAN. DEALER CLEANED PARTS, REPLACED SUN GEAR AND CARRIERS. RECONDITIONED TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042290October 3, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
THE CONSUMER REPORTED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH THE VEHICLE. 1)THE TIE ROD ON THE RIGHT SIDE SHIMMIED WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH OR MORE. 2. WHEEL BEARINGS WERE MAKING A HUMMING SOUND WHEN DRIVEN AT 30 MPH. 3. THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND IN THE BRAKES WHEN BRAKING AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040572September 23, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS INVOLVING 2001 BUICK LESABRE. *MR THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS OCCURRED WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACES AND AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE SOLENOID VALVE WAS REPLACED IN THE TRANSMISSION, HOWEVER IT DID NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031706July 31, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE TIRE ROD SNAPED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031708July 31, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE A HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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