2000 Buick Lesabre complaints

HORN WILL BLOW INTERMITTENLY,OR NOT BLOW AT ALL. CONTACTED DEALER ,CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAD AT LEAST 6 DIFFERENT TIMES THAT I WOULD GO TO START THE ENGINE AND IT WOULD ONLY HUM, NOT START. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I ASKED IF THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY CABLES AND THEY SAID YES. I ASKED THIS AS I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, A LOOSE BATTERY CONNECTION. I KNEW THEY DID NOT CHECK, AS THE BATTERY IS UNDER THE REAR SEAT AND I PLACED A KLEENEX BOX IN A MARKED POSITION AND IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME WHEN THEY RETURNED THE CAR. IT FINALLY JUST WOULDN'T START AT ALL, SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR STATION (NOT THE DEALER) TO BE FIXED. THEY SAID THE BATTERY CABLE WAS LOOSE AND ARKING AND THEY WERE SURPRISED THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE UNDER THE BACK SEAT. THE REASON FOR MY COMPLAINT, I DON'T WANT ANYONE INJURED OR KILLED FROM A FIRE UNDER THE REAR SEAT IN ANY 2000 BUICK LESABRE. HOPE YOU WILL MAKE GM CHECK ALL BATTERY CONNECTIONS ON ANY MODEL WITH THE BATTERY UNDER THE BACK SEAT. THANK YOU.*AK

IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSUMER TO BLOW THE HORN. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM MAY BE CAUSED BY THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. *SLC *NLM

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN CHANGING LANES AND AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON, VEHICLE WILL STALL. NO WARNING SIGN ILLUMINATES ON THE DASHBOARD. DEALER IS INSPECTING VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER STATED ANOTHER MOTORIST CROSSED HIS PATH FROM A PARKING LOT EXIT AND SEVERLY DAMAGED THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND ALSO THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN HIM PROPERLY, CONSUMER SUFFERED A SEVERE BLOW TO THE CHEST AND A FRACTURED STERNUM.*YD

WHEN MAKING A TURN WHILE DRIVING A GRINDING SOUND WOULD OCCUR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMRED CONNSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO POWER STEERING PUMP HOSES. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS BEING WASH OR DURING WET WEATHER WATER GET INTO THE TRUNK. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER CONDITION.*AK

COULD NOT CLOSE RIGHT REAR WINDOW. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED POWER REGULATOR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW STOPPED OPERATING, WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED CABLE AND POWER REGULATOR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMNATION.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD MISFIRE AND RUN ROUGH WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED # 1 INJECTOR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THERE IS RESISTANCE AND A MOMENTARY DELAY WHEN SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE JANUARY AND THE DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB CONSUMER STATES THAT A MOUNT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A BANG WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, DRIVE TO REVERSE AND PARK TO REVERSE. *SLC

BIG O ALL SEASON RADIAL, P215/70R15, DOT DBM3BJLR3401, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 1300 MILES ON A 2000, BUICK, LESABRE. SIDEWALL BLOWOUT AT 70 MPH, NO INJURIES.*AK PHOTOS ATTACHED. *TT

DRIVERS SIDE REAR SIGNAL LIGHT BLOWN, SOCKET BURNT/DISCOLORED AND PLASTIC PIECE THAT SOCKET TWIST INTO IS MELTED BY THE HEAT OF THE SOCKET. PASSENGER SIDE SIGNAL LIGHT NOT BLOWN BUT SOCKET SHOWS SIGNS OF OVERHEATING AND DISCOLORATION POSSIBLY BURNT.

BLINDING WHITE HEADLIGHTS USED BY SOME LATE MODEL FOREIGN CARS SUCH AS BMW, AUDI, JAGUAR, VOLVO AND VOLKSWAGEN ARE BLINDING IN THE DAYTIME AS WELL AS NIGHT, LEAVING THE VIEWER WITH AN AFTER IMAGE BLIND SPOT.

DEALER INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE WHILE MAKING OTHER REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, FIRST AT 20,000 MILES, AND OTHER AT 36,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK. THE CONSUMER HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE SKIPPING DUE TO DEFECTIVE WIRES, A FAILURE WITH THE HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER. THE ENGINE BECAME NON-REPAIRABLE AND CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *JG

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD RAPPING NOISE. DEALER NOTIFED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE ENGINE SKIPS DUE TO DEFECTIVE WIRES AND ALL WIRES WERE REPLACED. THE HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET WERE DEFECTIVE AND WERE REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS REQUESTING REFUND. *YH

WHEN TAKING FOOT SLIGHTLY OFF BRAKE VEHICLE ACCELERATES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE LIKE METAL AGAINST METAL WHEN BRAKING. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A TIE ROD END, BRAKE SHOES, AND ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DRIVER SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES. *AK *YD

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT BELT DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK *YD

WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE CAR WILL ACCELERATE 30-35 MPH WITHOUT APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *AK

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED DUE TO A REMOTE STARTING SYSTEM. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE VEHICLE RATTLES IN CENTER DASH AREA. THE VEHICLE INTERMITTANTLY WOULD NOT CRANK. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTANTLY. *YH

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WILL BECOME INOPERABLE, POWER LOCKS WORKED FINE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER STATED DEALER DID REPLACE WINDOW, HOWEVER IT FAILED AGAIN.*SLC

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED. TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE FAILED PART WAS PART OF RECALL, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS PART MAY LOCK UP AND CAUSE A WRECK. *JB

FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A UTILITY POLE AT 60 MPH IN WHICH NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *JB

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS BADLY WARPED, REPLACED, NOTICE VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, STEEL WORN THROUGH, FRONT ROTORS WARPED AGAIN, REPLACED.

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED, DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH. CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER INFROMATION OR MAKE CORRECTIONS. *AK

HAVE HAD TO HAVE ALL FOUR NEW TIRES REPLACED AT VARIOUS MILEAGE DUE TO SEPARATION OF RADIAL CORDS. AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WHICH SEEM TO PERFORM WELL FOR APPROX. 500 TO 1000 MILES BEFORE RADIALS START TO SEPARATE AGAIN. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE IS A COMMON OCCURANCE AND IF THE MANUFACTURER WILL OWN UP TO THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT A GOOD OR SAFE PRODUCT.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)

THE STEERING WHEEL EMITS A WHINING NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT AT LOW SPEEDS, THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING HOSE BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NLM

BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE SKIDDED IN DAMP WEATHER. NO WARNING INDICATION LIGHT. THIS WAS 3RD INCIDENT THAT NOTHING WAS SHOWING UP ON DIAGNOSTIC TEST. PROBLEM HAS TO BE DUPLICATED FOR DEALER TO FIND A REMEDY. *AK CONSUMER STATED BRAKES LOCKED UP TWICE IN ONE DAY.*SLC

SAFETY BELT ON DRIVER SIDE SOMETIMES FAILS TO LATCH BECAUSE THE LATCH MECHANISM FAILS TO RETURN TO ITS PROPER LOCATION INSIDE THE LATCH HOUSING. I HAVE TO PRESS AND HOLD THE LATCH AND THEN USE A BUTTER KNIFE TO POP THE LATCH BACK OUT SO THAT IT WILL LATCH PROPERLY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR POWER WINDOW JUST STARTED SLIDING DOWN THE TRACK ONE DAY AND NOW WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN USING THE SWITCH. I'VE HAD TO SLIDE IT UP INTO PLACE AND THE TAPE IT SHUT WITH PACKAGE SEALING TAPE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW SOMETIMES FAILS TO GO UP OR DOWN WHEN I PRESS THE WINDOW DOWN BUTTON. THEN LATER IT WILL RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. JOHNSON MOTORS REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW MOTOR LAST YEAR WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN TO HAVE IT SERVICED AND HAVE SOME SCRATCHES BUFFED OUT THAT HAD BEEN THERE WHEN I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE WINDOWS ARE A VERY REAL PROBLEM BUT THE SEAT BELT LATCH FAILURE IS A REAL LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.*AK

POWER STEERING PROBLEM - WHEN YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, THERE IS AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND YOU CAN FEEL A VIBERATION WHILE PARKED AND WHILE MOVING. I TOOK THIS CAR TO THE DEALER I PURCHED THE CAR FROM ON SEPT. 14, 2001. MR. JAY WAKEFIELD ,GENERAL MANAGER AND MR. TOM BERRY, SERVICE MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGED MY PROBLEM. HOWEVER, BOTH SAID THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER CARS. SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT FOUND THE SOLUTION. THEY ALSO SAID I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE MFG. NOTIFIES THEM WHAT TO DO. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR IN THIS CONDITION. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR. WAKEFIELD BUICK DID PUT TWO NEW TIRES ON SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED. THE TIRES CAUSES THE CAR TO VIBERATE WHEN YOU GET UP TO 60 MPH AND UP. I MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM TO JAY WAKEFIELD BUT HE WAS NOT SYMPHETIC WITH MY TIRE PROBLEM. I WILL HAVE TO PUT NEW TIRES ON AT MY EXPENSE. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAS BOUGHT BUICK LESABRES AND THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. AFTER PURCHASING A DIFFRENT BRAND OF TIRE THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN VEHICLE WENT OVER A DIP IN ROAD AT 3 TO 5 MPH, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND WILL INSPECT VEHICLE. *AK *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON. WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS WENT OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN TRYING TO MAKE HORN WORK IT WILL NOT WORK. HAD PRESSED REAL HARD OVER STEERING WHEEL COVER, BUT WILL HARDLY WORK. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED COVER TWICE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIXTS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT A GROWLING SHUDDER WHEN MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS. DEALER WORKED ON THE CAR TWO OR THREE TIMES REPLACING POWER STEERING HOSE EACH TIME.

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS BUILT INTO BACK OF SEAT, NEXT TO HEADREST. CONSUMER CANNOT SEE INTO A BLIND SPOT, TO GO TO LEFT LANE. CONSUMER S IS TOO SHORT. CONTACT DEALER, NOTHING CAN BE BE DONE.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. STATED ON INVOICE FACTORY IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A CORRECTION FOR STEERING MAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING.*AK

STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

TIRES MADE IN 4 SECTIONS, HAVE HARD HEAVY SPOTS, TIRES CAN NOT BE BALANCED, CAUSING BAD VIABRATIONS AT ALL SPEEDS AND GROSSLY EFFECT STEERING, TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: NONE SHOW TIRESIZE: P215/70/15)

FRONT END OF VEHICLE VIABRATES BADLY AT 70, CAUSED BY SECTIONAL JOINTS IN TIRES, TIRES CAN NOT BE BALANCED HAVE HARD SPOTS, GMC SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: NO DOT TIRESIZE: P215/70/15)

TWI-LIGHT CONTROL, HEADLIGHT SWITCH, FAULTY, TURNS HEADLIGHTS ON IN DAYLIGHT THEN SWITCH OVERHEATS, COULD CAUSE FIRE UNDER DASH, HAVE TO TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF TO LET HEADLIGHT SWITCH COOL OFF.*AK

TIRE SIZE P21570R15. DOT# NOT AVAILABLE HAS A BUMP ON IT. WHEN GOING OVER 30 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES, AND THE FASTER VEHICLE GOES THE MORE IT VIBRATES. CONSUMER CAN'T STEER WITH BOTH HANDS BECAUSE FINGERS WILL GET NUMB. TIRE HAS LARGE IMPRESSION WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER STATED THAT TIRES WERE MADE IN 4 SECTIONS, THEN VULCONIZED TOGETHER BEFORE TREAD IS MOLDED ON CAUSING LARGE DIMPLES WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAD. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)

I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GOING DIM AND THEN BRIGTHEN BACK UP. THE CONTROLS WOULD ALSO GET HOT. I CALL MR. CARL CHIPMAN AT THE GO AUTOMOTIVE AND INFORMED HIM THAT I FELT THAT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF SOME KIND. THEY HAD A SUNROOF PUT IN AND I WASN'T SURE IT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CAUSE BY THIS TOP. MR. CHIPMAN DID RIDE THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD AND IT DID NOT DO IT WITH HIM. HE STATED THAT THE CONTROLS BEING HOT WAS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THAT TIME OF YEAR AND THE WEATHER. I TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD BE HOT TO THE TOUCH. I WAS ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELT NOT HOOKING AND THEY ORDERED A PIECE AND I TOOK THE CAR IN ON 6/23/99. MR. CHIPMAN TOLD ME TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS. THINGS DID NOT GET WORSE UNTIL THE WHOLE CONTROL PANEL STOPPED WORKING ON 7/1/01. MY CAR WAS NEVER PUT ON THE MACHINE AND BUICK IS TELLING ME THAT SINCE I DID NOT HAVE MY CAR SERVICE WITH A DEALER THAT THEY WON'T COVER ANY OF THR BILL. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT $700.00 TO REPLACE THE CONTROL PANEL BECAUSE IT HAS SHORTED OUT.

ON MAY 22 POLICE REPORT NUMBER [XXX] WIFE LOST CONTROL AND REPORTED VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE CHECKED..REPAIRS WERE MADE AND TODAY ON JULY 15 VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND ENGINE WAS RACING AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TURNING 4100 RPM AND WOULD NOT IDLE.THE CAR NORMALLY RUNS AT 65 AT 2000 RPMS SO 4100 RPM WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH. CRUISE WAS TAKEN OFF HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SPEED OUT OF CONTROL.ALL ATTEMPTS TO GET VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN FAILED. THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVEWAY I HAVE NOT REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALER YET.DEALER UNAWARE OF ACCIDENT.ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON WET ROADS AND THE ACCELERATOR MAY HAVE STUCK THEN. I KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG...HELP ME IT MAY SAVE A LIFE. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW THE VEHICLES STABILITRAC DRIVER CONFIDENCE SYSTEM FAILED RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE DID A 180 DEGREE SPIN, THE VEHICLE ENDED UP OFF ROAD AND UP A SNOWBANK, THERE WERE NO INJURIES . NLM

BRAKES SQUEAK IN DAMP WEATHER. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT ALL OF BUICK LESABRES DO THAT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH ENGINE WILL STALL, LEAVING THE VEHICLE UNDRIVEABLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED WIRING HARNESS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT DEFECT. PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND ANOTHER DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED A CRACKED IGNITION WIRE. CONSUMER REVIEWED ODI WEBSITE, AND FOUND A TSB 000604023 WHICH DESCRIBED PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK