2000 Buick Lesabre complaints

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IT STALLED OUT AT 1,600 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS SUPPOSE TO BE REPAIRED. PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AT 2,100 MILES. STOPPED DRIVING VEHICLE DURING SUMMER AND DROVE ONLY WINTER TIME. PROBLEM OF STALLING REAPPEARED ONCE MORE AT 10,600 MILES. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED EACH TIME FOR STALLING. FINALLY CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT STALLING.*AK *JB

VEHICLE BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR EXCESSIVE FAST IDLE AT START UP WITH COLD OR WARM ENGINE. VEHICLE 35 MPH IN ONE-HALF MILE WITHOUT USING ACCLERATOR. TACHOMETER INDICATES 1800 TO 2200 RPM. MUST APPLY BRAKES REPEATEDLY TO REDUCE SPEED TO SAFE SPEED. RPM RETURNS TO NORMAL WITHIN SEVEN-TENTHS OF A MILE. *TT

SINCE OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE NOT BALANCED, VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AT 60 MPH, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP THAT THEY WOULD NOT TRY TO BALANCE TIRES UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD AT LEAST 1000 MILES ON IT, ONCE VEHICLE OBTAINED THE MILES CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS THEN ADVISED THAT THE TWO FRONT TIRES COULD NOT BE BALANCED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFECTIVE, THE REAR TIRES WERE BALANCED BUT WOULD NOT BE SATISFACTORY TO TRANSFER TO THE FRONT AS THEY WOULD PROBABLY SHAKE, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ALL FOUR (GENERAL TIRES) AND IS NOW REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

AS CONSUMER PULLED INTO PUBLIC GARAGE, VEHICLE STALLED. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. CONSUMER OPENED HOOD AND SAW FLAMES, CLOSED HOOD AND CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. BY THE TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BLOW HORN IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION, BUT THE HORN DID NOT BLOW, CONSUMER STATES THERE IS ONE SMALL AREA WHICH WILL ACTIVATE THE HORN, IT IS HARD ENOUGH TO BLOW IF THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND THE HORN IS RECEIVING FULL ATTENTION. *JB

FUEL TANK AND SENDING LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO O-RINGS IMPROPERLY FITTED ON FUEL PUMP. IN JULY 2000, VEHICLE WAS MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER A BUMP. FRONT/REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNTS WERE DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS. DEALERSHIP PUT A SEALER ON THIS, BUT IT FAILED TO CORRECT DEFECT. *AK THE DEALER HAD REPLACED MOTOR, TRANSMISSION MOUNTS, POWER STEERING LINES, GASKET TO CATALYTIC CONVERTOR AND SWITCH FOR HEATED SEAT. *YH

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR , CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR DUE TO A LEAK; HOWEVER PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK *SLC

WHEN USING SIDE MIRRORS TO BACK UP THEY WOULD CONTINUALLY DROP DOWN. DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR WILL NOT COME BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION. A PROBLEM WHEN NOT ABLE TO USE SIDE MIRRORS.*AK THE MIRROR PROBLEM WAS A SERIOUS HAZARD. *YH

HORN IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO APPLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND REQUIRES A LOT OF PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE. *AK UNABLE TO GET THE HORN TO BLOW DURING EMERGENCY IS EXTEREMELY SAFETY HAZARD, POINTS OUT THE CONSUMER. *YH

STEEL BELT SEPARATION. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70 1R)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/70 1R )

THE VEHICLE WANDERS WHILE DRIVING AND IS VERY UNSTABLE, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE 15" WHEEL CONFIGURATION IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM

ENGINE STOPPED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL, ABOUT 55 MPH, AND ENTERING A LEFT CURVE. VEHICLE, W/O BRAKES OR STEERING, PULLED TO THE RIGHT, GOING ONTO THE BERM AND THEN DOING A 360 DEGREE TURN IN THE MIDDLE OR ROADWAY, HITTING GUARDRAIL AND THEN SLIDING OFF ROARWAY, OVER A SLOPE, INTO A FIELD. *AK

THERE ID AN EXCEPTIONAL LOUD NOSIE WHEN ACCELERATING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC STATED IT WAS ONLY NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST. CJ

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD BINDING NOISE. DEALER HAS LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK WATER PUMP FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE A/C FAN FAILED FOUR TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THE FAN FAILURE WAS CONNECTED TO STEERING. *YH

THE HORN OF THE BUICK LESABRE I DRIVE KEPT GOING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I TOOK IT FOR REPAIR. THEY TOLD ME THAT A COMPUTER MODULE WAS BAD AND IF IT WAS NOT REPAIRED THAT THE AIRBAG COULD GO OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THEY TOLD ME THE PRICE WOULD BE OVER $900 FOR THE REPAIR AND I PROTESTED THAT IF IT WAS A SAFETY AND COMPUTERIZED MODULE DEFECT IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. MARCIE OCHOA WITH BUICK CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE, 1-800-521-7300 FILE # C02428638, WAS CONTACTED BY GARY RUFFNER UWUA SEC-TREASURER, AND SAID SHE TALKED WITH SERVICE MANAGER BOB AND WAS NOT DUE TO A DEFECT ON THE VEHICLE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST WENT OUT. SHE ALSO SAID BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD IT HAD 42,678 MILES ON IT AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS A DEFECT THAT ANY CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IF WHAT THEY SAID IS TRUE THAT "THE MODULE DEFECT CAN CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY WHILE SOMEONE IS DRIVING AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. .

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER HEAD RESTS VIBRATE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN GOING FROM HIGH BEAM TO LOW BEAM ALL HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM. *SLC

ON FOUR OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE AT A STOP POSITION WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

HORN SENSOR IS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE ON STEERING WHEEL IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK THE HORN BECOMES MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE DURING NIGHT TRAVEL. *YH

IT TAKES TO MUCH EFFORT TO BLOW HORN,YOU HAVE TO POUND ON IT. *AK

STEERING IS UNCONTROLLED AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO FLOAT FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION WHICH IMPROVED THE PROBLEM A LITTLE BIT, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS, POSSIBLY A SUSPENSION OR STEERING PROBLEM. *SLC

WHILE TRYING TO SOUND HORN DRIVER NOTICED IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE HORN ASSEMBLY. PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK THE NEW HORN ASSEMBLY THAT WAS INSTALLED TO EASE THE HORN SOUNDING DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS A VEY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES ATTENTION. *YH

ENGINE STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HAD TO WAIT 5 MIN BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND CROSSING A STREET VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK MOST OF THE IMPACT OCCURED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND WAS SEVERE ENOUGH FOR AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. *YH

ON HIGHWAY AT SPEED OF 70 MPH THE STEERING FAILS AND THE VEHICLE FLOATS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. THE STEERING BECOMES SO UNCONTROLABLE THAT PASSING OTHER VEHICLES SAFELY WAS DIFFICULT. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES ALL OF THE 2000 MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE COULD HAVE STEERING PROBLEM. *YH

DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN 30 MPH FRONT COLLISION. *AK

THE HORN BUTTON HAVE TO BE PUSHED IN THE DIRECT CENTER TO ACTUATE THE HORN. IF A PERSON IS NOT AWARE OF THIS THEY MAY NOT ACTIVATE THE HORN WHEN DESIRED. ALSO, ALL POWER WINDOWS ARE SLUGGISH/MOTORS SOUNDS ROUGH AND NOISY DURING OPERATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH ON FREEWAY BRAKE LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON & STARTED TO CHIME BEFORE GOING OFF. HAD STARTED TO BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN & BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WENT INTO A SPIN, AND HIT A FREEWAY BARRIER. LATER IN DAY, CONTACTED MANUFACTURER & WAS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND & NO HELP. *AK

THE GENERAL TIRES ARE FAULTY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT WHILE PASSING OTHER VEHICLES, ALIGNMENTS AND ROTATIONS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST, THE TIRES HAVE 1800 MILES ON THEM. NLM

ENGINE STALLED GOING INTO SHARP CURVE. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. NEITHER DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WOULD GUARANTEE THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT REOCCUR. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION PROBLEM WHENEVER DRIVING FROM 0-65 MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NLM

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES, BURNING CONSUMER'S HOUSE DOWN. DEFECT POSSIBLY RELATED TO BATTERY CABLE.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL CABLE FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN AT HIGH SPEEDS WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR MAKING THE VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE DURING WET WEATHER. NLM

THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE ON LOW-BEAM, CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO DRIVE WITH HIGH-BEAMS ON. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT UPON BUMPING ANOTHER VEHICLE BUMPER AT 2 MPH OR LESS, NO BODY DAMAGES TO EITHER VEHICLE. DEPLOYMENT CAUSED DAMAGES TO DASH PANEL AND FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WOUD BE MADE AT INSURANCE COST. *AK THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT NEITHER AIR BAG SENSORS HAD BEEN ACTIVATED AFTER THE MINOR ACCIDENT. *YH

WINDOW GASKETS REPLACED, WINDOW ELECTRIC MOTOR REPLACED. *SLC

TWO FRONT TIRES OUT OF ROUND, CAUSING VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED, DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE WITH ANOTHER BRAND, BUT OFFERED TO REPLACE WITH MORE FIRESTONES (DOT NUMBER: W2X0AAC080 TIRESIZE: P225/60R16)

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENT. I WAS THE 3RD CAR AND BARELY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS GOING SO SLOWLY THAT THERE WAS NO IMPACT DAMAGE AT ALL, NOT EVEN THE SMALLEST DENT OF THE BUMPER. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, HOWEVER, AND CAUSED $3,800 DAMAGE TO MY CAR INTERIOR. THE DASH BUCKLED AND PUT A HOLE IN MY WINDSHIELD. THE REPORTING POLICEMAN SAID THE AIR BAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED.. THE

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE BRAKING BRAKE PEDAL STICKS UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT LOW SPEED, EVEN AFTER DEALER CLAIMED THEY FIXED SOME WIRINGS IN THE BACK OF ENGINE ON 8/28/2000. THE ENGINE STALL HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE SINCE BRAND NEW, FIRST IT WAS A DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR THEN THE WIRINGS? THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE ENGINE IS GOING TO STALL. THIS VEHICLE ALSO HAS A EXHAUST FUMES GETTING INTO AC INTAKE PROBLEM, I SUSPECT A DEFECTIVE HOOD SEAL.

FOLLOWING INABILITY TO BALANCE RIGHT FRONT TIRE THOMPSONS SENT ME TO LINVILLE BROS. IN SACRAMENTO WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS SEPARATING ITS TREAD. TIRE WAS REPLACED ON WARRENTY BY BUICK. ARE MY OTHER TIRES LIKELY TO FAIL?( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/60 P )

VEHICLE WILL QUIT OPERATING WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IT WILL SOMETIMES RESTART WITHIN 5 MINUTES, BUT SOMETIME IT WILL TAKE 24 HOURS. DLR CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE, AND ALSO IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK

TIRE THREAD WAS DISBONDING, DEALER WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING HAD TO FIND A FIRESTONE STORE HAD TO FIND ONE IN ANOTHER TOWN( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/60R16 )

WHILE DRIVING AROUND 55-60 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED VIBRATION COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE, VIBRATION COULD BE FELT THROUGHOUT VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. TIRES WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. CURRENTLY AT DEALER. *AK ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER 1/2 HOUR AT DEALER. THE DEALER TIGHTEND A WIRE TO BATTERY AND ANOTHER WIRE UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEATS. THE DRIVER IS RIGHT NOW BOTHERED BY A NOISE WHICH THE DEALER THINKS IS JUST A WIND NOISE. *YH

WINDSHIELD GLARES AND REFLECTS CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. YH

CONSUMER NOTICED A BULGE IN TIRE (FIRESTONE). NLM

ON THREE OCCASIONS AND WITHIN A MILE OF EACH OTHER VEHICLE WOULD COMPLETELY STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH WITH A/C ON. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK