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2001 Buick Lesabre complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2001 record →

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Jan 5, 200618,300 milesFL

WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH I HAD THREE WINDOW FAILURES CAUSE BY A PLASTIC PART BREAKING LEAVING THE WINDOWS IN A DOWN POSITION AND UNABLE TO RAISE THEM. IT APPEARS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND REQUIRES REPLACING THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY AT APPROXIMATELY $500 A WINDOW. THE PART SHOULD NOT BE PLASTIC AND/ OR SHOULD BE SOLD AS A SEPARATE PIECE NOT REQUIRING THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. *JB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Dec 19, 200510,336 milesPA

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK UPDATED 01/11/06. *JB

Visibility › Rear Window Wiper/Washer › Linkages
Filed Dec 3, 200578,000 milesNC

THE ELECTRIC WINDOW REGULATORS ARE POORLY MADE AND SUBJECT TO FAILURE EVEN WITH LITTLE USE OF THE WINDOWS. *JB

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Nov 16, 2005ND

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT 2001 BUICK LESABRE LIGHTS MALFUNCTION. *TS (11/16/05) THE LIGHTS WOULD GO DIM. *SC

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Nov 1, 2005TX

BUICK LESABRE 2001. POWER CONTROL FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS. DEFECT IN THE POWER CONTROL FOR WINDOWS. CANNOT GET WINDOWS TO GO BACK UP ON RIGHT AND LEFT REAR WINDOWS. WAS REPAIRED 1 TIME IN 2002 BY DEALERSHIP WEISNER BUICK. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED BECAUSE IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRENTY NOW AND I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT THAT WAS WITH THE CAR WHEN PURCHASED. THERE IS SOMETHING ELECTRONICALLY WRONG WITH THE POWER WINDOW CONTROL AND I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE EXPENSE OF THIS. THIS IS DEFINATELY A DEFECT IN THE CAR. *NM

Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module
Filed Oct 25, 200572,000 milesIN

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO SUGGESTED RESETTING THE AIRBAG. THE DEALER RESET THE AIRBAG, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT LATER ILLUMINATED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE AIRBAG WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY ,AND COULD NOT OFFER ANY EXPLANATION. NO FURTHER REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Sep 29, 200594,000 milesCA

EARLIER TODAY I REPORTED PROBLEM WITH BOTH MY 2001 BUICK LESABRE REAR WINDOWS MALFUNCTIONING WHEN REGULATORS FAILED CAUSING WINDOWS TO DROP OPEN AND STAY THAT WAY. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND 21 OR 29 OWNERS OF 2000-2001 LESABRES IN ONE ONLINE SURVEY REPORTED ONE OR MORE WINDOWS DROPPING OPEN. THIS IS A CHILD SAFETY HAZARD, AS THE DRIVER MAY BE UNAWARE THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAS DROPPED AND A CHILD MAY FALL OUT. *NM

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Sep 28, 200594,000 milesCA

ALL FOUR WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED, AND WHEN THE TWO REAR REGULATORS FAILED THE WINDOWS DROPPED INTO OPEN POSITION AND COULD NOT BE RAISED. THIS EXPOSED THE PASSENGERS TO PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS AND THE ELEMENTS AND AT SPEED COULD DISTRACT A DRIVER AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AT WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG, 21 OUT OF 29 OWNERS OF 2000 & 2001 BUICK LESABRES REPORTED EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH AT LEAST ONE AND USUALLY SEVERAL WINDOWS! *NM

Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise Control
Filed Sep 19, 200527,072 milesMI

CRUISE CONTROL ON/OFF SWITCH FAILURE. *NM

Fuel System, Other › Storage › Tank Assembly › Pressure Relief Devices
Filed Aug 17, 2005TX

DT: 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. THIS CAUSED AN ODOR IN THE CABIN. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT SURE WHY THIS HAPPENED. THEY JUST REPLACED IT. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED GMC YET.*AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Aug 2, 200554,000 milesIN

DT: CALLER STATED REAR PASSENGER WINDOW FELL OUT. THE CABLE SNAPPED ,AND COULD NOT ROLL THE WINDOW UP. DEALER SAID THEY BROKE ALL THE TIME. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

Electrical System
Filed Jul 22, 20055,800 milesKS

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE WONT START, CANT ROLL WINDOWS WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN THE INGNITON SAID DRIVER UNKOWN, LIGHTS COME ON, BUT RADIO WONT, PLAY , GOOD BATTERY HAD IT TESTED. WONT JUMP START NOR CAN YOU LOCK CAR WITH KEY BUT SYTEM SECURITY LIGHT IS ON WHEN DOORS ARE SHUT NO INTERIOR LIGHT COMES ON . SIDE DOOR MAY HAVE GOTTEN WET WHEN WINDOW WAS DOWN, ALREADY HAD A SIDE DOOR MODULE PUT IN. HAD OWN STAR IN THE CAR BUT HAVENT HAD IT REACTIVATE, DONT KNOW IF IT COULD CAUSE SYSTEM FAILURE . DRIVING A RENTING CAR NOW , WHEN LEFT FOR A LONG PERIODS OF TIME CAR WILL RESET ITSELF AND SART. TOOK TO CAR DEALER AND WAS INFORM THAT CAR HAD TO NOT BE WORKING TO TEST. TRIED TO SART THIS MORING AFTER NOT STARTING FOR 24HOURS AND TOWED TO THE DEALER THIS MORING THEYARE STILL WORKING ON CAR AND ITS BEEN THREE DAYS NOW CANT FIND ANYTING WORNG WITH IT.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jun 21, 200552,000 milesFL

IN JAN. 2005 THE BATTERY POSTS CORRODED OFF AND ACID LEAKED ONTO FLOOR CAUSING A HOLE....GM REPLACED BATTERY....NOW I HAVE BOTH REAR WINDOWS FALL DOWN AND I HAD TO WIRE THEM UP FROM INSIDE THE DOOR PANEL TO KEEP THEM UP. NO RESPONSE FROM GM. THEN THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW FELL AND I DID SAME THING TO IT...DEALER JUST SAYS IT IS ROUGHLY 500.00 A DOOR TO FIX....THIS IS RIDICULOUS..I HAVE BOUGHT ONLY BUICKS FOR LAST 41 YRS AND WILL RETHINK BUYING THE NEXT ONE.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jun 3, 20058,276 milesFL

2001 BUICK LESABRE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT SET, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD NO REVERSE ABILITY, WATER LEAKING FROM THE COOLANT PUMP, SES LIGHT ILLUMINATED, LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *MR THERE WAS A WHISTLING SOUND COMING FROM AROUND THE WINDOW AREA DUE TO A REVEALING MOLDING PIECE, THE STEERING FELT FUNNY AND WAS NOISY WHEN TURNING, THERE WAS ALSO A CLUNK IN THE STEERING, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT TIE ROD END, THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT, THE RIGHT REAR CENTER BULB WAS OUT, THE ORIGINAL BATTERY HAD LEAKED ACID CAUSING A HOLE IN FLOOR UNDER THE BACK SEAT, THE LIGHT SWITCH STUCK IN THE ON POSITION, AND THE RIGHT FRONT MARKER LIGHT OUT. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. *SC *JB

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed May 6, 2005NV

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

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Apr 29, 200544,000 milesOK

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

Electrical System
Filed Apr 11, 200522,837 milesPA

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

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Mar 31, 2005MN

CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE. DEALER SERVICE RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF UPPER PLENUM AND GASKET. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH BUICK ENGINES.

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Mar 2, 2005125,000 milesFL

THE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROLL THE REAR RIGHT WINDOW DOWN. THE REGULATOR BROKE BECAUSE THE PLASTIC SPOOL THAT THE STEEL CABLE GOES AROUND WEARS AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD BE AVOIDED IF THE SPOOL WAS MADE OF METAL. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR ON HIS VEHICLE WAS IMPROPERLY DESIGNED CAUSING EARLY FAILURE. *TC

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jan 2, 200552,000 milesIL

ON MY 2001 BUICK LESABRE, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. SINCE WE HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEY ARE REPLACING IT WITH A USED TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS A CONCERN SINCE I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY MILES IT WILL HAVE ON IT. IN ANY EVENT, I DO NOT THINK A TRANSMISSION SHOULD GO OUT AT 50,000 MILES, AND SINCE IT HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSED IT TO END UP AT THE DEALERSHIP, I AM CONCERNED TAKING IT ANY DISTANCE. THE REASON I PURCHASED A BUICK WAS RELIABILITY, BUT IT HAS BEEN THE MOST UNRELIABLE CAR I HAVE OWNED (I AM 53), AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A TRANSMISSION GO OUT AND HAVE OWNED CARS SINCE I WAS 18. *JB

Wheels › Rim
Filed Dec 22, 200450,000 milesIL

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH. THE ALUMINUM RIM EXPLODED. HOWEVER, THE TIRE WAS NOT DAMAGED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring
Filed Dec 3, 200450,200 milesIN

LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED DURING A STRORM, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. INFORMED DEALER THAT WIRING WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE 25704865 ARM, WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE TRANSMISSION MOTOR SHAFT STRIPPED THE THREADS. THIS PART WAS REPLACED, NOT THE WIRING. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 3, 2004NY

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT TRANSMISSION FAILED TO CHANGE GEARS WHILE SHIFTING. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR CARRIAGE BAN, AND THE SUN GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Nov 28, 200460,000 milesGA

WE HAVE HAD 2 BUICK LESABRES AND BOTH HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW REGULATORS. THE WINDOW GETS STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION AND WE ARE UNABLE TO RAISE THE WINDOW. WE HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW REGULATOR TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM.*AK

Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly
Filed Nov 19, 200433,675 milesVA

RIGHT OUTTER TIE ROD END FORND TO BE LOOSE. DEALER DESCRIBED AS "UNSAFE". VEHICLE MIALEAGE 33675.*AK

Fuel System, Other › Storage › Tank Assembly › Pressure Relief Devices
Filed Nov 10, 200460,000 milesMN

THE KEYS TURNED IN THE IGNITION BUT VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. THERE WAS A GAS SMELL. ALSO, ENGINE FELT LIKE IS WAS FLOODING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Nov 8, 2004AZ

WITHIN A ONE WEEK PERIOD, BOTH OF THE POWER WINDOWS COLLAPSED ON MY MOTHER '01 BUICK LESABRE. I HAD TO MANUALLY PULL UP THE GLASS AND TAPE IT IN THE "UP" POSITION. EVEN SO, THE INTERIOR BECAME VERY WET WHEN IT RAINED A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. TWO OF MY FRIENDS ALSO OWN BUICKS, ALBEIT CENTURY'S, AND THEY HAVE ALSO HAD THE REAR WINDOWS FALL DOWN WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. AT A COST OF $500 PER WINDOW TO REPAIR!*AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 27, 200425,561 milesWI

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A TRANSMISSION NOISE, IT STARTED AS A BEARING NOISE AND CONTINUALLY BECAME LOUDER. *BF THE NOSIE PROGRESSED TO A GROWLING NOSIE WHILE IN 4TH GEAR AND IN REVERSE. THE PROBELM WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PLANETARY SUN GEAR ASSEMBLY. *JB

Power Train
Filed Oct 22, 2004WI

THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *NM THE BEARING NOISE HAD CONTINUALLY GOTTEN LOUDER EVENTUALLY PROGRESSING TO A GROWLING NOISE IN 4TH GEAR AND WHILE BACKING IN REVERSE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Oct 13, 200448,000 milesNC

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BALL JOINT PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE OWNER REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS WHICH WERE PURCHASED FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SELF SEALED BALL JOINTS WOULD REMEDY THIS DEFECT. HOWEVER, WHEN THE NEW BALL JOINTS ARRIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER, THE OWNER CUT THROUGH THE NEW BALL JOINTS AND THEY HAD NO GREASE SEALED IN THEM AT ALL. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly
Filed Sep 14, 200428,000 milesAL

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 8, 200464,000 milesNJ

THE REAR BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . *AK *JB

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Aug 24, 200450,962 milesMO

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE CAR STOPPED. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE RESULT OF A "DEFECTIVE BEARING THT CAME APART IN THE FINAL DRIVE OF THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING METAL CONTAMINATION THORUGHOUT THE TRANSAXLE." THIS WAS THE ANALYSIS OF AUSTIN TRANSMISSION. CAR IS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE WITH 50,000 MILES. AUSTIN TRANSMISSION SAYS GM HAS "UPDATED PARTS" - PARTS WHICH REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS. THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. NO TRANSMISSION SHOULD FAIL AT 50,000. THIS CAR WAS NOT DRIVEN BY TEENAGERS. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR - AGE 65 BUT I WAS DRIVING IT THAT DAY. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Aug 18, 2004FL

VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAKSINSIDE THE ENGINE. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Aug 10, 200446,000 milesOK

OPERATING MECHANISMS ON THE REAR WINDOW BROKE CAUSING THE WINDOW TO GO DOWN AND STAY DOWN. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE MECHANISM. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE OTHER REAR WINDOW DID THE SAME THING. I THINK THE CABLES ARE DEFECTIVE. IS THERE A RECALL ON THE MECHANISMS? WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE AN IDLER PULLEY AFTER 40,000 MILES.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Aug 7, 200428,500 milesMN

ROTORS WERE BADLY RUSTED BEFORE CAR HAD 30000 MILES ON IT CAUSING POOR BRAKING AND EXTREME VIBRATION OF CAR WHILE DRIVING. NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL ROTORS AND BRAKES AT 30000 MILE CHECK UP. LEARNED THAT GM HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH RUSTY ROTORS DUE TO ELIMINATION OF CHROMIUM IN THE IRON ALLOYS DURING MANUFACTURING OF ROTORS. VERY COSTLY 30000 MILE CHECK UP AND GM AND DEALER REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROBLEM RATHER THEY SAY ITS "ENVIRONMENTAL". DID NOT HAVE ACCIDENT BUT DID HAVE PROBLEM BRAKING A HIGH SPEEDS. SINCE THIS IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT I FEEL GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFECTIVE SUBSTANDARD EQUIPMENT.*AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Aug 5, 200418,886 milesAR

WHILE DRIVING, A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO THE REGULATOR SHORTING OUT AND THERE WAS A RATTLE IN THE DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DUE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT OUTER TIE RODS BEING LOOSE. *SC *JB

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 23, 2004CA

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. *MR THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT MOVE FORWARD IN GEAR AND MADE A RATTLING NOISE. *SC *JB

Suspension › Rear › Shock Absorber
Filed Jul 19, 2004CA

REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS ALLOWS THE VEHICLE'S REAR WHEELS TO LEAVE THE PAVEMENT.*MR WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH AND HITTING ROUGH OR UNEVEN PAVEMENT, THE REAR OF THE CAR SEEMED TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL LIKE IT WAS HITTING A PATCH OF ICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO FOUND FLUID IN THE AIR BAG OF THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS. THE REAR SHOCK WERE REPLACED WITH MONROE SHOCKS. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Jul 17, 200421,000 milesWI

FRONT INNER BARAKE PADS FRICTION MATERIAL CAME LOOSE FROM BACKING PLATE, IMPEDING BRAKE OPERATION. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 7, 2004CA

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

Air Bags
Filed Jun 14, 200438,000 milesIN

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

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed May 29, 200425,000 milesFL

4 WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED IN ONE YEAR ON MY 2001 BUICK LASABRE GM DENIES ANY PROBLEMS. *LA

Steering › Rack and Pinion
Filed May 11, 200412,409 milesSC

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

Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly
Filed May 11, 2004NY

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

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Apr 20, 200461,000 milesNJ

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 22, 20048,900 milesPA

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

Suspension
Filed Mar 17, 200415,000 milesFL

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

Suspension
Filed Jan 23, 2004CA

VEHICLE DANCED SIDEWAYS WHEN IT WENT OVER BUMPS. *PH THIS WOULD OCCUR AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. *SC *JB

Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 20, 2004CA

BATTERY ACID LEAKED OUT OF THE POSITIVE TERMINAL ONTO THE FLOOR PAN. *PH (NAR) *CB

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