2001 Buick Lesabre complaints

AT NIGHT, RAINING, ON INTERSTATE 95 NEAR FREEPORT, ME DRIVER FIDDLING WITH WIPER SPEED CONTROL (HE THINKS), HEADLIGHTS GO OUT FOR 2 TO 4 SECONDS (IT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY) AND THEN COME BACK ON. WAS ABLE TO REPEAT WHILE PARKED, LATER THAT NIGHT, ALSO RAINING. HAWE NOT TRIED TO REPEAT. TOOK CAR TO LOCAL BUICK DEALER (NOT THE ONE PURCHASED FROM). MECHANIC UNABLE TO REPEAT, EVEN BY BLOCKING LIGHT SENSOR ON DASH AND SQUIRTING WATER ON RAIN SENSOR ON WINDSHIELD. MECHANIC SAYS HE CALLED SOMEWHERE IN GM AND WAS TOLD THAT IN MAINE, IT IS REQUIRED THAT HEADLIGHTS COME ON WITH WIPERS. REFERRING TO DRIVER'S HANDBOOK, NOTED THAT SETTING THE "TWILIGHT" CONTROL TO OFF MIGHT CAUSE PROBLEM BUT DRIVER DOES NOT RECALL FIDDLING WITH THAT KNOB. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TWILIGHT KNOB HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SET TO ZERO. THIS CAR HAS EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION, WANTED OR NOT AND IS PRESUMED TO BE IDIOT-PROOF. IT IS HOWEVER A VERY SCARY SITUATION AND I WANT IT FIXED PLEASE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISON TRAVELING 10-`15 MPH IN WHICH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO ABDOMINAL AREA/ KNEES, AND EYES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO OFFER ANY CUSTOMER SATISIFACTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE FILLS WITH FUMES FROM OTHER CARS, FUMES FROM OTHER CARS AND COLD AIR ENTERS VENTS, CAUSING SEVERE HEADACHES, DEALER SAYS IT IS DESIGN INTENT. *JG *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH EXTREME VIBRATIONS OCCURS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK BROKE. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RATTLE IN THE DASH. CONSUMER ATTACHED ADMINISTRATIVE NUMBER VSS20010150 WHICH STATES THAT SOME CUSTOMERS COMMENT ON SHAKING/VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, FLOOR, OR SEAT, IT ALSO STATES TO INSPECT MISSING BALANCE WEIGHTS, AND TIRES, POSSIBLY TIRE RELATED. *JB

WINDOW WIPER FLUID WAS EMPTY/ AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE/ TIRE LIGHT CAME ON TWICE,CLUNK UNDER DRIVER SEAT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A LATERAL COLLISION; UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AT THE TIME THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. ALL FOUR DOORS WERE LEAKING AND WERE REPAIRED THREE TIMES. *YH

REAR PASSENGERS WHEEL STARTED TO WOBBLE, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A LOUD THUMPING NOISE.*SLC

SPEED CONTROL SWITCH FAILURE WHICH DEALER HAD REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE VEHICLE VIBRATED NAD THERE WAS NO SECOND GEAR AND NO REVERSE, DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION.*YH

CONSUMER IS EXPIERCING FOG INSIDE OF VEHICLE, CANNOT SEE ROAD. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 50-70 MPH STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, REPLACED TIRES/REBALANCED WHEELS. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

SEAT BELTS RETRACTOR IS BUILT INTO BACK OF SEAT, NEXT TO THE HEADREST, CONSUMER CAN'T SEE INTO THE BLIND SPOT WHEN TURNING HEAD AROUND TO LOOK TO GO INTO THE LEFT LANE, THE CONSUMER'S ARE 5'5" AND UNDER, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD THE CONSUMERS THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

A COMBINATION OF ODORS WERE COMING INTO THE VEHICLET HROUGH VENTILATION SYSTEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SINCE BUYING THE CAR IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN OUT, HAVE HAD PROBLEMS TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN RUINED TWO TRIPS. THE WINDOW WIPERS WERE DISCONNECTED, ALTERNATOR OUT, TRANSMISSION OUT, DASH RATTLES, MOTOR UNDER DRIVERS SEAT IS LOOSE, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER MAKES A HIGH WHINE. THE SEAT, AND DASH AND TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT THREE TIMES AND STILL NOT FIXED. THE CAR SHIFTS HARD INTO GEAR AFTER REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WHICH TOOK TWO TIMES TO THE SHOP TO FIX. THE TIRE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON DURING ONE OF THE OUT OF TOWN TRIPS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CHECKED REPEATEDLY.

THE VEHICLE HAS A LARGE CENTER CONSOLE BETWEEN TWO FRONT SEATS CONTAINING TWO CUP HOLDERS, THE CUP HOLDRERS ARE TOO LARGE AND THE PLASTIC RETAINERS ARE TOO THIN AND FLEXIBLE TO PROVIDE ANY STABILITY, A REGULAR SIZE CUP (6 OZ, 12 OZ OR 16 OZ) CAN EASILY TURN OVER SPLASHING FLUID. *YH

THE DAY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, WHILE DRIVING HOME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NEAREST DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED, IN WHICH THE EGR VALVE CONNECTOR WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER FIVE DAYS LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE COULD NOT PROMISE THAT THE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN OFF AND TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH THEM, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THE PROGRAM BOARD, AND THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED UNTIL BUICK SEES HOW MANY OTHER VEHICLES ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM.(LETTER WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF CLIENT.)*JB

WHEN DRIVING CAR VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY AT ALL SPEEDS, CAUSE 3 TIRES OUT OF ROUND. A POPPING NOISE FROM EXHAUST WHEN STARTING COLD, CAN NOT LOCATE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME.

WHENEVER TRAVELING BETWEEN 50-70MPH VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. VIBRATION FELT IN STEERING WHEEL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND FRONT SEAT. VEHICLE WAS CONTROLLABLE. EVEN WITH LESS SPEED THERE WOULD BE VIBRATIONS. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS REOCCURRING PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH BATTERY LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON, THEN, ALL DOORS LOCKED AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR UNLOCKED, AND ALL 3 PERSONS INSIDE VEHICLE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT. THIS WAS THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME ON 1JAN2001, DEALER SAID BATTERY TERMINAL WAS LOOSE, THEN ON 8JUNE2001 , DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. NOW DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN ENOUGH. *AK ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC

THE WIRING THAT CONTROLS ALL THE ELECTRONICS; AIR BAGS, BATTERY, INSTRUMENTS, ALTERNATOR, AND LIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 55 MILES PER HOUR BETWEEN TWO LARGE 18-WHEELED TRUCKS. IT IS JUST BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT THE TRUCK DRIVER IN FRONT PRESSED HIS BRAKE LIGHTS BECAUSE HE SAW I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR WHICH ENABLED ME TO MANUEVER AND PULL TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. I AM PREPARED TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC OR DETROIT OR ANYWHERE TO MAKE SURE THAT MY RIGHTS AND THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVING PUBLIC IS NOT JEOPARDIZED.*AK

WHILE HANDLING VEHICLE AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH, VEHICLE WILL NOT TRACK IN WINDY CONDITIONS PROPERLY, AND DRIFTS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. ALSO, IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE 5 TIMES; HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES STEERING NEEDS CONSTANT CORRECTION TO AVOID DRIFTIN IN WINDY CONDITIONS AND HEAVY TRAFFIC. *SLC

THE SUN VISORS HANG STRAIGHT DOWN AND NOT BACK MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOW WHILE DRIVING. NLM

UNDER HOOD FIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH FRONT CONTROL ARM BROKE, TRIED TO BRAKE, BUT UNABLE TO. VEHICLE PULLED TO RIGHT AND CONSUMER SIDESWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DAMAGE $ 2600, GMC SAID IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT, AND THEY WOULD EXCHANGE VEHICLE.*AK

AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING ACCIDENT. NLM

A REFLECTION IS CREATED FROM THE DASH BOARD ACROSS THE TOTAL WINDSHIELD 12 ANCHES ABOVE THE DASH BOARD CREATING A GRAY AREA.. WITHIN THIS AREA THE DEFROSTER IS PROJECTED ON THE WINDSHIELD CREATING A VERY DISTRACTING & ANNOYING IMAGE DISTRACTING MY VIEW OF THE ROAD. WHEN GM WAS CONTACTED ,THEY CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO STATED "I SHOULD HAVE THE WINDSHIELD LIGHTLY TINTED. *AK