2004 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PLACING FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE DIAL ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MOVED FROM FULL TO EMPTY. THE DIAL REMAINED ON EMPTY AND WOULD NOT MOVE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO RECALL PERTAINING TO THIS FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. UPDATED 12/22/08. *LJ THE POWER WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING. UPDATED 12/23/08.*JB

TRAVELING FROM BUFFALO, N.Y. TO GREENSBORO, GA. ON ROUTE 77, JUST PAST BECKLEY, W. VA., I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE CAR AND THOUGHT IT WAS A PATCH OF ROUGH ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS A LOAD BANG AND AS I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR, I NOTICED BLACK STRIPS FLYING BEHIND ME. THE CAR BECAME SLUGGISH AND WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED UNTO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. I CHECKED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND SAW ALL THE THREAD WAS GONE AND ONLY THE BELT REMAINED AND THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. I CALLED FOR A TOW COMPANY AND THE DRIVER SHOWED ME THAT ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND THE REAR BUMPER AND TIRE WELL WERE DESTROYED. I WAS TOWED TO A GM DEALER IN BECKLEY AND THEY SPLICED THE WIRES FOR A TEMPORARY FIX AND REPLACED THE TIRES SO I COULD GET HOME. ONCE HOME, I HAD MY GM DEALER ORDER THE PARTS NEEDED TO FIX THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I ALSO HAS A COLLISION REPAIR SHOP FIX THE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. *TR

TETHER ON THE COSCO VANTAGE HIGHBACK IS VERY DIFFICULT TO INSTALL. INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT CLEAR, AND IT IS NOT USER FRIENDLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY HELPFUL HINTS IN HOW TO EASILY SHORTEN THE TETHER FOR INSTALLATION IN CARS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THE EXACT MODEL IS 22560-FSM MANUFACTURED 6/15/07 WHY NOT USE THE TETHERS YOU INSTALL AND PULL TO TIGHTEN LIKE THE COSCO SCENERA 22120 FSM MANUFACTURED 6/18/07 THESE ARE MUCH EASIER TO INSTALL, VERY USER FRIENDLY. PLEASE HELP MAKE INSTRUCTIONS AND INSTALLATION EASIER FOR PARENTS. IT IS HARD ENOUGH TEACHING THEM TO USE THESE CAR SEATS CORRECTLY EVERY TIME, BUT EVEN HARDER WHEN THINGS ARE MANUFACTURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVEN AN EXPERT CAN'T THEM FIGURE OUT. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2004, MAKE=BUICK, MODEL=LESABRE). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE CONTACT INFORMED HIM OF THE SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY BE INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO BRING THEM THE VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,833.

SPEEDOMETER FAILED, DASH INDICATOR NOT WORKING. DEALER, DESERT BUICK IN LAS VEGAS, REFUSED TO COVER COST OF REPLACEMENT (EST. $600-$800) YET 3 WESTERN STATES HAVE SUED GM OVER THIS FAILURE, CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. GM HAS A "CAMPAIGN" TO FIX VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES BUT DESERT BUICK WILL NOT FIX MY VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS. MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK FILLER NECK AS IT CRACKED. MY CAR HAD 45,000 SOME MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. ($473) BUICK SAID IT WAS THE RESULT OF FREEZING/ THAWING TEMPERATURES IN WINTER. THEN MY ASHTRAY DOOR BROKE - IT WON'T STAY CLOSED ON IT'S OWN. BUICK WANTED $300 - 400 TO FIX THAT. I'M USING VELCRO. THEN MY ODOMETER NEEDLE STOPPED WORKING AND JUST HANGS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE EVERY LIGHT BULB IN THE CAR AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH HEATING/AIR PANEL AREA HAVE GONE OUT. I HAVE LESS THAN 55,000 MILES ON THE CAR NOW AND ALL THIS HAPPENED BEFORE IT HIT 50,000 MILES. THIS IS A $35,000 CAR RETAIL -COME ON BUICK - LETS DO BETTER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE PASSED INSPECTION. THREE MONTHS LATER, SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR ROTORS WERE RUSTED, HAD SPLIT IN TWO, AND WERE HANGING DOWN. BETWEEN THE TWO INSPECTIONS, SHE ONLY HAS 13,00 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAS POSSESSION OF THE FAILED COMPONENT. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 35,600. UPDATED 04/03/08. *LJ

DRIVING MY CAR AROUND 45 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BEGAN TO CLIMB WITHOUT ANY MORE ACCELERATION TO THE GAS. THE NEEDLE WENT PAST THE 140 MPH MARK AND THEN BOTTOMED OUT HANGING COMPLETELY STILL. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR IT REMAINED HANGING UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS LATER THEN IT WOULD BEGIN TO CLIMB BUT NEVER REACHED THE CORRECT SPEED. (I HAVE THE MPH IMAGE ON MY WINDSHIELD THAT REVEALS MY SPEED-WHICH STILL WORKS). THE NEEDLE ON MY SPEEDOMETER CONTINUES TO FLUCTUATE OR REMAIN FROZEN EACH TIME I DRIVE MY CAR-IT NEVER MATCHES THE MPH IMAGE ON MY WINDSHIELD. THANKFULLY I HAVE THIS IMAGE, OR IT COULD OF CAUSED SERIOUS BRAKING OR PANIC THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS TELLING ME I WAS GOING OVER 140 WHEN I ACTUALLY I WAS NOT. *TR

NO CRASHES OR ACCIDENTS AS OF YET. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 BUICK LESABRE WENT BAD RESULTING IN A NOT TRUE MPH READING CAUSING POTENTIAL SPEEDING IN SLOWER ZONES. *TR

EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF HEAT GAUGE, THEN FAILURE OF GAS GAUGE, NOW FAILURE OF SPEEDOMETER. *JB