2000 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

CAR DIED, GOT A JUMP FROM AAA, AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES CAR STARTED, CAR WAS NOT ACTING RIGHT, DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT CAR DIED, CALLED TO HAVE AAA COME BACK, WHILE WAITING FUMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE BACK SEAT WHERE THE BATTERY IS LOCATED, MECHANIC ARRIVED AND REMOVED THE REAR SEAT TO FIND THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL THE MAIN POSITIVE LEAD HAD CORRODED OFF THE BATTERY, AND FUMES WERE COMING OUT, HE IMMEDIATELY DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL ACID INSIDE THE CAR THE BODY STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED FROM THE ACID. THIS WAS AN AC DELCO BATTERY. I CALLED GM AND AC DELCO THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL BATTERY. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SO I WENT TO A BUICK DEALER AND BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND PUT IT IN . I OWN TWO BUICKS 97 AND 2000 THIS IS THE THIRD TIME AC DELCO BATTERY HAS FAILED MY 97 HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM ACID THAT LEAKED. AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE MAIN POSITIVE TERMINAL END TWICE BECAUSE IT ROTTED OFF. AC DELCO NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR BATTERIES THEY TOLD ME THAT ITS DUE TO HEAT AND VIBRATION THAT THEIR BATTERIES FAIL . THAT TO ME IS ADMISSION AND THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND THEY ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM.*JB

DT: THE HORN BUTTON IN THE CENTER OF STEERING WHEEL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO ACTIVATE THE HORN. THE CONSUMER HAD TO BEAR DOWN WITH BOTH HANDS IN ORDER TO GET THE HORN TO WORK. NOTICED THIS ON APRIL 15, 2005. *AK

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS. *TS WHEN DOING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPAIR FOR THE SECOND TIME THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT (AND MAYBE THE LEFT) OUTER TIE ROD END WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIE ROD WAS FIRST REPLACED WHEN THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 18959 MILES ON IT. *NM

7/17/2000: STALLED 2X IN TRAFFIC W/315 MILES ON IT; REPLACED WIRE HARNESS & FUSES; 4/9/02:LEAK-REPLACED UPPER MANIFOLD @ 23,184 MILES 5/3/02: NOISY,UNEVEN-DEFECTIVE TIRES-REPLACED @ 24,161 MILES; 8/20/03: RECALL - HEATING & COOLING @ 39,226 MILES; 10/28/03: RATTLING-CATAL.CONV.ASSEMBLY @42,892 MILES; 7/8/05: MOTOR NOT RUNNING PROPERLY - REPLACED WIRES,COILS,ETC.@ 55,385 MILES 10/28/03: RATTLING-REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER ASSEMBLY; 10/13/04-ECALL. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 BUICK LESABRE AND HAVE THREE WINDOW REGULATORS REPLACED. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME TYPE DEFECT IF ONE AUTO HAS THREE REPLACED. PLEASE ADVISE. *NM

BASICALLY THE SAME ISSUE AS THE 71 OTHER COMPLAINTS. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, THEN FELL HALFWAY DOWN. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. THEN LAST NIGHT THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW DID THE SAME. OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE AUTOMATIC WINDOW ASSEMBLY. ALMOST NO POINT IN PAYING TO GET IT FIXED AS IT SEEMS ANYONE THAT HAS HAD IT FIXED JUST HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. *JB

2000 BUICK LESABRE WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER REPAIR FACILITY WHO DETERMINE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE IGNITION MODULE. ONCE THE MODULE WAS REPLACED THE STALL CONDITION RECURRED. *NM

BOTH FRONT AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTORS HAVE FAILED 3 DAYS APART FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. REPAIRS TO BOTH WINDOWS HAVE TOTALED $1000 COMBINED. OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED AT A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP. BASED ON OTHER PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, I HAVE SEEN A TREND THAT THIS IS OCCURRING COMMONLY ON THIS VEHICLE, AND REPEATED FAILURE OF THIS PART IS OCCURRING WITH MANY OWNERS. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THREE OF THE FOUR POWER WINDOWS, AND NOW THE FOURTH WINDOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . THE WINDOWS HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THEY COULD NEVER DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE POWER WINDOWS AND THE REGULATOR. THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. THE THREE WINDOW REGULATORS HAD TO BE REPLACED OUT OF POCKET BY THE CONSUMER THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COST OF REPAIRS. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WHEN THE PROBLEMS FIRST STARTED THE WINDOW WOULD GO UP SLOWLY AND THEN IT WOULD GO OUT. *AK

DT: 2000 BUICK LE SABER. THE CAR STALLED AT 10751 MILES IN FEBRUARY 2003 AT ANY GIVEN TIME NO MATTER WHAT THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE. THIS HAPPEN AGAIN ON AUGUST 15, 2003 AND ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2004. THE CONSUMER CALLED GM AFTER THE THIRD TIME, THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THE RECALL WAS ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY PERFORMED RECALL REPAIRS. THE CAR STALLED AGAIN AROUND AUGUST 5, 2005. TOOK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY KEPT IT FOR 4 DAYS, THEY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM, AND THEY FIXED IT AGAIN. THIS WAS ON AUGUST 12, 2005. DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 3 BLOCKS FROM HOUSE AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. HAD TO SIT FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE CAR WOULD START. THE CAR DID START AND WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. FINALLY GOT THE CAR HOME AND MOW IT IS IN THE DRIVEWAY, TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL CONSUMER THIS EVENING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.*AK