2000 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

DT: LAST YEAR WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOW. THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND FIRST ,AND THEN THE WINDOW FELL DOWN. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THE WHOLE WINDOW MECHANISM. THERE WAS A WEB MADE OF PLASTIC THAT HOLDS THE END OF THE CABLE AND KEEPS WINDOW UP. THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC FAILED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN WHO COULD BE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND GET COLD WHEN THE WINDOW WAS DOWN. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED TO THE CONSUMER AGAIN THIS WEEKEND WHILE DRIVING AT A SHOPPING CENTER, AND HIT A BUMP. THEN HEARD A POPPING AND THEN THE WINDOW CAME DOWN AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WAS GOING TO REPAIR IT HIMSELF.*AK

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED. THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE WINDOW SLID HALF WAY DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. I TALKED TO MY MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS A CABLE THAT BROKE. HE KNEW INSTANTLY BECAUSE HE HAD REPLACED MANY OF THEM IN SIMILAR BUICK LESABRES. WE KNOW OF TWO FRIENDS PERSONALLY WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FOR ONE FRIEND, IT HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE WINDOW IN HER CAR. TO GET IT FIXED AT THE DEALERSHIP COST NEARLY $500. IT APPEARS TO US THAT THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND THAT THE AUTO MAKER SHOULD RECALL AND REPAIR IT AT THEIR COST.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE SERVICE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE SHORTED CRANK SENSOR IN HIS VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS 30-40 MPH OR LESS, IT STALLED 4 TIMES. THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. *AK *TT

DT: THE BATTERY CONNECTION BROKE OUT OF THE BATTERY WHERE THE BATTERY CONNECTIONS WERE MOUNTED . THIS BATTERY WAS LOCATED REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. CONSUMER PULLED REAR SEAT OUT, AND COULD VISIBLY SEE THE BATTERY CONNECTIONS WHICH WERE LOOSE FROM THE BATTERY AND HAD EVIDENTLY BROKEN LOOSE FORM THE BATTERY ITSELF. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE BATTERY FLUID LEAKED ON THE FLOOR AND PIERCED THROUGH THE METAL FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A VISIBLE HOLE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER. TOOK CAR TO A BUICK DEALER TO BUY ANOTHER BATTERY , AND DEALER NOTED THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH PARTICULAR BATTERY WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO BE MANUFACTURED IN ASIA, AND THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE. DEALER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY COST ASSISTANCE OR FREE REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER BOUGHT ANOTHER BATTERY AND PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR IT. HAS NOT CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *AK

I OWN A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS. I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING ANOTHER WINDOW MOTOR, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE. DON'T YOU THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE FOR THESE REPAIRS AS I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND SHE HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FROM READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF CONSUMERS. WHAT CAN WE DO? I JUST REPLACED ONE, 400.00 CHARGE NOW ANOTHER ONE. AS CONSUMERS WE ARE REQUESTING A RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE WINDOWS FOR ALL BUICKS. I DID NOT KEEP THE LAST OLD PART, BUT WILL KEEP THE NEXT ONE, WHERE DO I SEND IT? *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN AND STOP. THE POWER STEERING TIGHTENS UP AND IT JUST STOPPED. . THE PANEL WILL LIGHT UP AND THE VEHICLE WILL DIE . THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERS THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. CONTACTED GM THEN, AND GM TOLD DEALER WHAT TO DO. THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND NO CODES WERE FOUND. THIS STARTED HAPPENING ON AUGUST 15, 2003. *AK

FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FAILURE IN MY 2000 BUICK LESABRE VIN: [XXX]VEHICLE EXHIBITS HARD STARTS AND OCCASIONALLY STALLS WHILE DECELERATING. STRONG FUEL ODOR ON STARTUP. FUEL LEAKING FROM VACUUM LINE AT FUEL RAIL. PER GM RECALL BULLETIN 03054B, DATED JUNE 2004, THIS VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT. BULLETIN STATES IF THE VEHICLE HAS A DELPHI MANUFACTURED PART IT IS TO BE REPLACED WITH A BOSCH MANUFACTURED PART (FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR) AT NO COST. VEHICLE HAS DELPHI MANUFACTURED PART LABEL ON FUEL RAIL. DEALER INDICATED THIS PARTICULAR VIN IS NOT COVERED UNDER SAID RECALL. BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE CONFIRMED THIS STATING THIS VEHICLE WAS "NOT IN OUR VISS SYSTEM," AND " WE CANNOT AUTHORIZE THE REPAIR UNDER THIS RECALL." FAILURE WAS CORRECTED BY OWNER. PART PURCHASED AND REPLACED BY OWNER. DEALER: USEM CHEVROLET OF AUSTIN MN BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYEES: FRANSIS AND ALICIA BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE CALL REFERENCE #: [XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE, BUT THEY DID NOT INFLATE. NO LIGHTS ON ITHE DASHBOARD. THIS HAPPENED SAT. JULY 16, 2005. HAD NOT CONTACTED BUICK.*AK

DT: CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH IT WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG NOR DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *NM

1. TRANSVERSE BRAKE LINE TO LEFT REAR BRAKE (ABS) RUSTED THROUGH; ALL BRAKE FLUID LOST. NO OTHER VISIBLE RUST UNDER CAR. LUCKILY, WAS PARKED WHEN DISCOVERED. 2. NO BRAKES. 3. AT DEALER REPLACING LINE.