2001 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

CAR HAS TWICE SHUTOFF DURING DRIVING. LAST TIME IN MIDDLE OF TURN, SON RAN OFF ROAD BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY GM RECALL FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT SYMPTOMS ARE IDENTICAL. DEALER HAS NO IDEA HOW TO REPAIR EXCEPT TO 'TRY' THINGS. PROBLEM IS, IF GUESS IS WRONG AND PROBLEM PERSISTS, SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAPPEN.

THE DASH PAD IS PEELING AND WARPING AND I FOUND A SITE THAT TOLD ME TO REPORT IT HERE AS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH SEVERAL YEARS OF THE LESABRE.

THE GAS HAND SAID IT WAS FULL, WHEN I DROVE OFF THE PARKING LOT.. I DIDN'T GET OFF THE ROAD, WHEN THE CAR RAN OUT OF GAS. CARS BLOWING HORNS.

SEVERAL TIMES BEGINNING IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH 2015, MY CAR BEGAN TO STALL WHILE AT SIGNAL. ONE TIME THE CAR QUIT WHILE DRIVING. THE IGNITION DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, SOMETIMES IT WILL TURN THE CAR OVER TO START, OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL. I PURCHASED MY BUICK AT A LIEN SALE. I AM WORRIED THE CAR MAY HAVE THE PROBLEM INDICATED IN THE RECALL. I HAD TWO MECHANICS CHECK THE BATTERY (REPLACED) ALTERNATOR (TESTED GOOD) AND THEY CHECKED FUEL INJECTION AND AIR INTAKE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT IF A GENERAL MOTORS DEALER COULD PLEASE CHECK MY CAR. *TR

ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF UPON EXELLERATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 - 55MPH. AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT OVER TIME AT LOWER SPEEDS. WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AFTER SITTING A COUPLE OF MINUTES FROM THE START OF THE PROBLEM. BUT OVER TIME, IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND HARDER TO RESTART WITH EACH INCIDENT. I'VE TAKEN IT TO 1-DEALER AND 2-SHOPS FOR DIAGNOSTIC BUT, THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. I PARKED THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WENT OUT TO START IT ONE MORNING AND IT BACK FIRED WITH LOTS OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ALWAYS STAYED ON MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND THE CAR RUNS LIKE A CHAMP! WHEN ITS RUNNING.

THE DASH BOARD IS MELTING AWAY AN IT HAS LIFTED UP THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAD AN I THINK THATS A SAFEY HAZARD CAUSE IF I WAS TO GET INTO A FINDER BENDER OR A BAD CAR WRECK THE PASSENGER AIR WILL NOT COME OUT. AN I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER MAKE AN MODELS JUST LIKE MINES

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR POWER WINDOW MOTORS, THE DASH IS COMING APART AND IS RAISED BLOCKING SOME VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY AFFECTING THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IN AN ACCIDENT. IN ADDITION, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BRAKING VIBRATION / PULSATION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON ALL FIVE OF MY BUICK LESABRES

THE DASH BOARD PEELED UP. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IS IN THE AREA WHERE PARTS ARE LOOSE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE BUICK LASABRE. I AM VERY CONCERNED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG CANNOT DEPLOY AS INTENDED WITH THE DASH SITUATION. THE DATE HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS THE ORIGINAL OWNER IS NOW DECEASED. *TR

ALL 4 WINDOWS HAVE FAILED. ONE OF THEM TWICE! MY DASHBOARD IS SEPARATING EXACTLY THE SAME WAY MANY OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED THEIRS. I INITIALLY HAD MAJOR BATTERY ISSUES (BATTERY IS LOCATED UNDER BACK SEAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE - HOW WEIRD IS THAT?). I WOULD DRIVE MY CAR TO THE STORE, COME OUT, AND IT WOULD NOT START. ONE TIME, I OPENED THE TRUNK TO GET MY JUMPER CABLES AND WHEN I SLAMMED THE TRUNK LID, THE RADIO CAME ON! THEN, OF COURSE, THE CAR STARTED JUST FINE. AFTER OWNING THIS POSSESSED CAR WITH MAJOR RELIABILITY ISSUES FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WE FOUND AN ELECTRICAL MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED A LOSE WIRE IN THE MANUFACTURERS ELECTRICAL WORK WHICH WAS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY. MY GAS GAUGE HASN'T WORKED IN YEARS. I AM ALWAYS AT 3/4 TO A FULL TANK. THIS IS OTHERWISE A GREAT CAR, BUT I AM SERIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED THAT BUICK WILL NOT STAND BEHIND SOME OF THESE REPEAT PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY THE ELECTRIC MOTORS FOR THE WINDOWS AND THAT HORRIBLE PLASTIC PART THAT CONTINUES TO BREAK. SOMEBODY FROM BUICK SHOULD READ THESE COMPLAINTS AND DO SOMETHING. *TR

I TRY TO START THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START AND THEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN THEN I HEARD A BIG LOUD SOUND FROM THE ENGINE A BOOB SOUND. I NOTICE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE HOOD. MY BROTHER WAS OUTSIDE WHEN THE LOUD SOUND WENT OFF. MY BROTHER AND I MOVE THE OTHER VEHICLES OUT OF THE WAY SO IT WOULDN'T CATCH ON FIRE. WENT BACK OVER TO THE CAR MY BROTHER TRIED TO PURSUE WITH THE MATTER AND HE NOTICE HE WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE THE SMOKE WERE COMING FROM THE ENGINE IT WAS TO MUCH FOR HIM TO HANDLE SO HE TOLD ME TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND DID THAT. ENGINE WAS ON FIRE SPREADING LARGER SURROUNDING THE TIRES ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHILE THE ENGINE WAS IN FLAMES. THE POLICE CAME AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVE A COUPLES MINUTES AFTER THAT. THEY SPREAD IT DOWN WITH FIRE HOSES AND THAT WAS IT. IT NOT FIXABLE AND IT SCARED VERY BAD THIS IS REALLY BAD SO THAT'S WHY I'M WRITING THIS TO SOLVE THIS MATTER . *TR