2000 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

2000 BUICK LESABRE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL BECAME CORRODED RESULTING IN BATTERY FAILURE. *MR THE BATTERY TERMINAL BROKE AND CAUSED BATTERY ACID TO LEAK ONTO THE FLOOR UNDER THE REAR SEAT. *NM

THE ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR ALL 4 WINDOWS MALFUNCTIONED, COMPLETELY DIED. THE WINDOW WILL NOT COME DOWN. THE MOTOR BURNED OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THESE PARTICULAR MOTORS WERE A PROBLEM. *AK

THE MOTOR AND CABLES DO NOT OPERATE, PREVENTING THE WINDOWS FROM ROLLING UP. THIS COULD CAUSE THE PASSENGERS NOT TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT IN AN ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY CONSUMER, AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

BUICK LESABRE 2000, PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS. *BF THE REAR DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MOTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WE OWN A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. IT WAS GIVEN TO US BY MY FATHER IN-LAW WHO PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IN 2000. BOTH OF US HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE CAR SERVICED AT BUICK DEALERSHIPS FOR ALL MAINTENANCE INCLUDING OIL CHANGES. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES, FUEL INJECTOR PROBLEMS AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO THE OFFICE AND THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN SLOWED DOWN AND THEN CAME TO A STOP. HE DESCRIBED IT AS SOMEONE SHIFTING THE CAR TO FIRST GEAR FROM FOURTH. HOWEVER, THE CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO ONE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND HIM SO HE DIDN'T GET HIT.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED COOLANT WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW JUST DECIDED TO QUIT WORKING ONE DAY WHILE MY WINDOW WAS DOWN. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET MY WINDOW BACK IN THE CLOSED POSITION ONLY TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY AND MY WINDOW FELL DOWN BY ITSELF AND WON'T STAY UP. NOW I AM HAVING TO REPLACE MY ELECTIRC MOTOR IN THIS WINDOW. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND REGULATOR IN MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. IT SEEMS TO ME, JUDGING BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS YEAR MODEL ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTORS. WHEN IS BUICK GOING TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM?*AK

THE CRUISE CONTROL IN THE CONSUMER'S 2000 BUICK LESABRE FAILED AT 50000 MILES. *NM THERE WAS A STABILITY SYSTEM PROBLEM DUE TO A CORRODED SENSOR WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE INABILITY OF THE INSULATING MATERIAL PROTECTING THE SENSOR. A NEW LEFT FRONT BEARING HUB WAS REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION IN THE PLUG. THE STEERING WHEEL SENSOR ON THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WOULD ABRUPTLY COME TO A STOP THREE TIMES IN 75 FEET JUST AS IF THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PARTS THAT HAD BEEN UPDATED AND THE LABOR. *SC

SINCE PURCHASED NEW, A 2000 BUICK LESABRE HAS HAD ALL FOUR POWER WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLIES FAIL WITHOUT WARNING, I.E., THE WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING,(NOT ALL AT ONE TIME, BUT OVER THE INTERVENING YEARS) CREATING A SAFETY PROBLEM IN THE EVENT OF A NEED TO EVACUATE THE CAR, TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AT A TOLL LANE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR TO RESPOND TO A POLICE TRAFFIC STOP. AND THE DRIVER'S WINDOW HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME, AFTER HAVING BEEN REPAIRED BY BUICK, FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE FAILURES OF THE SAME ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL SYSTEM. BUICK REPLACED THE FIRST ASSEMBLY UNDER WARRANTY. THE NEXT THREE REPAIRS COST APPROXIMATELY $435 EACH AT BUICK. THE FIFTH REPAIR WAS DONE AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY AT A COST OF $333. THE INDEPENDENT SHOP AND SEVERAL OTHER SOURCES HAVE ANECDOTALLY RELATED MANY OTHER INCIDENTS OF AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL SYSTEM. BUICK HAS ACKNOWLEDGED SOME LIABILITY AND HAS AGREED TO REIMBURSE ABOUT 50% OF THE REPAIR COSTS. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND/OR A SIGNIFICANT PRODUCT DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECALL.*AK

THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER WINDOWS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE INTERMITTENTLY SHORTING OUT. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO WIND THE SIDE WINDOWS UP OR DOWN WHEN NEEDED. ALSO CONSUMER SMELLED ELECTRICAL WIRING BURNING WHEN USING THE WINDOW SWITCHES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK