2001 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

WHEN DRIVING 50-70 MPH STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, REPLACED TIRES/REBALANCED WHEELS. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

SEAT BELTS RETRACTOR IS BUILT INTO BACK OF SEAT, NEXT TO THE HEADREST, CONSUMER CAN'T SEE INTO THE BLIND SPOT WHEN TURNING HEAD AROUND TO LOOK TO GO INTO THE LEFT LANE, THE CONSUMER'S ARE 5'5" AND UNDER, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD THE CONSUMERS THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE.

A COMBINATION OF ODORS WERE COMING INTO THE VEHICLET HROUGH VENTILATION SYSTEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SINCE BUYING THE CAR IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN OUT, HAVE HAD PROBLEMS TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN RUINED TWO TRIPS. THE WINDOW WIPERS WERE DISCONNECTED, ALTERNATOR OUT, TRANSMISSION OUT, DASH RATTLES, MOTOR UNDER DRIVERS SEAT IS LOOSE, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER MAKES A HIGH WHINE. THE SEAT, AND DASH AND TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT THREE TIMES AND STILL NOT FIXED. THE CAR SHIFTS HARD INTO GEAR AFTER REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WHICH TOOK TWO TIMES TO THE SHOP TO FIX. THE TIRE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON DURING ONE OF THE OUT OF TOWN TRIPS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CHECKED REPEATEDLY.

THE VEHICLE HAS A LARGE CENTER CONSOLE BETWEEN TWO FRONT SEATS CONTAINING TWO CUP HOLDERS, THE CUP HOLDRERS ARE TOO LARGE AND THE PLASTIC RETAINERS ARE TOO THIN AND FLEXIBLE TO PROVIDE ANY STABILITY, A REGULAR SIZE CUP (6 OZ, 12 OZ OR 16 OZ) CAN EASILY TURN OVER SPLASHING FLUID. *YH

THE DAY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, WHILE DRIVING HOME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NEAREST DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED, IN WHICH THE EGR VALVE CONNECTOR WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER FIVE DAYS LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE COULD NOT PROMISE THAT THE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN OFF AND TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH THEM, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THE PROGRAM BOARD, AND THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED UNTIL BUICK SEES HOW MANY OTHER VEHICLES ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM.(LETTER WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF CLIENT.)*JB

WHEN DRIVING CAR VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY AT ALL SPEEDS, CAUSE 3 TIRES OUT OF ROUND. A POPPING NOISE FROM EXHAUST WHEN STARTING COLD, CAN NOT LOCATE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME.

WHENEVER TRAVELING BETWEEN 50-70MPH VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. VIBRATION FELT IN STEERING WHEEL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND FRONT SEAT. VEHICLE WAS CONTROLLABLE. EVEN WITH LESS SPEED THERE WOULD BE VIBRATIONS. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS REOCCURRING PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH BATTERY LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON, THEN, ALL DOORS LOCKED AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR UNLOCKED, AND ALL 3 PERSONS INSIDE VEHICLE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT. THIS WAS THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME ON 1JAN2001, DEALER SAID BATTERY TERMINAL WAS LOOSE, THEN ON 8JUNE2001 , DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. NOW DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN ENOUGH. *AK ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC

THE WIRING THAT CONTROLS ALL THE ELECTRONICS; AIR BAGS, BATTERY, INSTRUMENTS, ALTERNATOR, AND LIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 55 MILES PER HOUR BETWEEN TWO LARGE 18-WHEELED TRUCKS. IT IS JUST BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT THE TRUCK DRIVER IN FRONT PRESSED HIS BRAKE LIGHTS BECAUSE HE SAW I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR WHICH ENABLED ME TO MANUEVER AND PULL TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. I AM PREPARED TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC OR DETROIT OR ANYWHERE TO MAKE SURE THAT MY RIGHTS AND THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVING PUBLIC IS NOT JEOPARDIZED.*AK