2005 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM UNDER THE REAR SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO FURTHER ASSESS THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL CHORDS WERE OVERHEATED AND THE MEDAL HAD BECOME UNBEARABLY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SHOW LOWER SPEED THAN I WAS GOING, THEN IT WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. THE TEMP. GAGE WOULD GO PAST HOT, THEN PEG OUT. REPLACED VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR DID NOT FIX. REPLACED TEMP. SENSOR DID NOT FIX. *TR

INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ON RADIO, HEAT/AIR CONTROLS, STEERING WHEEL RADIO/CRUISE CONTROL CONTROLS STARTED BURNING OUT ONE BY ONE. THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE, CHEAP FIX, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. AT THAT TIME, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER JUST FIX THE BURNED OUT BULBS, BUT HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL MODULE JUST TO FIX THE LIGHT. WHAT WAS ONCE A $10-$20 FIX HAS NOW BECOME A $150-$200 FIX PER MODULE. ONE MODULE CAN CONTAIN ONE OR TWO LIGHT BULBS, SO IF YOU HAVE 6 OR 8 BURNED OUT BULBS, IT CAN COST YOU UP TO $1600 TO FIX! SECONDLY, AROUND SEPTEMBER 2010, THE RPM GAUGE PEGGED OUT AND THEN DROPPED TO THE SIX O'CLOCK POSITION. EVER SINCE THEN, SOMETIMES IT WORKS ERRATICALLY AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. THEN, ABOUT JANUARY 2011, MY FUEL GAUGE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. WHEN MY TANK WAS FULL, IT WOULD READ EMPTY OR HALF FULL. AFTER RE-STARTING MY CAR, IT WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL, ONLY TO ACT FUNNY THE NEXT TIME I STARTED THE CAR. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER GM CARS THAT USED THE SAME DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTORS THAT ARE INSTALLED IN THE 2002-2005 BUICK LESABRES, BUT FOR SOME REASON, THE LESABRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WHERE GM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT COST ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS ISN'T RIGHT! WITH FAULTY INSTRUMENT PANELS, IT ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE! AND IF YOU WANT TO GET IT REPLACED,IT WILL COST YOU AROUND $800-900!!!!

THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS AROUND 40,000 MILES. THE GAS GAUGE WOULD NOT WORK, AFTER FILLING IT UP THE GAUGE WOULD "STICK" OR THE HAND WOULD DROP DOWN TO THE THERMOSTAT NEEDLE. VERY ERRATIC. CARRIED IT TO THE DEALER AND NATURALLY, EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE WORKING. 52,000 MILES AND THE GAUGE IS DEAD - OF COURSE THE WARRANTY WAS OUT ALSO. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE CLUSTER OF GAUGES AND I COULD NOT AFFORD THAT AT THE TIME. CAR NOW HAS 79,000 MILES, I HAVE BEEN USING THE ODOMETER SO I WILL KNOW WHEN I NEED GAS. A FEW WEEKS AGO, LOOKED AT THE SPEEDOMETER AND IT READ MY SPEED AS 120 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND AT A DEAD STOP, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS SETTING ON 60 MPH. NOW I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENTIRE CLUSTER READINGS. THE THERMOSTAT WILL JUMP UP TO THE RED, HOT READING WHICH IS WRONG. NOW I AM GOING TO BE OUT HUGE DOLLARS THAT APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING GM SHOULD REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD INACCURATELY SHOW THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL AT ALL TIMES. AFTER HE WOULD REFUEL, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO REFERRED THE CONTACT TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,867. UPDATED 06/17/11 *BF UPDATED 06/27/11

VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER WORKS ON AND OFF. SPEEDOMETER READS 20 MPH WHEN GOING 60 ON HWY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 800 PLUS LABOR..... VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES AND HAD 55,000 AT TIME. *TR

2005 BUICK LESABRE. CONSUMER STATES RECENTLY THE RPS DIAL WENT INTO A ROUND IN A CIRCLE AND FELL TO THE BOTTOM, THEN THE GAS GAUGE DID THE SAME THING *TGW THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE STEERING COLUMN WAS LOOSE. *JB

2005 BUICK LESABRE WITH 42,330 MILES WENT INTO THE REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED. ONCE THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED, THE MECHANIC TOOK THE CAR FROM THE REPAIR BAY ONTO THE PARKING LOT TO CHECK THE INTEGRITY OF THE BRAKES. THE MECHANIC APPLIED A HARD BRAKING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINE WHICH GOES ACROSS THE REAR OF THE CAR FROM WHEEL TO WHEEL HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THIS BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE FROM WHEEL TO WHEEL. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN BLED AND BRAKE FLUID REPLACED. THE CAR WAS CHECKED AGAIN AND WAS FOUND TO BE DRIVABLE. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2005 BUICK LE SABRE INTERMITTENTLY READ FALSE SPEED READINGS FOR 2000 MILES AFTER 55,000 MILES OF USE. IT FAILED COMPLETELY AT 57,000 MILES AND DOES NOT REGISTER SPEED AT ALL AND IS FLAT-LINED ON 0. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE OUTER TIE ROD PREMATURE BUSHING JOINT FAILURE. EXCESSIVE WEAR MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT LINE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WOULD WONDER BACK AND FORTH BADLY, AND TURNS WERE DELAYED AS A RESULT OF THE PREMATURE WEAR IN THE TIE ROD JOINT. MILEAGE WHEN DIAGNOSED, 49505 ON JULY 6,2010. MILEAGE AT COMPLETION OF REPAIR WAS 49515 ON JULY 7,2010. FORTUNATELY THIS EARLY FAILURE OF OUTER TIE ROD WAS FOUND BEFORE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OCCURRENCE ON THE FREEWAY. OUTER TIE ROD REPLACE WITH AN AFTER MARKET UNIT. *TR