2000 Buick Lesabre

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND MADE A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED. HE SUSPECTED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM GAUGE DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK AND THE HORN FAILED TO SOUND WHEN PRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,600 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,145.

AUTO BATTERY ACID LEAK WHICH HAS EATEN A HOLE IN FLOOR OF CAR IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. BATTERY IS LOCATED IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT UNDER REAR SEAT. ACID LEAKED FROM DAMAGED BATTERY POST OVER PERIOD OF TIME. DUE TO LOCATION OF BATTERY IT IS ONLY CHECKED WHEN CAR FAILS TO START DUE TO BATTERY FAILURE. HOLE IN FLOOR PERMITS CAR EXHAUST GASES TO ENTER PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR. UPDATED 01/09/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE BATTERY LEAKED FUMES AND FLUID INSIDE THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS AN ODD SMELL THAT LINGERED IN THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE SHOP AND REPORTED THE ODOR. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED IT MAY BE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SHE HAD NO REPAIRS PERFORMED AT THAT TIME. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF BATTERY LEAKAGE IN THE BACK SEAT AREA. A NEW BATTERY WAS PURCHASED FROM A DEALER AND REPLACED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED 12/07/05. *JB

CAR DIED, GOT A JUMP FROM AAA, AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES CAR STARTED, CAR WAS NOT ACTING RIGHT, DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT CAR DIED, CALLED TO HAVE AAA COME BACK, WHILE WAITING FUMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE BACK SEAT WHERE THE BATTERY IS LOCATED, MECHANIC ARRIVED AND REMOVED THE REAR SEAT TO FIND THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL THE MAIN POSITIVE LEAD HAD CORRODED OFF THE BATTERY, AND FUMES WERE COMING OUT, HE IMMEDIATELY DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL ACID INSIDE THE CAR THE BODY STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED FROM THE ACID. THIS WAS AN AC DELCO BATTERY. I CALLED GM AND AC DELCO THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL BATTERY. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SO I WENT TO A BUICK DEALER AND BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND PUT IT IN . I OWN TWO BUICKS 97 AND 2000 THIS IS THE THIRD TIME AC DELCO BATTERY HAS FAILED MY 97 HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM ACID THAT LEAKED. AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE MAIN POSITIVE TERMINAL END TWICE BECAUSE IT ROTTED OFF. AC DELCO NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR BATTERIES THEY TOLD ME THAT ITS DUE TO HEAT AND VIBRATION THAT THEIR BATTERIES FAIL . THAT TO ME IS ADMISSION AND THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND THEY ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM.*JB

7/17/2000: STALLED 2X IN TRAFFIC W/315 MILES ON IT; REPLACED WIRE HARNESS & FUSES; 4/9/02:LEAK-REPLACED UPPER MANIFOLD @ 23,184 MILES 5/3/02: NOISY,UNEVEN-DEFECTIVE TIRES-REPLACED @ 24,161 MILES; 8/20/03: RECALL - HEATING & COOLING @ 39,226 MILES; 10/28/03: RATTLING-CATAL.CONV.ASSEMBLY @42,892 MILES; 7/8/05: MOTOR NOT RUNNING PROPERLY - REPLACED WIRES,COILS,ETC.@ 55,385 MILES 10/28/03: RATTLING-REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER ASSEMBLY; 10/13/04-ECALL. *JB

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