2000 Buick Lesabre

2000 BUICK LESABRE ALL FOUR WINDOW REGULATORS ON MY PARENTS CAR HAVE FAILED BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST ONE IN 2002 (REPAIRED BY THE DEALER UNDER THE WARRANTY). TWO OTHERS FAILED IN AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN FEBRUARY 2004 AND OCTOBER 2004 RESPECTIVELY (REPAIRED BY A REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP BUT NOT A BUICK DEALER). THE FOURTH WINDOW FAILED RECENTLY BUT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. MY MOTHER COMPLAINED TO BUICK SEVERAL TIMES AND AFTER BEING PROMISED FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TWO FAILURES IN 2004, WAS SENT A CHECK FOR ONLY HALF THE PROMISED AMOUNT AND ADVISED NOTHING ELSE WOULD BE COVERED. BECAUSE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN NEW JERSEY BUT HAD BEEN RELOCATED TO FLORIDA - NEITHER STATE WOULD COVER ANYTHING UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE LEMON LAWS. GM INSISTS THIS IS NOT A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM ALTHOUGH IN A QUICK 15 MINUTE SEARCH OF THE WEB I FOUND OVER 175 COMPLAINTS (ALL OF WHO SAID GM STATED THE SAME THING). *JB

SUSPECTED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BEGAN BEFORE THE 36,000 WARRANTY RAN OUT, BUT, SINCE IT COULDN'T BE REPLICATED, I COULDN'T TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. NO PROBLEMS WERE EVER RECOGNIZED BY COMPUTER. THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN BACKING FROM THE GARAGE, THE CAR LURCHED TO A NEAR STOP AS IF THE BRAKES HAD BEEN APPLIED. I PULLED FORWARD AND WHEN I BACKED UP, NO PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED. THE NEXT TIME, PROBABLY MONTHS LATER, HAPPENED WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY UNDER VERY LITTLE ACCELERATION. IT FELT AS IF SOMETHING HAD BOUND UP, THEN, FREED UP 2 TIMES. NOTHING WAS NOTED AGAIN FOR MONTHS. SINCE NEW, THE CAR HAS NOT SHIFTED INTO OVERDRIVE UNTIL THE CAR REACHES AN ENGINE TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 160 DEGREES. THE NEXT TIME I NOTICED A PROBLEM WAS WHEN TURNING RIGHT INTO A PARKING PLACE. THE CAR MADE A SINGLE LURCH, AS IF APPLYING THE BRAKES QUITE HARD, THEN PROCEEDED INTO THE PARKING PLACE. THAT WAS PROBABLY A MONTH AGO. DURING THE LAST 2 WEEKS I THINK I'VE NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO OVERDRIVE WHEN COMPLETELY WARMED UP. TWO DAYS AGO WHEN LEAVING A STOP LIGHT WITH TRAFFIC, THE CAR FELT LIKE I HIT A SLICK SPOT FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND AND CONTINUED ON AS NORMAL. I GOT OUT ONTO A U.S. HWY AND WHEN I GOT UP TO ABOUT 55 MPH, I THINK WHEN THE CAR SHIFTED INTO OVERDRIVE IT DOWNSHIFTED ONCE AND THEN AGAIN, RATHER LIKE THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THEN SLOWLY PICKED UP SPEED AGAIN. IT HAPPENED FOR A SECOND TIME. I SLOWLY DROVE TO THE NEXT EXIT AND AFTER STOPPING, HAD TROUBLE GETTING STARTED UP. FINALLY IT MOVED AS IF IT WERE IN ABOUT 3RD GEAR. AFTER THAT TIME, IT IS IN A FORWARD (3RD GEAR) EVEN WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE UP IN PARK AND WHEN IN NEUTRAL. IT HAS NO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE IS A 2000 LESABRE WITH ONLY 53,000 MILES ON IT. IT'S SUNDAY AND I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT YET. I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT IT. *JB

POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME AS THE CABLES BECOME ENTANGLED AND CAUSE THE MECHANISM TO BEND TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL NO LONGER LIFT THE WINDOW. THIS HAS HAPPENED AN ALL OF THE DOORS (4) AND NOW ON THIS DOOR FOR THE SECOND TIME. IT COSTS A MINIMUM OF $300.00 TO $400.00 TO FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO GET THE WINDOW BACK IN WORKING ORDER. I HAVE NOW SPENT OVER $1200.00 AND AM LOOKING AT ANOTHER $300.00 TO $400.00 FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY THE BODY SHOPS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BUICK LESABRE'S. IT IS NO WONDER GM IS NOT SELLING THE VEHICLES THAT THEY USED TO HERE IN THE STATES. THIS IS TOTALLY DISGUSTING AND FRUSTRATING.*JB

2000 BUICK LESABRE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *TS THE CONSUMER FOUND A RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR ON HIS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE SAME REPAIR AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL AND HAD HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED IN DECEMBER 2004. THE CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED RECALL 04V090000. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *NM *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT FRONT DRIVE AXEL HAS FAILED THREE TIMES AND HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURES THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE HEARD NEAR THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AREA, AND A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS OCCURS UPON DECELERATION. THE STEERING WHEEL FELT STIFF WHILE TURNING LEFT. THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF GREASE ON THE OUTSIDE AND UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULES FOR THREE OF THE POWER WINDOWS FAILED. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WERE REPLACED TWICE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IF THE WINDOW IS SELDOM USED IT WILL BREAK WHEN USED BECAUSE THE WIRE IS THIN AND JUMPS OFF THE TRACK, CAUSING IT TO SNAP. *AK

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED. THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE WINDOW SLID DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. I TALKED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED QUITE OFTEN RECENTLY. HE SAID THE CABLE BROKE. IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE TENSION AND POP, IT HAPPENS! I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID A NEW PART COSTS $315! I CALLED TO SEE IF THERE IS AN AFTER MARKET ON THIS PART AND THEY SAID THAT YOU CAN GET IT FOR THE FRONT BUT NOT THE REAR DOOR! IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BUICK KNOWS THAT THIS POWER WINDOW PART IS FAULTY AND CANNOT LET OUT THE RIGHTS TO OTHER MANUFACTURERS TO PRODUCE THIS! THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED ON ALL 2000 TO 2005 BUICK LESABRES. *NM