2000 Buick Lesabre

DT: THE CONTACT STATED HIS VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. NHTSA RECALL, 04V090000 WAS ISSUED CONCERNING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE SEPTEMBER 2002. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME AND IT FAILED AGAIN TEN DAYS AGO. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AGAIN WITH A NEWER PART. *AK UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

DT: WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER NOTICED A LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH PANEL THAT READ CHECK TIRE PRESSURE. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO A GAS STATION INSPECTED THE TIRES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS LOW. THE CONSUMER ADDED AIR TO THE TIRE BUT SUSPECTED THERE WAS A SLOW LEAK BECAUSE THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD SUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE OF 30/30 PSI. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THESE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT WERE PURCHASED ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER NOTED THAT THE STEEL WAS COMING THROUGH THE TREAD, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES. DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER GO TO A GENERAL TIRE DEALER BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED BY GENERAL. THE CONSUMER WENT TO REDWOOD GENERAL TIRE DEALER AND THEY AGREED THE TREAD WAS COMING THROUGH ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND SUGGESTED A REPLACEMENT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. THE TIRE SERVICE SHOP SAID THEY WOULD SEND THE TIRE TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR INVESTIGATION. THE CONSUMER BECAME CONCERNED BECAUSE HE NEVER RECEIVED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE TIRE SO SHE DECIDED TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THAT THEY NEVER RECEIVED THE TIRE AND THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE TIRE SERVICE DEALER. SOME TIME LATER THE CONSUMER CALLED GENERAL AND THEY FINALLY DID AGREE TO SOME REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE.*AK *MR THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. *JB

THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS MECHANISM FAILS RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT AT $500 PER WINDOW EACH TIME. ALL FOUR WINDOW MECHANISMS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED IN A 2 YR. PERIOD. NOW THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WORKS AT TIMES, AND WILL NOT WORK AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE THE 5TH WINDOW REPLACEMENT. RIDICULOUS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THESE MECHANISMS. A FRIEND HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND HE HAS HAD TO REPLACE HIS ALSO. *JB

FOR THE 7TH TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, A WINDOW HAS FALLEN DOWN INTO THE DOOR. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2000. UP UNTIL NOW I HAVE NOT HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, BUT THIS ONE IS GOING TO COST $400. THE DEALER STATES THE GUARANTEE IS ONLY GOOD FOR ONE YEAR, SO I MAY HAVE TO PAY $1,600 A YEAR TO KEEP MY WINDOWS IN WORKING ORDER. I FEEL THIS IS UNREASONABLE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WAS FAULTY. SHE TRIED TO ROLL THE WINDOW UP WHEN SHE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AND THE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN. DEALER SAID THE REGULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PART WAS REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER FILED A COMPLAINT FOR THE CONTACT, AND TOLD HER TO CALL NHTSA. *AK

DT: ALL FOUR POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT WORK. FROM MARCH THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2005 I THEY EACH QUIT WORKING. THE PROBLEMS DID NOT OCCUR ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOWS WERE RARELY USED; PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN SIX TIMES. WHEN THE WINDOWS WERE INSPECTED THE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE REGULATORS IN THE WINDOW MOTORS. AFTER TAKING THE DOORS APART HE FOUND THAT THE CABLES IN EACH OF THE REGULATORS SNAPPED. ALSO, TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN A POWER WINDOW SYSTEM SET UP LIKE THESE WERE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLACE JUST THE CABLES, BUT, HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REGULATOR IN EACH WINDOW. THE PARTS FOR THE REAR WINDOWS WERE ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH GM DIRECTLY. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE CABLES IN THE REGULATORS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK

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

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS. *TS WHEN DOING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPAIR FOR THE SECOND TIME THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT (AND MAYBE THE LEFT) OUTER TIE ROD END WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIE ROD WAS FIRST REPLACED WHEN THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 18959 MILES ON IT. *NM