2000 Buick Lesabre

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

I OWN A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS. I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING ANOTHER WINDOW MOTOR, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE. DON'T YOU THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE FOR THESE REPAIRS AS I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND SHE HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FROM READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF CONSUMERS. WHAT CAN WE DO? I JUST REPLACED ONE, 400.00 CHARGE NOW ANOTHER ONE. AS CONSUMERS WE ARE REQUESTING A RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE WINDOWS FOR ALL BUICKS. I DID NOT KEEP THE LAST OLD PART, BUT WILL KEEP THE NEXT ONE, WHERE DO I SEND IT? *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN AND STOP. THE POWER STEERING TIGHTENS UP AND IT JUST STOPPED. . THE PANEL WILL LIGHT UP AND THE VEHICLE WILL DIE . THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERS THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. CONTACTED GM THEN, AND GM TOLD DEALER WHAT TO DO. THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND NO CODES WERE FOUND. THIS STARTED HAPPENING ON AUGUST 15, 2003. *AK

FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FAILURE IN MY 2000 BUICK LESABRE VIN: [XXX]VEHICLE EXHIBITS HARD STARTS AND OCCASIONALLY STALLS WHILE DECELERATING. STRONG FUEL ODOR ON STARTUP. FUEL LEAKING FROM VACUUM LINE AT FUEL RAIL. PER GM RECALL BULLETIN 03054B, DATED JUNE 2004, THIS VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT. BULLETIN STATES IF THE VEHICLE HAS A DELPHI MANUFACTURED PART IT IS TO BE REPLACED WITH A BOSCH MANUFACTURED PART (FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR) AT NO COST. VEHICLE HAS DELPHI MANUFACTURED PART LABEL ON FUEL RAIL. DEALER INDICATED THIS PARTICULAR VIN IS NOT COVERED UNDER SAID RECALL. BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE CONFIRMED THIS STATING THIS VEHICLE WAS "NOT IN OUR VISS SYSTEM," AND " WE CANNOT AUTHORIZE THE REPAIR UNDER THIS RECALL." FAILURE WAS CORRECTED BY OWNER. PART PURCHASED AND REPLACED BY OWNER. DEALER: USEM CHEVROLET OF AUSTIN MN BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYEES: FRANSIS AND ALICIA BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE CALL REFERENCE #: [XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

MY 2000 BUICK LASABRE HAS HAD THREE WIDOW REGULATORS FAIL. ONE UNDER WARRANTY, ONE I TALKED THEM INTO PAYING FOR THE PART, AND NOW THE THIRD THAT THEY REFUSE OBSORB ANY OF THE $400 COST. MY WIFE HAS BEEN STRANDED WITHOUT AN AUTOMOBILE FOR FOUR DAYS WAITING ON THE PART. I FINALLY HAD TO GET AN AUTOBODY SHOP TO REPAIR IT (TOMORROW 6/29/2005). SOMEONE IS NOW MAKING AN AFTER MARKET PART THAT IS HALF THE COST, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GM PRODUCT.

DT: THE DASH LIGHT IN THE CONSUMER'S 2000 BUICK LASABRE WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT ARE BRIGHT, LOW, OR COMPLETELY OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSTALLED A SENSOR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THE PROBLEM. *NM *SB

2000 BUICK LESABRE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON THREE OCCASIONS. *MR THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CONSUMER WAS SLOWING TO STOP BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A SIGNAL WHEN THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *SC *JB