2000 Buick Lesabre

WE OWN A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. IT WAS GIVEN TO US BY MY FATHER IN-LAW WHO PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IN 2000. BOTH OF US HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE CAR SERVICED AT BUICK DEALERSHIPS FOR ALL MAINTENANCE INCLUDING OIL CHANGES. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES, FUEL INJECTOR PROBLEMS AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO THE OFFICE AND THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN SLOWED DOWN AND THEN CAME TO A STOP. HE DESCRIBED IT AS SOMEONE SHIFTING THE CAR TO FIRST GEAR FROM FOURTH. HOWEVER, THE CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO ONE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND HIM SO HE DIDN'T GET HIT.*AK

MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW JUST DECIDED TO QUIT WORKING ONE DAY WHILE MY WINDOW WAS DOWN. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET MY WINDOW BACK IN THE CLOSED POSITION ONLY TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY AND MY WINDOW FELL DOWN BY ITSELF AND WON'T STAY UP. NOW I AM HAVING TO REPLACE MY ELECTIRC MOTOR IN THIS WINDOW. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND REGULATOR IN MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. IT SEEMS TO ME, JUDGING BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS YEAR MODEL ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTORS. WHEN IS BUICK GOING TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM?*AK

THE CRUISE CONTROL IN THE CONSUMER'S 2000 BUICK LESABRE FAILED AT 50000 MILES. *NM THERE WAS A STABILITY SYSTEM PROBLEM DUE TO A CORRODED SENSOR WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE INABILITY OF THE INSULATING MATERIAL PROTECTING THE SENSOR. A NEW LEFT FRONT BEARING HUB WAS REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION IN THE PLUG. THE STEERING WHEEL SENSOR ON THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WOULD ABRUPTLY COME TO A STOP THREE TIMES IN 75 FEET JUST AS IF THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PARTS THAT HAD BEEN UPDATED AND THE LABOR. *SC

SINCE PURCHASED NEW, A 2000 BUICK LESABRE HAS HAD ALL FOUR POWER WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLIES FAIL WITHOUT WARNING, I.E., THE WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING,(NOT ALL AT ONE TIME, BUT OVER THE INTERVENING YEARS) CREATING A SAFETY PROBLEM IN THE EVENT OF A NEED TO EVACUATE THE CAR, TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AT A TOLL LANE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR TO RESPOND TO A POLICE TRAFFIC STOP. AND THE DRIVER'S WINDOW HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME, AFTER HAVING BEEN REPAIRED BY BUICK, FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE FAILURES OF THE SAME ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL SYSTEM. BUICK REPLACED THE FIRST ASSEMBLY UNDER WARRANTY. THE NEXT THREE REPAIRS COST APPROXIMATELY $435 EACH AT BUICK. THE FIFTH REPAIR WAS DONE AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY AT A COST OF $333. THE INDEPENDENT SHOP AND SEVERAL OTHER SOURCES HAVE ANECDOTALLY RELATED MANY OTHER INCIDENTS OF AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL SYSTEM. BUICK HAS ACKNOWLEDGED SOME LIABILITY AND HAS AGREED TO REIMBURSE ABOUT 50% OF THE REPAIR COSTS. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND/OR A SIGNIFICANT PRODUCT DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECALL.*AK

THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER WINDOWS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE INTERMITTENTLY SHORTING OUT. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO WIND THE SIDE WINDOWS UP OR DOWN WHEN NEEDED. ALSO CONSUMER SMELLED ELECTRICAL WIRING BURNING WHEN USING THE WINDOW SWITCHES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, CAUSING HARD SHIFTS AND SHUDDERING WHEN DRIVING. GM HAS A TSB OUT FOR THIS SYMPTON BUT DENIES ANY PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP TECH CONFIRMED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND REFERED TO BULLITIN #00-07-30-002B PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE ASSEMBLY. GM REFUSES TO PAY FOR EVEN A PORTION OF THE REPAIRS INSPITE OF THEIR TSB INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THIS PERTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED FROM MY FATHER INLAW WITH 81K MILES ON IT. 12/26/04 AND WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. IIF THEY ISSUE A TSB FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM, THEY SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY IIN CORRECTIVE REPAIRS AS LAID OUT IN THEIR OWN TSB. GM REFUSES TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK