2002 Buick Lesabre

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL, HIT A DITCH AND RAN INTO A TREE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IT WAS SNOWING AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR A SECOND BEFORE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM

IN OCTOBER OF 2005 THE PASSENGER REAR WINDOW SLIPPED DOWN AND WOULD NOT ROLL UP AGAIN AND I HAD TO HAVE THE COMPONENTS REPLACED AT A COST OF $400 TO ME BECAUSE THERE ARE NO AFTERMARKET PARTS AND I HAD TO BUY THE ENTIRE UNIT, HALF OF WHICH I DID NOT NEED. NOW THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAS DONE THE SAME AND I WILL HAVE TO SPEND AN ADDITONAL $400 TO FIX THIS. I HAVE TO ADD THAT THESE WINDOWS WERE RARELY ROLLED UP OR DOWN. I FEEL THIS IS TOTALLY PLANNED OBSELESCENCE BY THE AUTO MAKER AND AN EFFORT TO MAKE MORE MONEY ON THE CAR. *NM

BLOWER MOTOR FAILED RENDERING THE FRONT WINDOW DEFROSTER USELESS. THE LOCAL GARAGE I TOOK IT TO SAID THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD SUCH FAILURE THEY'VE SEEN. THEY ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE UNIT BUT RAN INTO A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF A DESIGN CHANGE IN THE REPLACEMENT BLOWER. THEY TOOK THE CAR TO A GM DEALER THAT WAS ABLE TO ,AFTER A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, INSTALL THE REPLACEMENT BLOWER. I WAS PLEASED UNTIL I RECEIVED THE INVOICE WHICH INCLUDED THE CHARGE FOR LABOR OF $488.00. I'M WAITING FOR A RETURN PHONE CALL FROM GM AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL REIMBURSE ANY OF THIS COST. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE 2002 BUICK LESABRE WAS HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. IF THE ROAD WAS WET THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES THREE TIMES TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN THE WEATHER CONDITION WAS BAD/WET WEATHER.. THE SALESMAN DROVE THE CAR ONCE WHEN IT WAS WET, BUT THE DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GM AND THE BBB. GM SENT A LETTER BACK TO THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THE HEAT DID NOT WORK IN THE FALL. THE HEAT WILL GO FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS AND NOT WORK , AND THEN IT WILL. *AK. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PDAS WERE FAULTY. *JB

DT: 2002 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ABS BRAKE PROBLEM. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE CONTACT TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM HE WAS HAVING WITH THE VEHICLE. NOTICE THE ABS PROBLEM WHEN THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF. ALSO, FELT VIBRATION FROM THE BRAKES. COULD NOT APPLY BRAKES AT LOW SPEED BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH. THE ABS LIGHT CA ME ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND HAD REPAIRS DONE. THE REPAIR SEEMED TO BE SATISFACTORY. HA D NO H ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE BRAKES.*AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH ON THE 2002 BUICK LESABRE THE WINDOW IN THE BACK PASSENGER'S DOOR SHATTERED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE WINDOW REPAIRED. THREE WEEKS LATER THE OTHER SIDE BROKE. THE CONSUMER CONSULTED WITH HIS DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THAT THE CABLE LOOSENED FROM THE WINDOW MOTOR. THE CONSUMER CALLED GM. THE FIRST WINDOW THEY FIXED FOR FREE, AND THEY CHARGED THE CONSUMER FOR THE NEXT WINDOW REPAIR. BOTH OF THE WINDOWS WERE OPERATING CORRECTLY NOW. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS NEVER ANYONE RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. THE FIRST WINDOW SHATTERED ON 9-7-2005, AND THE SECOND ONE WAS ON 10-3-2005. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK (11/08/05) THE LEFT REAR POWER WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE. THE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. ON THE SECOND OCCASION, THE PASSENGER REAR WINDOW FELL DOWN DUE TO A LOOSE REGULATOR CABLE. *SC

DT: THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN WHEN IT SHOULD ONLY GO HALF WAY DOWN FOR CHILD SAFETY. IT WILL NOT COME BACK UP. ONE END OF THE CABLE INSIDE THE WINDOW CAME LOOSE. CONTACTED HE DEALER, AND THE CONSUMER WAS TAKING THE VEHICLE IN TODAY. NOTICED THIS ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2005. *AK THE DEALER REMOVED THE REGULATOR HOWEVER HE WAS UNABLE TO PUT BACK. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER $600.00 THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE REGULATOR FROM ANOTHER DEALER FOR A LESSER CHARGE AND INSTALLED IT HIMSELF. *JB

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS REGARDING REPUBLIC TIRES. MY INVOICE SAYS 98H S2ULT HP4 RAD G ROAD HAZARD PROTECT (PRO-RATED R 225/60R1. I DO NOT KNOW IF THESE ARE THE PROPER NUMBERS. 5/30/05 WE REQUESTED A HIGH QUALITY GOODYEAR TIRE THAT WOULD PERFORM WELL ON ALL THE RAIN IN FLORIDA AND BE THE BEST AGAINST HYDRO PLANING. THE ALLIED TIRE STORE SOLD US REPUBLIC TIRES AND SAID THEY WERE A BETTER GRADE THAN GOODYEAR. I WAS IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITHIN WEEKS OF PURCHASING MY NEW TIRES. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING REPUBLIC TIRES. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING ON REPUBLIC TIRES IN CONSUMERS REPORTS, ETC.