2004 Buick Lesabre

BATTERY EXPLODED WHEN IGNITION WAS TURNED ON. ORIGINAL BATTERY WHEN THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN 2004. WENT BACK TO CAR DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. NEED TO KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. HAVE NOT GOT A STRAIGHT ANSWER. ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CHECKED OUT GOOD WHEN THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY. BATTERY IS UNDER BACK SEAT AND I'M CONCERNED WHEN I DRIVE MY GRANDCHILDREN. DO NOT KNOW THE MAKE OF THE ORIGINAL BATTERY NOR THE NEW BATTERY THAT WAS INSTALLED. JUST LOOKING FOR SOME ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE DRIVER PRESSED ON THE CENTER OF THE STEERING COLUMN TO ACTIVATE THE HORN. THE HORN SOUNDED AND THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF FOR A FEW MOMENTS. UPON RESTART THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 115,000.

2004 BUICK LESABRE PURCHASED WITH 1K MILES. AT ABOUT 60K MI THE GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED. AT 110K THE ENGINE TEMP GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED AND THE DASH LIGHTS FADED ON AND OFF. ALSO, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY. NOW WITH 120K, THE TACH AND ODOMETER HAVE QUIT. ONLY REMAINING FUNCTIONING DASH INSTRUMENT IS THE SPEEDOMETER. CAR ALSO AT TIMES EXHIBITS UNPREDICTABLE ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOR, SUCH AS NOT STARTING AFTER A BRIEF INTERVAL WITH CAR OFF AND RADIO ON. MECHANICS ADVISED EARLY ON THAT ISSUE WAS A DEFECTIVE GAS GAUGE, WHICH NOW APPEARS TO BE INCORRECT. FAULTY DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL APPEARS CONFIRMED. THERE IS ALSO A VERY STRANGE AND IRRITATING NOISE THAT ORIGINATES DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF THE DASH, LIKE SMALL ANIMALS UNDER THE DASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED. THE FRONT WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TRANSMISSION CASING BROKE IN HALF. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEGAN TO SLIP PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER HAD PREVIOUSLY ADJUSTED THE COMPUTER ON THE VEHICLE; YET THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THIS THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION HAD CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 118000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) ACCIDENT 05/02/10 ON ILLINOIS ROUTE 83 AND WASHING TO STREET IN GRAYSLAKE IL. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED A 2004 BUICK LESABRE AND A 1987 DODGE PICKUP. THE IMPACT OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUICK AND TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN OF THE VEHICLE WAS [XXX] . THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN THE PASSENGER OF THE BUICK AND THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL ON ILLINOIS RT 120 IN GRAYSLAKE FOR CHECKUP. OUR CONCERN IS THAT WITH FORCE OF THE IMPACT THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY AND IN OUR ESTIMATION THEY SHOULD HAVE. THE FEMALE PASSENGER OF THE BUICK CONTINUES TO COMPLAIN OF PAIN NEARLY 10 DAYS AFTER THE COLLISION. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF A DEFECT OTHER THAN THE BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE FORCE OF THE COLLISION WAS SUBSTANTIAL. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE COLLISION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER WHEEL. OUR DAUGHTER HAD A SIMILAR COLLISION WITH A FORD TAURUS WAGON IN THE 1990'S WHEREIN SHE WAS BROADSIDED ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR DEPLOYED THE AIRBAGS. ALTHOUGH INJURIES ARE MINIMAL IF THE CENTER OF THE IMPACT WAS ON THE PASSENGER DOOR, THE INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN HORRIFIC. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM. *TR

LTR FWD (IA) RE POSSIBLE DEFECT WITH THE DASH LIGHT IN HIS 2004 BUICK LESABRE. *TGW SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH LIGHTS. THE DEALER DIDN'T FIND A PROBLEM UNTIL THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY FOUND A BAD RELAY IN THE TRUNK AREA, WHICH COST OF$300.00. TWO YEARS LATER, THE PROBLEM RETURNED. WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON, THE DASH LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO READ THE SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ON THE PANEL.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE HE HEARD A NOISE. AFTER HE OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW SMOKE, BUT WITHIN MINUTES THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FIRE DEPT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS INITIATED BY ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A REPORT NUMBER 71-787679701. THE MANUFACTURE STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE OPEN RECALLS AND HE WILL RECEIVED A CALL BACK. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000.