2000 Buick Lesabre Interior & seats Problems

THIS CAR BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF FRONT END WOBBLE A FEW MONTHS AGO. THIS MEANS IT FEELS LIKE THE WHEELS SHAKE FROM SIDE TO SIDE MOSTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 30 TO 45 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ABOUT A MONTH AGO BUT HE SAID HE ONLY FELT IT ONE TIME WHILE DRIVING IT SEVERAL BLOCKS AROUND THE DEALERSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE IMMEDIATELY AFTER I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY BALANCED THE BRIDGESTONE TIRES AND THE WOBBLE SEEMED TO BE LESSENED. I THEN TOOK IT HOME AND REPLACED THE REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AS THEY SEEMS TO VIBRATE WHEN WE PUT THE PARKING BRAKE ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS SEEMED TO HELP SMOOTH IT OUT AT THE TIME. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR SO SHE DRIVES IT AND IN LESS THAN A MONTH SHE SAID IT IS WOBBLING AGAIN. I DROVE IT AGAIN TONIGHT AND IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN BEFORE SO I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS SUSPENSION. THIS CAR HAS BEEN UNDER A WARRANTY FROM WARRANTY WAREHOUSE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AND WE HAVE HAD SOME REPAIRS MADE AT THE DEALER AND EACH TIME WE ASK THEM TO CHECK THE FRONT END AS IT MADE GRINDING NOISES AND NEVER SEEMED TO HANDLE AS IT SHOULD. EACH TIME THE DEALER SAID IT WAS OK. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY REPORTS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING FRONT END ISSUES WITH BUICK LESABRES. WE ALSO HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND IT HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE IT WAS REPAIRED. WE HAVE HAD IT BACK FOR THIS ISSUE AT LEAST THREE TIMES. UPDATED 10/4/11 *CN UPDATED 10/31/11 *BF *TR

NHTSA ID

10425821

Incident

Jul 1, 2011

Mileage

88,594 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10119968

Incident

May 5, 2005

POWER WINDOW REGULATOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED IN DECEMBER 2004. THIS FAILURE WAS PROCEEDED BY SIMILAR FAILURES OF BOTH REAR POWER WINDOW REGULATORS IN JULY 2004. DEALER ADMITTED TO NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF THIS SAME FAILURE IN OTHER MAKES OF SAME VEHICLE (2000 BUICK LESABRE) HOWEVER, IN NONE OF PREVIOUS CASES (NOR MINE) DID THE DEALER OFFER REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS ($500/WINDOW).*AK

NHTSA ID

10104867

Incident

Dec 30, 2004

Mileage

56,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED MORE THAN ANY OTHER LIGHT. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SIDE BACK OF SEAT LAID AUTOMATICALLY ON ITS OWN. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. UPON HAVING A FULL TANK OF GAS, THE METER WOULD READ EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE DASH, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD JUMP TO EMPTY, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO TO ZERO, THE HEADLIGHT WOULD GO DIM WHEN THE WEATHER WAS RAINY, THERE WAS A RUMBLE IN THE LEFT FRONT END, A SHIMMY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND WHEN RAINING, THE DASH LIGHT WOULD GO FROM BRIGHT TO DIM THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT, THE RADIO WOULD CUT OUT, THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS INOPERATIVE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP INTO OVERDRIVE ON SLIGHT ACCELERATION, THE AUTOMATIC DOORS WERE INOPERATIVE, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WERE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF HEAT WOULD START BLOWING COLD AIR, THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHILE THE FUEL GAUGE MILEAGE WOULD NOT STAY ON, THE ELECTRICAL REMOTE WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE ENGINE. *SC

NHTSA ID

10091959

Incident

Sep 1, 2004

Mileage

34,000 mi

FAULTY PLASTIC ASSEMBLY IN ALL DOOR WINDOW REGULATORS CAUSING WINDOWS TO DROP, OR UNABLE TO RAISE THEM, ALSO FAULTY ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRIC MOTORS IN DOORS CAUSES BRUSHES TO BURN UP BY ARCING. CARSURVEY.COM HAS THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS LISTED OF BUICK LESABRE WINDOWS FAILING FROM 3,000 MILES UP OR ONE YEAR UP, COST TO REPAIR AVERAGE $400.00 EACH. DISTRACTION CAUSED WHEN WINDOW FALLS DOWN COULD CAUSE A CRASH OR COLLISION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10095872

Incident

Oct 7, 2004

I HAVE A 2000 BUICK LLESABRE AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE REGULATOR IN THE RF DOOR AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVE ONE REPLACED IN THE LF DOOR. NEITHER WAS COVERED; THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THIS INDICATES POOR QUALITY CONTROL AND OR DESIGN.

NHTSA ID

10062792

Incident

Mar 22, 2004

Mileage

31,500 mi

THE DRIVERS SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER DOOR REGULATOR WENT OUT. CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO ROLL WINDOW UP OR DOWN. TOOK TO BUICK AND THEY REPLACED THE REGULATORS. TS

NHTSA ID

10002031

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)

NHTSA ID

749830

I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GOING DIM AND THEN BRIGTHEN BACK UP. THE CONTROLS WOULD ALSO GET HOT. I CALL MR. CARL CHIPMAN AT THE GO AUTOMOTIVE AND INFORMED HIM THAT I FELT THAT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF SOME KIND. THEY HAD A SUNROOF PUT IN AND I WASN'T SURE IT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CAUSE BY THIS TOP. MR. CHIPMAN DID RIDE THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD AND IT DID NOT DO IT WITH HIM. HE STATED THAT THE CONTROLS BEING HOT WAS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THAT TIME OF YEAR AND THE WEATHER. I TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD BE HOT TO THE TOUCH. I WAS ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELT NOT HOOKING AND THEY ORDERED A PIECE AND I TOOK THE CAR IN ON 6/23/99. MR. CHIPMAN TOLD ME TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS. THINGS DID NOT GET WORSE UNTIL THE WHOLE CONTROL PANEL STOPPED WORKING ON 7/1/01. MY CAR WAS NEVER PUT ON THE MACHINE AND BUICK IS TELLING ME THAT SINCE I DID NOT HAVE MY CAR SERVICE WITH A DEALER THAT THEY WON'T COVER ANY OF THR BILL. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT $700.00 TO REPLACE THE CONTROL PANEL BECAUSE IT HAS SHORTED OUT.

NHTSA ID

749500

Incident

Jun 17, 1999

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES, BURNING CONSUMER'S HOUSE DOWN. DEFECT POSSIBLY RELATED TO BATTERY CABLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

874537

Incident

Aug 27, 2000

WHILE TRAVELING DASHBOARD/ AIR CONDITIONING AND RADIO OVERHEATED. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

862932

AUTOMATIC TRUNK WHEN PUSHING THE BUTTON IT FLIES UP AND THEN IT COMES BACK DOWN HARD ON CONSUMER'S HEAD. COSNUMER SAYS THAT THE TRUNK IS DANGEROUS FOR SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT KNOW IT'S GOING TO DO THAT. DEALER SAYS THAT'S JUST THE WAY THEY ARE MADE THIS YEAR. *AK

NHTSA ID

852824

Incident

Aug 1, 1999

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ANNOYING GLARE IN WINDSHIELD FROM DASHBOARD DUE TO DESIGN OF THE WINDSHIELD. NLM

NHTSA ID

546505