Tl* the contact owns a 2000 buick lesabre. While driving various speeds, an abnormal rattling sound was heard coming from the rear passenger side. While the check engine indicator was illuminated, the vehicle began to decelerate while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the rear calipers failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2000 buick lesabre. While pulling out the driveway, the contact observed smoke coming from the hood of the vehicle. The contact lifted the hood and observed oil on the manifold. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 166,000.
Tl* the contact owned a 2000 buick lesabre. When the ignition key was turned to the on position, there was an abnormal explosion from the front of the vehicle. The contact stated that smoke and flames appeared under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 04v090000 (fuel system, gasoline). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 138,900. The vehicle was destroyed.
As I was driving my buick lesabre 2000 my windows lock up on me it was a very hot summer so the electrical windows with no go up and down. The engine is bad. 1490000 miles. Electrical system is problems. The car wiring is loose and can be a dangerous. I tried to pull window down and repair its manually frozen with no power. My seat are uncomfortable with hard iron wire.
While driving the vehicle at 35 MPH, the dashboard check engine light illuminated. The engine idle speed became erratic and the vehicle stalled. Upon scanning the computer for fault codes, a p0102 code was found. The mass airflow sensor and the idle control valve were both replaced, however the p0102 fault and check engine light re-appeared the next day. I have found hundreds of complaints online for the identical problem that buick lesabre owners are experiencing with no solid "cure" for the problem. This condition is un-safe and renders the vehicle unreliable for driving.
While driving this vehicle the bolts on my rear brake pad broke in half and the car was unable to move forward, had to drive my car backwards home luckily I was only a block away from home. The 2 front windows will not roll up or down, keep having to replace the hose that leads to my radiator, when I make right turns the car vibrates, two front seat belts have stop locking all together and this vehicle has never been in any sort of crash or accident, front dash is starting to lift considerably. I adore my vehicle and I'm not looking forward to getting rid of it, but there are too many problems to deal with on this car.
Engine shuts off while driving, so far, only at lower speeds. Sometimes, by putting in neutral and turning key, engine starts again. Other times, it has to set for a while. Put new battery in 11/7/2013. Problem persisted. Three auto repair shops, including a buick dealership, have checked it out, but it does not die on them in the amount of time its in their possession so I was told there was nothing they could do. Typically, it happens after it is driven at least 20 miles. Came very close to being rear-ended as I was unable to pull off the road enough to be out of the way on a road with hills and blind spots.
Transmission no longer shifts into 3rd or overdrive. With shifter in overdrive and in stopped position once you take your foot off the brake to begin acceleration the torque converter slams to a stop and the engine shuts off. Transmission fluid full at all times, engine warmed up. Repeated stalling, repeated tachometer quits. Repeated engine quits when you place in overdrive from neutral. Must start movement by placing in lower gears 1 2 or 3. This transmission never shifts out of second gear. Put it on code analyzer and got 2 codes that indicated pc solenoid torque converter solenoid issues. Seems like these 2000 buicks have recurring defects and gm won't standby their product. Why on earth would a company that designs cars ever put a battery under a car seat. One spark with hydrogen gas under that seat could kill an infant in a car seat if it exploded.. Come on!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 buick lesabre. The contact stated that the vehicle engine caught on fire while the vehicle was turned on. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to be diagnosed and was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 80,940.
My car is buick lesabre 2000 custom with 84k miles. The engine exploded when I jump start it.
On june 25, 2010 approx 8:30 pm our 2000 buick lesabre was sitting by our house, not running, no keys in it. We heard a huge bang/backfire. The car had been parked since 4:00 pm. We saw a huge amount of smoke and fire as high as the porch deck roof. Immediately called 911. The hood was blown apart, the windshield blown in, rear view mirror & visors blown off. The car was completely totaled; everything on the engine melted, radiator gone, tires melted & tire rims look like they were blown outward. It was a very huge explosion & we did find the odi report ea 02-030 for recalls #03034 & #03054 for explosions/fires in this buick. The recalls for our vehicle were completed and done in 2005 for the above items of "fuel regulator causing defective/leaking fuel reg asm etc. Or coolant causing improperly seal throttle body" this vehicle was always a good running car with few problems and a car should not blow up just sitting still, so obviously the problems were not sufficiently corrected. The only event before this was that when the ignition was turned off at 4:00pm the passenger door lock was clicked at the same time and we heard a big clunk kind of sound. Our mechanics who viewed the vehicle and all who saw it never saw something that bad and all said that we would most likely have been killed if we had been in the car when it blew up. The vehicle is presently still sitting in the exact spot where it blew up as requested by gmc, but it will need to be moved before snow plowing as it is 6'6" from our house steps and is a hazard to our residence. We told gmac that we would be removing it before aug. 30th, however, they have not inspected it as of yet. Other property damage includes melted vinyl siding on our home, damage to deck paint, much needing power washed & damage to tar driveway, plus soot damage. Have many pictures, if you have e-mail address.
2000 buick lesabre has a problem with intake manifold gasket leaking. Consumer wants to know if the current problem and recalls from 2003, 2004 are connected.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 buick lesabre. The vehicle caught fire while parked. The possible cause of the fire was due to the fuel pump. The vehicle has not been inspected by the dealer. Both a police and fire report were filed. The current and failure mileages were 92,000. The consumer sent in a copy of a recall. Recall # 04v090000 updated
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 buick lesabre. The contact took his vehicle to the dealer for a routine inspection and was informed that there was a leak in the intake manifold gasket. The failure was repaired. One week later, the check engine light illuminated on the instrument control panel. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and they stated that the engine and bearings were coated with anti-freeze and the engine needed to be replaced. The engine has not been repaired. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 85,000 and current mileage was 85,305.
Evaporative control system failure required replacement of evaporator purge valve and canister.
March 30th, 2007 car ran rough and service engine soon light came on. A bad odor also was permeating into the car while going down the road. Car went back to the dealer on the 31st and they had the car until the 3rd of april. I drove the car about two miles and the car did exactly what it was doing before when I dropped it off. I dropped the car back off the next day on the 4th they had it until saturday the 7th. They said they changed the spark plugs and that was what was wrong. I drove the car and everything was fine until friday the 13th. I went to start the car in the morning and it wouldn't start right away. When it did it stunk so bad from to much gas from trying to start it. I ran it that day and it ran rough a few times and didn't call the dealer. I loaned my car to my brother friday night and I didn't tell him about the starting problem or the running roughly. He went to start the car after work on saturday morning and it wouldn't start right away for him. He got it going and he told me that it ran rough and bucked and jerked. When he brought the car back to me it sat in my driveway for about four hours. My wife went to start it and put it into the garage for the night and she could not get it to start she had to come and get me to get it going. I called the dealer on monday the 16th and they told me to bring it in the next day. I did so and they sent it to a garage to have it looked at. About 2:00 on wednesday the 18th I stopped to see if it was fixed and they said it was that it was the spark plugs again the garage didn't put premium plugs in. They told me that they washed my car for my inconveniences. Also the fuel mileage on the car was 20 mpg which is extremely low it should get 30-32 mpg. I told them this also. So I got the car back and today the 19th of april the car is having problems running properly. I returned the car and they wont call me at all. I feared my children's safety in this car.
Service engine light came on vehicle ran rough replaced valve body, tcc solenoid and pressure solenoid this complaint is against gm buick division not dorschel service.
Heater only blew cold air. Upper intake leaking coolant. Upper intake replaced could have caused engine to freeze complaint is against gm buick division not dorschel service.
Tl* - the contact owns a 2000 buick lesabre. The contact complained that the power windows failed. While driving at 55 MPH he heard a snap in the doors and the windows came down, he tried to power them back up but it did not work . The contact stated that this happened to all four windows at different times. *ak the serpentine belt was replaced due it squealing. Updated 01/31/07.
Hard starting, lack of power, hesitation gm dealer diagnosed intake leak by egr valve (air and coolant leaks) dealer replaced intake plenum (non warranty).
Consumer is concerned with the intake manifold gasket has been replaced on two occasions. *ts when doing intake manifold gasket repair for the second time the technician noticed that the right front (and maybe the left) outer tie rod end was loose and needed to be replaced. The tie rod was first replaced when the vehicle only had 18959 miles on it.
7/17/2000: stalled 2x in traffic w/315 miles on it; replaced wire harness & fuses; 4/9/02:leak-replaced upper manifold @ 23,184 miles 5/3/02: noisy,uneven-defective tires-replaced @ 24,161 miles; 8/20/03: recall - heating & cooling @ 39,226 miles; 10/28/03: rattling-catal.conv.assembly @42,892 miles; 7/8/05: motor not running properly - replaced wires,coils,etc.@ 55,385 miles 10/28/03: rattling-replaced catalytic converter assembly; 10/13/04-ecall.
2000 buick lesabre while driving the engine will abruptly shut down.*mr the vehicle was taken tot he dealer but they were unable to duplicate the problem. The vehicle was taken to another repair facility who determine that the problem was the ignition module. Once the module was replaced the stall condition recurred.
Dt: contact states the service dealer had to replace the shorted crank sensor in his vehicle. While driving the vehicle at speeds 30-40 MPH or less, it stalled 4 times. The replacement part has remedied the problem. *ak
2000 buick lesabre developed worn piston rings.*mr the consumer noticed that the vehicle was using excessive amounts of oil (1 quart every 600 miles). The manufacturer reimbursed the consumer for the repairs.
The consumer stated coolant was leaking onto the engine compartment. The dealership is aware of the problem. Please provide more information.
The consumer notified the manufacturer and requested reimbursement. The vehicle caught fire for no apparent reason. *bf there was a heavy snowfall for three days and the vehicle wasn't started. When the vehicle was started, a loud pop was heard and the engine cut out, then smoke billowed from the engine area. The dealer could not explain the cause of the explosion.
Check engine light came on, ran rough while starting, hesitates/spatters. Worse in damp weather. Fuel pressure regulator leaked. Replaced fuel pressure regulator. *bf fuel pressure was bleeding off.
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.
2000 buick lesabre ltd approximately.(1)month after purchase vehicle stalled in traffic while coming to a stop or at low speeds dealer replaced idle air control,replaced fuel pump relay;manufacturer case#4032757. 10/23/01replaced water pump;uses oil;frontend vibrates ai 65mph date reported 10/23/01 dealer dealer balanced tires front end still vibrates to date of this report.I purchased all new tires but still have same problem with front end vibration , coolant at intakemannorfold.replaced gasket,(3)wheel alignments,passenger window inop replaced windwo regulator,water pump replaced again; at 35684mileage dealer states that while changing my oil he found left and right tire rods having excessive play tire rods replaced after I notifide manufacture file#f-244217003.
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