Buick Lesabre adaptive cruise problems

Filed Aug 15, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 123,092 miles · CA

Car went into cruise control on its own and would not dis-engage. Found out that the cruise control cable clip broke. Luckily we were able to stop the car and no one was hurt.

Filed Jun 23, 2011 · Electrical · 42,000 miles · TN

Instrument lights on radio, heat/air controls, steering wheel radio/cruise control controls started burning out one by one. Thinking that it would be a simple, cheap fix, I took it to the dealer. At that time, they informed me that they could no longer just fix the burned out bulbs, but had to replace the entire electrical module just to fix the light. What was once a $10-$20 fix has now become a $150-$200 fix per module. One module can contain one or two light bulbs, so if you have 6 or 8 burned out bulbs, it can cost you up to $1600 to fix! Secondly, around september 2010, the RPM gauge pegged out and then dropped to the six o'clock position. Ever since then, sometimes it works erratically and sometimes not at all. Then, about january 2011, my fuel gauge started doing the same thing. When my tank was full, it would read empty or half full. After re-starting my car, it would go back to normal, only to act funny the next time I started the car. I noticed that there was a recall on other gm cars that used the same defective stepper motors that are installed in the 2002-2005 buick lesabres, but for some reason, the lesabres were not included in the recall where gm was responsible for the replacement cost on the instrument cluster. This isn't right! With faulty instrument panels, it isn't safe to drive! And if you want to get it replaced,it will cost you around $800-900!!!!

Filed May 18, 2010 · Acceleration · 180,000 miles · KS

Set cruise control car took of wide open would not shut off had to turn key off to get it to stop.

Filed Apr 1, 2010 · Acceleration · LA

2002 buick lasabre. Consumer states problem with cruise control and sudden acceleration. *tgw the consumer stated while stopped at a red light with his foot on the brake, the cruise control light suddenly illuminated and the vehicle accelerated up to 50 MPH and the gas pedal moved down by itself automatically. The consumer stated he managed to slam on the brake and the vehicle stopped.

Filed Mar 5, 2009 · Acceleration · 132,000 miles · CA

My 1994 buick lesabre has a runaway accelerator problem, during a slow down or braking condition in gear at random times the engine accelerates the car forward, you must stand on the brakes with high force to bring the car under control and then kill the ignition to avoid an accident. This condition has occurred at cross walks with people crossing, and approaching stop lights, pulling into gas stations ect. Repair shops including buick dealers said they could not duplicate the problem and had no idea what it was. I have eliminated the foot accelerator and the cruise control as the problem. I went online to a troubleshooting site and talked to a buick specific tech who has seen this problem many times before and said the engine control module (ECM) failure was the problem part, and that a diagnostic scan would help in identifying the problem, however after several scans and drive tests the problem was never duplicated or identified. The problem is repeatable at least once a day. I have stopped driving the car because it is unsafe. This problem needs to be identified as a safety issue. Because to date I have not been able find any recalls or dealers willing to acknowledge or discuss this problem.

Filed Nov 9, 2008 · Electrical · MO

I bought my 2001 lesabre new and have had an issue with the heat in the radio and cruise controls and system both in the dash and on the steering wheel. It has always been excessively hot. When I asked about this heat in the controls at the dealership, I was simply informed that nothing could be done. It has been this way every day. The dealer did replace the steering wheel cruise control button; but, that did not eliminate the heat.

Filed Jan 2, 2008 · Visibility · FL

3rd incident of electronic window failure -- both back seat windows motors have had to be replaced, the front seat passenger window broke 12/31/07. The car has 36,304 miles on it. This is in addition to the cruise control breaking at less than 18,000 miles.

Filed Sep 30, 2007 · Visibility · FL

This complaint relates to the window problems associated with buick lesabres -- the fact the window mechanism fails, in our case both rear windows, and must be replaced at costs greater than $400. We had 34,00 miles on the car at time of 1st failure. Also, our cruise control failed at 17,000 miles.

Filed Oct 6, 2006 · Visibility · 34,368 miles · OK

I just noticed my rear passenger side window was down. I never use the rear windows. I could not raise it with the power button. My front passenger window will not respond to the controls at all. My cruise control switch went out with less than 30,000 miles. The repair shop has had several of these and internet message boards were amazing. Some people reported as many as 3 separate occurrences of window failure( or window regulator failure).jb

Filed Apr 6, 2006 · Airbags · 108,000 miles · IN · fire

White smoke coming from steering column. It does not smell electrical, nor is the smoking consistent first occurrence tonight. Conditions were, 40 MPH, parking lights on, econ/vent set at 68 and fan on auto with cruise control not engaged. Smoke came from outlets where turn signals, tilt steering adjustment and retractable steering column insets. I pulled over, turned off the car, opened the hood and saw no smoke from engine compartment and smelled no other "hot" instances. The smoke from the column cessated when ignition was turned off. I restarted the car without further incident. After speaking with an engineer friend, he suggests it may be the air bag contacts and advised me to notify you immediately as a safety notification for possible recall/fire hazard. Where there is smoke, there is fire and I am reporting it as such which includes unknown damage due to overheating of some sort to the driver side airbag system.