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Buick Lesabre seat belt problems
31 of the 3,607 owner complaints about the Buick Lesabre describe seat belt won't latch or retract, most of them for the 1997 model year.
- owner complaints
- 31
- worst model year
- 1997
- typical mileage
- 50,295
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
Often reported together
What owners say
For the past 6 months, after starting, then attempting to put on seat belt, the belt often locks up and I cannot pull it out to hook it up. After several tries, it finally unlocks so I can put it on. This happens approx. 1-4 times per week (I usually drive daily). Sometimes only the first time in a day when I start the car. It is frustrating, and causes me to worry that sometime it may not unlock and I will be forced to drive without the belt only.
Tl* - the contact owns a 2001 buick lesabre. While driving the vehicle at 25 MPH the seat belt buckle which was made of plastic split in half when he turned his body around to view traffic. The vehicle has not been examined by a dealer/mechanic. The failure mileage was 17,000.
Driver's seat belt latch has failed, unable to latch seat belt.
Vehicle experienced a problem with the safety belt. The plastic that goes outside the belt to guide the belt when being used sharpened and tore the seat belt each time it was being used. This made the seat belt use very difficult. The seat belt often got stuck in position because of the groves that were worn into the belt during each use. Owner took the vehicle to the dealer, and was advised that the seat belt assembly would have to be replaced at the expense of the owner. Also, they told the owner that this experience was normal wear and tear.
Front driver's seat belt broke. It was the same defect as stated in recall 96v044000. Consumer took the vehicle to dealer. However, the VIN was not included the recall. *ak
The federal safety agency #: 04v090000 - I own a 1998 buick lesabre 3.8l. On 9/27/02 I had a hard starting and stalling problem, taken for service at gm dealer and fuel regulator was replaced. In august 2004 was notified of the recall and took vehicle back to gm dealer to assure the recalled part was not in the car. The dealer told us the car does run a little rough (noted on work order) but the correct regulator was in the vehicle don't worry about it. On october 10,2004 we started having trouble starting the car. On october 11 we made an appointment to take the vehicle in for service on october 18, 2004 to an independent service shop. On thursday october 14, 2004 and friday october 15, 2004 the car stalled once each day when moving in traffic at a very slow speed. On sunday october 17, 2004 while my wife was following me to drop the car off at the repair shop, the car again stalled. She put the car in neutral and restarted the car. When the car started it jumped forward and she struck the back of my truck. The repair shop found the fuel regulator to be leaking fuel into the vacuum hose and into the exhaust manifold. This was the part that according to the gm dealer was not part of the recall on august 11, 2004. The end result is there is $3000.00 damage to the lesabre, non to by truck. My back is slightly sore but of greater concern is the seat belt did not lock on the buick and my wife struck her chest on the steering wheel hard enough to have bruising in the outline of part of the steering wheel on her chest. In summary Im concerned about the 1.) fuel regulator, 2.) the car jumping and 3.) the seat belt not locking.
Passenger's side seat belt will not buckle or retract on its own. Consumer contacted the dealer, and dealer informed consumer that the seal belt was not a life time warranty.
The driver's side seat belt did not lock. The dealer was notified. *ak it was hard to connect before it had gone completely out. The dealer was not concerned about the incident and did not take the old part. *scc the consumer had to pay for the part at his expense.
Front passenger seat belt buckle does not unlock. Consumer has contacted dealer.
Related recalls
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- What is wrong
- These vehicles were assembled with one or more incorrect safety belt and/or safety belt buckle ends. This does not conform with the requirements of fmvss no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."
- Risk
- Consequence of non-compliance: if an incorrect part is used, the belt may not latch properly, increasing the risk of injury to the occupant should a vehicle crash occur.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect all front and rear safety belt latch ends and safety belt buckles for correct parts and replace any incorrect parts.
Recall number 96V044000 · Recall details
Questions about the Buick Lesabre seat belt
Which Buick Lesabre years have seat belt won't latch or retract problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1997 (10 complaints), 1998 (5 complaints) and 1990 (3 complaints).
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