Problems · by component
2000 Buick Lesabre structure problems
25 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2000 Buick Lesabre cite structure, 4% of all 680 complaints for this model year.
Complaints
25
4% of all complaints
Crashes
1
Reported by owners
Fires
1
Reported by owners
Injuries
0
Reported by owners
What owners say about the structure
Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DUE TO A FLAT TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE INNER TIE ROD BUSHING HAD RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.”
“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.”
“THE UPPER DASHBOARD HAS SEPARATED FROM THE CAR AS IT IS RAISED FROM THE LEFT CORNER TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DASHBOARD, AT THE FRONT OF THE DASHBOARD CLOSEST TO THE WINDSHIELD. IN SOME PLACES IT IS OVER 6 INCHES RAISED. IT CONTINUES TO WORSEN, MOVING OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DASH CLOSER TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MIGHT CAUSE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG TO GO OFF BY MISTAKE. IT HAS ALSO REACHED THE HEIGHT WHERE DRIVER FRONTAL VISION IS BEGINNING TO BE SLIGHTLY IMPAIRED BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THESE DASHBOARDS IN THIS MODEL VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY HAVE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGED AND NOT OUT IN THE SUN MORE THAN USUAL. *TR”
“THE DASH PAD STARTED PEELING UP, FROM THE WINDSHIELD SIDE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER, APPROXIMATELY 2007. EVERY YEAR IT CURLED UP MORE & MORE, BY 2013 IT HAD LIFTED ABOUT 3". I CONTACTED BUICK AROUND 2010 ABOUT THIS DEFECT, THEY DID NOTHING. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS DEFECT I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER BUICK OWNER HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS CURLING DEFECT CAN PARTICULARLY BLOCK ONE'S FIELD OF VIEW, ESPECIALLY SHORT DRIVERS WHO MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE THE DASH IS CURLING UP. *TR”
“DASHBOARD COVER LIFTING AT DRIVER SIDE SIGHT-LINE APPROXIMATELY AT 1 O'CLOCK POSITION (STRAIGHT AHEAD IS 12 O'CLOCK) OVER ABOUT A ONE FOOT WIDTH, WHERE DASHBOARD MEETS WINDSHIELD . HEIGHT OF RISE MAYBE ONLY AN INCH NOW BUT GETTING WORSE. HEADLINER ALSO FALLING FROM OVERHEAD BLOCKING DRIVER'S REARWARD VIEW THROUGH REAR VIEW MIRROR. *TR”
“THE DASH BOARD BUCKLED. PASSENGER WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE DRIVERS WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE REAR DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE PASSENGER WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE-AGAIN LIGHT BUTTON STUCK ON. *TR”
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