| Visibility:Power Window Devices And Controls | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 125.0%ODI 544858THREE DOOR WINDOW REGULATORS ARE MALFUNCTIONING. *YC Look up ODI 544858 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 758.3%ODI 10100825ALL 4 WINDOW REGULATORS ON MY 2000 LESABRE HAVE GONE OUT---FOR NO APPARENT REASON & NO WARNING. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, I CANNOT BUY JUST THE BAD PART, BUT I HAVE TO BUY THE MOTOR, TOO! AT APPROXIMATELY $350.00 PER WINDOW.....WELL---IT'S VERY EMBARRASSING. REAR WINDOWS ARE NOW BEING KEPT IN "UP" POSITION WITH SUCTION CUPS & DOOR-STOPS! LOOKS BAD FOR BUICK--QUITE TACKY!YES, I STILL HAVE THE PARTS.....IN THE TRUNK! (ALONG WITH A DOOR PANEL). THE WINDOWS WERE SCRATCHED TRYING TO GET THEM INTO 'UP' POSITION. OTHERWISE THE CAR COULDN'T BE LOCKED &… Look up ODI 10100825 at NHTSA ↗ | 457.1%ODI 10137622 · 56,343 miDT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK CENTURY. THE POWER WINDOWS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE TO DEALER. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THE WINDOWS TO BE FIXED. *AK *NM Look up ODI 10137622 at NHTSA ↗ | 325.0%ODI 101993562002 BUICK LESABRE - WINDOW REGULATORS CONSISTENTLY FAIL. *TR Look up ODI 10199356 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. |
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| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 133.3%ODI 604717ENGINE: GASKET FAILED CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. Look up ODI 604717 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 110.0%ODI 10110228 · 68,300 miWE DROVE FROM HOME TO OLATHE, KS AND BACK TO A KOHL'S AT SHAWNEE STATION ON OUR WAY HOME. WE PARKED THE BUICK AND WHEN I TRIED TO START THE BUICK IT FAILED TO START. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE BATTERY. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND TRIED TO START THE BUICK. THE BUICK STARTED BUT WHITE SMOKE COME OUT OF THE TAILPIPE AND IT BEGAN TO SHAKE TREMENDOUSLY LIKE WE WERE IN A BIG STORM. WE HAD THE BUICK TOWED TO FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID THE AIR MANIFOLD RINGS LET THE ANTI-FREEZE UP THE MOTOR AND THE SHAKING CAUSED OIL TO LEAK. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THIS… Look up ODI 10110228 at NHTSA ↗ | 116.7%ODI 10189632 · 71,000 miFAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON 1999 BUICK CENTURY CAUSING ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK FROM MANIFOLD, LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO OIL. COST OF REPAIR $1300. 71,000 MILES. *TR Look up ODI 10189632 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 18.3%ODI 752928ENGINE STALLED AND WAS DIFFICULT TO RE-START. ONCE RESTARTED, IT RAN VERY ROUGH, EMITTED A LOUD TICKING NOISE, AND STALLED OFTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A BROKEN VALVE SPRING. ALL OF THIS ON THE 3RD DAY OF OWNERSHIP. Look up ODI 752928 at NHTSA ↗ | 266.7%ODI 10106267WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE NORMAL OIL CONSUMPTION OF 1 QUART IN 2000 MILES WAS NORMAL ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR A BUICK LESABRE '03 V6 ENGINE. I THOUGHT IT WAS RIDICULOUS FOR A BRAND NEW CAR! I'D APPRECIATE ANY INFO ON THIS. *NM Look up ODI 10106267 at NHTSA ↗ |
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| Power Train:Automatic Transmission | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 112.5%ODI 605508TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING DIFFICULTY WHEN ENGAGING INTO REVERSE. Look up ODI 605508 at NHTSA ↗ | 110.0%ODI 538276SHIFT LEVER TIGHT. HARD TO GET OF OF PARK. PULL HARDER TO GET PAST LIP AND MOMENTUM CARRIES IT TO DRIVE INSTEAD OF REVERSEL. Look up ODI 538276 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 18.3%ODI 10193409 · 30,000 miTRANSMISSION AFTER WARM UP BECOMES ROUGH WHILE SHIFTING THROUGH GEARS. WHINNING SOUND OCCURS AND SHIFTING THROUGH GEARS IS ROUGH. CAN TEMPORARY CORRECT THE CONDITION BY SIMPLY SHUTTING DOWN ENGINE AND RESTARTING, BUT THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAYS....THIS CONDITION STARTED AT 30,000 MILES....BUT AFTER THE 3 YEAR CAR WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK Look up ODI 10193409 at NHTSA ↗ | 114.3%ODI 10104583 · 69,500 miI WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRASMISSION ON MY 2001 BUICK REGAL W/ 69500 MILES ON IT. ON 12/25/2004 AFTER ACCELARATING ON AN ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY, MY TRANSMISSION GAVE A CRACKING SOUND. AFTER THAT INCIDENT, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY WHEN I START ACCELARATING FROM A STANDING POSITION. IT WILL HESITATE WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED. NOT A GOOD SIGN FOR A CAR THAT SHOULD STILL BE IN DECENT SHAPE HAVING ONLY THIS AMOUNT OF MILES.*AK Look up ODI 10104583 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. |
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| Electrical System | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 110.0%ODI 10265712 · 45,000 miI HAD BOTH 1999 AND 1998 INTRIGUES, BOTH HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR RUNNING LIGHTS AND BLINKING LIGHTS FAILING. REPLACE FUSES, REBLOW. SENT TO MECHANICS NUMEROUS TIMES, UNABLE TO RESOLVE. HOWEVER, THEY SAID THIS WAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE MAKE. MY SUPERVISOR SAID HE NOTICED MANY INTRIGUES ON ROAD WITH PROBLEMS, AND SINCE THEN, I NOTICE MANY INTRIGUES WITH SAME PROBLEM. MAYBE NOT IMMEDIATE DANGER, BUT WHEN BLINKER DOESN'T WORK, IT CREATES A DANGER OF BEING REAR-ENDED. *TR Look up ODI 10265712 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 133.3%ODI 10194879LAST YEAR AFTER REFUELING THE 03 BUICK RENDEZVOUS IT WOULD NOT CRANK. SINCE THEN, OCCASIONALLY IT HAS DONE THE SAME. RECENTLY, IT WON'T START AT ALL WITHOUT TAKING 30 + MINUTES OF RETRYING AND RETRYING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL LINES ,AND SAID THAT IT WAS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM. AFTER SPENDING $400 FOR THAT THE CAR IS STILL NOT CRANKING.*AK Look up ODI 10194879 at NHTSA ↗ |
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| Electrical System:Alternator/Generator/Regulator | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 112.5%ODI 607531ALTERNATOR FAILED. *YC Look up ODI 607531 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 116.7%ODI 854631WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH A HIGH PITCH WHINNING COULD BE HEARD. THE NOISE WOULD ONLY HAPPEN WHILE UNDER 40MPH. NOISE SOUNDS LIKE A POLICE OR EMERGENCY VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC REPLACED THE GENERATOR. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK Look up ODI 854631 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 18.3%ODI 10208665BOTH OF THE REGULATORS IN THE FRONT DOORS OF MY VEHICLE HAVE FAILED. THIS HAS CAUSE THE PANE IN THE WINDOW TO SLIDE INSIDE OF THE DOOR. THE FIRST ONE DID IT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE VACATIONING IN OHIO IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. THE SECOND WHEN I ARRIVED AT WORK ONE MORNING. I CALLED THE BUICK CS LINE TO REPORT IT, BEFORE I KNEW OF OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS ADVISED TO TAKE IT IN TO A GM DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED YET THE ONLY THING I WAS TOLD BY A TECH THERE WAS THAT THEY HAD SEEN THI… Look up ODI 10208665 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. |
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| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 133.3%ODI 490944OIL LEAKS ONTO HOT ENGINE. *SD Look up ODI 490944 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 112.5%ODI 549917VEHICLE HESITATES WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS CONSUMER CONCERNED ABOUT BEING REAR ENDED. NLM Look up ODI 549917 at NHTSA ↗ | 110.0%ODI 10104908 · 81,563 miFAULTY DESIGN OF INTAKE MANIFOLD ON GM 3.8L ENGINE USED IN 1998 THRU 2004 ENGINE. PLASTIC HOUSING MELTS ENOUGH AFTER 80,000 TO ALLOW ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER CAUSING ENGINE TO HYDROLOCK WITHOUT WARNING. CAR BECOMES IMMEDIATELY UNDRIVABLE. *JB Look up ODI 10104908 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. |
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| Steering:Rack And Pinion | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 112.5%ODI 10165163DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS STEERING AND THE POWER STEERING DID NOT FUNCTION. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE RACK AND PINION THAT WAS NOTED ON RECALL NUMBER 03V527000. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. Look up ODI 10165163 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. |
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| Vehicle Speed Control | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 133.3%ODI 549370VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH TWO EMPTY VEHICLES, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMERS. MJS Look up ODI 549370 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 110.0%ODI 539341CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS. Look up ODI 539341 at NHTSA ↗ | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. |
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