2002 Buick Lesabre

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. NO WARNING. ENGINE WILL RESTART, BUT WILL ONLY RUN FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN STALLS AND WILL NOT RESTART. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR OTHER INDICATIONS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. HAPPENS AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. CAR WILL RESTART AND OPERATE NORMALLY AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW HOURS, USUALLY OVERNIGHT. CAR HAS BEEN TOWED 7 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER HAS REPLACED TWO IGNITION MODULES, AND ONE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR A TOTAL OF TWELVE WEEKS SINCE INITIAL OCCURRENCE, WHILE THE DEALER TRIES TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. DEALER MOST OF THE TIME CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE, THE CAR DISPLAYED THE FOLLOWING CODES: B1009 AND B2734. MILEAGE BETWEEN INCIDENTS RANGES FROM AS HIGH AS 15,000 MILES TO 1,500 MILES. CAR IS UNDEPENDABLE, AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, UNSAFE. *TR

IT IS CURRENTLY 39 DEGREES AND RAINING IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS AND I JUST HAD THE SECOND WINDOW ON MY 2002 BUICK LESABRE FAIL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! MY GRANDFATHER WORKED FOR GM FOR 40 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN LOYAL TO A FAULT. PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME AND APPARENTLY MANY OTHERS AND BUICK WON'T RECALL THE CARS TO FIX THEM. AT 500 DOLLARS EACH I AM FURIOUS. SHAME ON YOU GM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW DROPPED AND WOULD NOT ROLL BACK UP. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING INDICATORS. THE WINDOW HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY TAMPERED WITH BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 47,000.

I OWN A 2002 BUICK LE SABRE. I HAVE A BROKEN REAR WINDOW REGULATOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE REAR. IT IS STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. I AM AWAITING AFTERMARKET PART TO REPAIR MYSELF SINCE ON-LINE INFORMATION INDICATES THIS IS A VERY PREVALENT PROBLEM, AND QUITE EXPENSIVE (>$500) TO REPAIR AT THE DEALER OR IN A BODY SHOP. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH BUICK REGULATORS, AND IT SEEMS NOBODY HAS ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM: NOT BUICK NOT NHTSA. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, AND THERE SHOULD BE COMPENSATION FOR REPAIRS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PAY OUT OF THEIR POCKET. I OWN 2 BUICKS AT THIS TIME, AND WILL PROBABLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER. *JB

2002 BUICK LESABRE 3.8 L ENGINE WOULD BE HARD TO START AFTER IT WAS DRIVEN AND RESTARTED AFTER 15 MINUTES (OR MORE) OF BEING OFF. THE CAR SOMETIMES HAS TO WAIT FOR .5 HOURS BEFORE IT WILL START. THIS HAPPENED A YEAR AGO ALSO. I HAVE CHECKED THE MAF SENSOR. THE CAR HAS ALSO STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. IF I WAIT FOR 3 MINUTES TO RESTART AFTER STALLING IT WILL RESTART AND USUALLY GO LONG DISTANCES 100 MILES WITHOUT FAILURE. *TR

10-18-07 WENT OUT TO CHECK WINDOWS BEFORE STORM AND NOTICED RIGHT SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS DOWN SLIGHTLY. WHEN I TRIED TO PUT IT UP I FOUND THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR HAD FAILED AND JUST LET THE WINDOW DROP. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE TO FAIL THIS MONTH. FIRST ONE FAILURE 10-3-07 THIS IS PLAINLY A FACTORY DEFECT THAT BUICK WILL NOT ADDRESS ON IT'S OWN. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 BUICK LESABRE WITH JUST OVER 23,000 MILES AND AFTER CLOSING THE DOOR THE POWER WINDOW BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT, HAD DROPPED DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO UP. I RETRIEVED A WEB SITE BELOW WITH NUMEROUS OTHERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM.(SEE BELOW) COULD YOU SEE THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS POWER ASSEMBLY ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS FAULTY WORKMANSHIP. PURCHASED AT SHARPE BUICK DEALERSHIP 1010 28TH ST. S.E. GRAND RAPIDS, MI. 49508 IN YEAR 2002 WITH 6,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_52823.HTML *TR UPDATED 01-15-08. *KB UPDATED *JB