2004 Buick Lesabre

SHIMMY IN STEERING COLUMN. RECOMMENDED TIRES BE ROTATED AND BALANCED. DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. APPOX. 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE,NOTICED ELECTRICAL ODOR WHEN HEAT BUTTON ON SEAT WAS TURNED ON. NOW SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE STICKS WHEN IT RECOILS. NOISE UNDER HOOD. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. CLUSTER WENT OUT AND NONE OF THE GAUGES WORK EXCEPT THE ODOMETER. THIS IS A 2004 LESABRE WITH 57,000 MILES. *JB

THIS CAR LOSES ALL POWER IF IT SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR AND THE DEALER STATES THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE BECAUSE AAA CAN'T START IT WITH THEIR PORTABLE CHARGERS. WE HAVE PURCHASED OUR OWN CHARGER TO USE ON IT EACH TIME IT DIES - WHICH IT DOES IF YOU DO NOT DRIVE IT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF YOUR LAST START. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR WAS LEFT OPEN WITH THE DOME LIGHT ON; THIS CAUSED THE BATTERY TO RUN DOWN. THE DRIVER WAS UNAWARE OF THE DEAD BATTERY UNTIL AFTER THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND LOCKED. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH POWER TO START THE VEHICLE OR OPEN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INSTRUCTED THE CONTACT TO USE THE MANUAL OVERRIDE BUTTON INSIDE THE VEHICLE TO OPEN THE LOCKS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CHARGE THE BATTERY UNTIL THE DOORS WERE OPENED BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS LOCATED UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK SEAT.

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, THE THEFT SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AND BATTERY PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *TS THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: STALLING, GAUGES DYING OUT, ENGINE LIGHT AND SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATING, HARD TIMES STARTING THE ENGINE, RATTLE IN THE MIDDLE VENTS WHEN SET ON LOW, THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT HAD GONE OUT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF CALIBRATION. MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WERE INTERMITTENT OCCURRENCES AND WERE HARD TO DUPLICATE. *SC

DT: THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER LIGHTS BEGAN TO SCATTER AND ILLUMINATED WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED, THE BATTERY AND AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON WHILE DRIVING FOR ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF. WHEN CONSUMER GOT HOME SHU OFF AENGINE AND THEN TRIED TO RESTART TO SEE IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CALLED BUICK ROADSIDE ASSSITANCE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. A TOW TRUCK WAS SENT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO BUICK DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL AT DEALER. BUT CONSUMER WISHEED TO FILE A COMPLAINT AT THIS TIME.*AK