general problems of the 2004 Buick Lesabre

Three of four tires purchased had a belt separation - one lost a sizeable piece of tread. This occurred over a span of three months.

Traveling from buffalo, n. Y. To greensboro, GA. On route 77, just past beckley, w. Va. , I noticed a vibration in the car and thought it was a patch of rough road and immediately, there was a load bang and as I looked in my rear view mirror, I noticed black strips flying behind me. The car became sluggish and was pulling to the right. I immediately pulled unto the shoulder and stopped. I checked the right rear tire and saw all the thread was gone and only the belt remained and the tire was still inflated. I called for a tow company and the driver showed me that all the electrical connections and the rear bumper and tire well were destroyed. I was towed to a gm dealer in beckley and they spliced the wires for a temporary fix and replaced the tires so I could get home. Once home, I had my gm dealer order the parts needed to fix the electrical problems. I also has a collision repair shop fix the damage to the exterior of the car.

General tires, 215/70r15. Consumer discarded the tires completely. And the dot# was not available. When driving, the vehicle bounced all over the road. The consumer had the tires balanced. But when the tires were completely removed consumer noticed that the vehicle performed 100% better when the tires were replaced with another brand of tires. The consumer experienced a total loss of steering control as a result while going 65 mph. Two tires were replaced. According to the dealer, one of the new tires were bad plus one of the good tires had gone bad.

The consumer has replaced 5 tires already on this vehicle, and 2 more tires need to be replaced. The tires on the vehicle will pull to the left or to the right while driving, especially while accelerating. The tire manufacturer is general. The tire size is p215/70r15.