Dashboard Failed Problems of Buick Lesabre

The contact owns a 2005 Buick Lesabre. While driving an undetermined speed, the speedometer became inoperable. The vehicle was taken to his independent mechanic who stated that he should contact general motors since he had seen this issue with his year, make and model vehicle. The manufacturer advised the contact to have an authorized dealer diagnose the failure. The dealer confirmed that the instrument cluster failed. There were no recalls for the failure. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were under 94, 031. Updated 01/19/10 updated 01/20/10. Updated 04/09/10. Gm did not agree to have the instrument cluster repaired at their expense. The consumer had a local shop remove the cluster and it was sent for repair and re-installed. The consumer stated the speedometer is operating normally. Updated 07/16/10.

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I noticed my car seemed to be traveling slower than most traffic when traveling at posted speed limits. Eventually while driving at a reasonable speed noticed speedometer read 95mph, needle started jumping ahead to higher speeds while maintaining normal speed. Once I stopped the car the needle didn't return to the zero position, but stayed a 80mph. Starting the car would reset the needle backward 10mph but it wouldn't return to zero. I researched the problem and discovered the same problem was occurring in similar model year gm pick-ups resulting in a class action suit. Shortly after speedometer failure the fuel gauge failed jumping forward and backward. I brought the vehicle to the dealership because the car was approaching 80,000 miles which was the limit for coverage in the full size truck class action suit. The dealer replaced the instrument cluster at a cost of around $400, it took about a week for the dealer to obtain the part. I sent gm the form for instrument cluster failure class action suit and was called by gm and sent a letter telling me that the Buick Lesabre is not covered under this program. I have also discovered my mothers 2004 Buick Lesabre with similar mileage has the exact same problem.

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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.

Instrument lights on radio, heat/air controls, steering wheel radio/cruise control controls started burning out one by one. Thinking that it would be a simple, cheap fix, I took it to the dealer. At that time, they informed me that they could no longer just fix the burned out bulbs, but had to replace the entire electrical module just to fix the light. What was once a $10-$20 fix has now become a $150-$200 fix per module. One module can contain one or two light bulbs, so if you have 6 or 8 burned out bulbs, it can cost you up to $1600 to fix! secondly, around September 2010, the rpm gauge pegged out and then dropped to the six o'clock position. Ever since then, sometimes it works erratically and sometimes not at all. Then, about January 2011, my fuel gauge started doing the same thing. When my tank was full, it would read empty or half full. After re-starting my car, it would go back to normal, only to act funny the next time I started the car. I noticed that there was a recall on other gm cars that used the same defective stepper motors that are installed in the 2002-2005 Buick Lesabres, but for some reason, the Lesabres were not included in the recall where gm was responsible for the replacement cost on the instrument cluster. This isn't right! with faulty instrument panels, it isn't safe to drive! and if you want to get it replaced,it will cost you around $800-900!!!!.

The vehicle would not start, the theft system was replaced and battery problem still occurs. 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.