Transmission Noise Problems of Buick Lesabre

When we first bought my Buick back in 2002 we have had tranny problems with noises and hesitation. We took it back to the dealership and they replaced the valvebody. That didn't help the noise but it helped the hesitation. The noise is a whining noise in first and second gear but when you get in third it goes away. That is due to a bad sun gear. Which ultimately led to the destruction of my transmission. We tried to get the dealership to help us but they just said it was due to normal wear and tear (typical dealer doesn't want to take responsibility). After $3200 and 4 days we had a new tranny. I drove it for 3 days and the whining noise came back. I am going to take it back and tell the to fix it because I don't feel like paying $3200 for another tranny.

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The contact owns a 2005 Buick Lesabre. While driving 30 mph, the contact heard a loud noise coming from the engine compartment. The engine then stopped running. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle and placed the gears in the correct position, but the vehicle would not move. The vehicle was towed to a shop and they could not figure out what was wrong with the vehicle. The vehicle was then towed to a dealer and they stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The transmission is currently being replaced. Through online research, the contact discovered numerous complaints on this defect and believes it should be recalled. The current and failure mileages were 48,000. Updated 09/16/08 updated 09/24/08.

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While driving the 2001 Buick Lesabre home the car began to make a high pitch whine and grinding noise. At the same time the car would not go forward or backward. The car was towed to transmission shop, and I learned that the entire transmission had failed. I was told it was metal fatigue, and when one of parts broke it destroyed the entire transmission. The repair cost was 2600. The car only had 61000 miles on it, and had been driven for all but 1000 of those miles by my 95 year old grand father.

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We heard a noise in the front of the car. We took it to the repair shop and was told we needed a bearing in the transmission and the 4th clutch. The car only has 63,000 miles. We had the parts replaced.

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The vehicle's transmission started making noise while driving on the highway. The bearing noise had continually gotten louder eventually progressing to a growling noise in 4th gear and while backing in reverse. The consumer requested reimbursement.

While driving on highway and heard a loud noise and the car stopped. Was able to pull to side of road. The transmission was the result of a "defective bearing tht came apart in the final drive of the transmission, causing metal contamination thorughout the transaxle. " this was the analysis of austin transmission. Car is a 2001 Buick Lesabre with 50,000 miles. Austin transmission says gm has "updated parts" - parts which replace defective parts. This was a defective part. No transmission should fail at 50,000. This car was not driven by teenagers. This is my wife's car - age 65 but I was driving it that day.

While driving, the vehicle developed a transmission noise, it started as a bearing noise and continually became louder. The nosie progressed to a growling nosie while in 4th gear and in reverse. The probelm was determined to be the planetary sun gear assembly.

Vehicle's transmission has to be replaced. The transmission did not move forward in gear and made a rattling noise.

The transmission failed at 50k miles. There were two other same make/model vehicles with the same problem. The consumer suggested that gm compensate consumer's for this problem. There were ticking noises upon acceleration and there was a clunk sound when the vehicle was placed in reverse.