Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Buick Lesabre

The plastic pice holding the throttle lines snapped off and my cable went under my bracket and it took off I destroyed the transmission putting it in neutral to stop the vehicle after I had gotten it stoped the fire from the engine was small I will recommend this car and yes I do want another one but it is a common issue I will recomed this car because the body is made out of steel and they are basicly tanks with the 3800 series ii and it was easy for me to spot what was happening and get ahead of it before it got worse I drove 5 miles with this happening before the engine overheated and caught fire.

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In a small town, approaching a stop sign at the highway crossroad with 2-3 vehicles in front of me. I removed my foot from the accelerator and started braking. The engine immediately revved, I moved my foot to try to raise the accelerator and it was all the way to the floor; it would not raise. I immediately placed in neutral and as pulling as close to curb as possible, I shut the ignition off, then placed in park. It had to be towed back home until we can deal with it. Luckily, I was able to act quickly enough to prevent any damage to any other vehicle or person.

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The vehicle randomly accelerates as high as 50-60mph without touching the gas pedal. The car has to be thrown in neutral or stopped some place safe, at which point it revs up past 3000 rpm until the gas pedal is pressed to throttle it back down. The vehicle has done this in reverse while backing out of a driveway as well, which is extremely dangerous. It does not seem to do this upon starting or while it is warming up. It can be on any street or highway and at any speed when it starts revving high. The problem is intermittent, but clusters sometimes several days in a row as constant and then going a month without doing it at all. It does seem to be more likely to accelerate after hitting a dip (like near where a drain is in a parking lot) but that may be just coincidental. The car has been taken to two different mechanics on three separate occasions with a tune up done and the throttle body cleaned along with some other trouble-shooting with the throttle at a cost (thus far) of several hundred dollars. The vehicle is doing this so frequently in the last few days that is has become unsafe to drive.

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Within the passed 2 months I have been experiencing "hard shifts". Very pronounced jolt/jerk when accelerating after a full stop or decelerating to come to a stop. Just researched on this site and found many other consumers with 2004 Lesabre's experiencing same situation. Has to do with inferior pressure control solenoid and/or shift solenoids. Apparently gm has refused to recall and replace due to the cost. Can cause premature failure of transmission and they say they are under no obligation to make it right!!! also have had problems with speedometer and tachcometer. My tach is frozen at 2 and speedometer started giving false readings about 3 yrs. Ago. Did not address because my mechanic told me its very costly. I have to use my garmin to tell me how fast I am going. Happened first time in extreme heat traveling on highway. Then again when it w as raining. Very unsafe situation and again a very costly fix that gm will not address.

While driving home my fuel gauge stopped working. When I got home I turned the car off and then back on and the fuel gauge was now in the 6 position on a clock. Now I have no idea if there is any fuel in the car or not. Luckily I reset the trip meter with every fuel up so I know I can go approximately 300 miles. Although in the winter when we have to idle our car so the fuel mileage goes down and I do not get as many miles on a tank. Hope I don't run out of fuel during the winter. In reading online reviews about this issue it turns out it can get worse and cause the speedometer to stop working. Then I may be speeding and not even know it. I did try and have it fixed but the guy charged me $207 and it did not fix the problem. At the local gm dealership they said they would repair it for $350.

First fuel gage would not work cost $400. 00 to replace system now my millage works when it wants can/t alway tell how fast I am going then all of a suden it will work.

The contact owns a 2005 Buick Lesabre. The contact stated that the speedometer became inoperable. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the stepper motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 52,300 and the current mileage was 54,000.

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While driving at approximately 45 mph, the speedometer shows 90. Sometimes stays on 0 no matter what speed I am driving. I spoke to a dealer and he indicated that it may be the gauge cluster and would cost about $400 to $500. With all the complaints on this situation, why is there not a recall.

The contact owns a 2000 Buick Lesabre. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the engine stalled as the electronic throttle control warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle restarted on the first attempt and resumed normally. The failure recurred on seven separate occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be diagnosed. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 116,633.

My speedometer or rpm or fuel gauges do not work this is not safe for me and my family what can we do to fix this?.

2002 Buick Lesabre. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle surges forward when brakes are applied. The consumer also stated the vehicle had defective drums, that melted and severed the front brake wiring, exactly at the point when the brake system wires traveled from the engine and entered the brake drums. The consumer also stated the vehicle had poor gas mileage, the three out of the four windows collapsed in the down position, and would not come back up. The consumer believed the engine and the hood were defective, as the paint on the hood melted.

Speedometer reading intermittently at least 20 mph lower than actual vehicle speed on highway.

Has a1997 Buicklasables\ and having problems with ignition and I can be driving and it just like it don,t get no juice from engine then when tried to start up it don,t catch in ignition switch. I have spend over 2,000 in this car but every one I take it to says it in the ignition it sounds like it wants to start sometimes it takes up to 6 hours before it starts.

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I went to good year 3594 rt 31 baldwinsville,NY today around 4:00pm for a oil change they moved the milage from 44,000 to 71,000 and messed with the speed thing that tells you how fast your going. When you take your car some where for what you need done you dont expect them to act like kids and play with things like that. If any thing else goes wrong I will believe it was them and expect them to pay for what ever needs to be fixed I had the car for few months now never had a problem. They where in the garge laughing and saying do you think he will find out what we did if this cost money to fix it will be paid by them and I want my oil change money back and I want those guys in the garge to be drug tested. The manager that day was joseph d and tech was patrick w. Theres also the sticker for the next oil change to proof what they did. Thier phone number 315-652-6673. Thank you.

Car won't accelerate. Sitting at a stop light on the highway and when the light turned green and the gas pedal was pressed, nothing happened for a few seconds. Then when it did respond we had to floor it to get it to 30 mph.

The contact owns a 2000 Buick Lesabre. While the contact was driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle unexpectedly increased acceleration up to 70 mph. The brake pedal was applied numerous times with extensive force and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact down shifted to a lower gear, followed by no response. The speed rate reduced between 10-15 mph when the gears were shifted into the reverse position which allowed the vehicle to stop properly while the brakes were applied. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for storage due to the safety issue pertaining to the acceleration malfunction. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 156,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Buick Lesabre. The contact stated that while exiting a parking space, the accelerator pedal became extremely resistant and the contact experienced difficulty in depressing the accelerator. In addition, the contact stated that the interior lights would sporadically flicker on and off while driving. The contact did not take the vehicle to a dealer or a mechanic for inspection or repairs. The failure mileage was 150,000. Kmj.

I bought this car may 2010 from gregory automotive group in new castle DE. I immediately had a propblem with the speedometer the day I bought it, took it back to the dealership and was told that it wasnt a big deal, this problem was covered by by warranty and I would just need to pay a $100. 00 deductible. I took it to my local Buick dealership and they told me that it isn't covered under the warranty I bought from the dealer and I would have to pay out of pocket for the repairs. My next issue is the gas gauge started to mess up; wrong readings and gas levels left me out of gas and very upset. I will be taking this back to Buick to see if I am at all eligible to recieve recall benefits or something because the amount to fix these issues are greater than I can afford within the year and some change of owning the veh. And I also want to say I did research and do a carfax on the car and it came back with accurate mileage, one owner and no accidents and I jumped on it, only to have a nice car without a working speedometer and gas gauge. I thought Buicks were good solid cars. . . . . .

Vehicle commenced to accelerate from a stop position while the brakes were applied. Vehicle took off from 0-45 mph. Consumer rode the brakes, and down shifted the transmission to gain control. Dealer was not notified.

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A switch labeled "eng/met" located right next to the headlight switch causes the speedometer read approximately double your actual speed. It is very easy to accidentally press this switch when turning on your lights, which is what happened to me the first day I drove this rental car.

Consumer complained about an acceleration problem. Then, he received a recall notice, and was told that it may help with the problem. After recall repairs were done vehicle is still accelerated.

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Speed control switch failure which dealer had replaced. Feel free to provide any further information.

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While driving OH highway vehicle accelerated while coming off an exit ramp the rpms went up. But as consumer reapplied gas pedal, vehicle would not go. No prior warning. No indication of transmission problems. Contacted the dealer, and didn't want to look at the vehicle . Took the car to a transmission repair shop. Contacted manufacturer and registered a complaint.

Transmission was under recall order (5/99) for "transmission shift lever sequence"; work was completed by alhambra Buick on 7/12/99. While driving on Friday, 7/23/99, car surged forward and accelerated. I tried to apply brakes but they did not work. I moved to the right lane to avoid hitting car in front of me, but could not get car to slow down as I approached an intersection, but in process hit the car in front of me. I eventually crossed interesection and ran car alongside curb to try to slow down, but car continued to surge and accelerate, and brakes would not work. I was finally able to slow car enough to shift it into park and stop car. Car was towed to alhambra Buick to be checked out with full explanation of what happened, however, they were insistent to have car towed onto auto body shop for repairs, rather than find source of problem. After many discussions with dealership, Buick division of gm and their products allegations resolution office in detroit, I received a phone call from brian birkey this morning (8/16/99 a. M. ) of this same office, stating that Buick's engineers could find nothing wrong with the car and his findings were being given to gm. At this point, they would expect me to have my insurance pay for my auto body damage and remedy the driver which my car hit. I do not want this car returned to me, given my experience and their finding that the car checked out okay without any identification or acknowledgement of a mechanical problem. I have no confidence in this car or their failure to find the cause of the problems; further, I did not pay $30,000 for a new Buick to become their next crash test dummie. I strongly feel that they should replace my Buick with another new car or refund my money. If they feel such confidence in their inspection, then they can sell the car as a used car on their lot.

Vehicle freewheeld up to 40 mph, and coming off the ramp, the vehicle accelerated at high speed. Consumer had to put his foot on the brakes to get the vehicle to come to a stop.

Vehicle continuously hesitates while accelerating.

Vehicle brought to dealer for excessive fast idle at start up with cold or warm engine. Vehicle 35 mph in one-half mile without using acclerator. Tachometer indicates 1800 to 2200 rpm. Must apply brakes repeatedly to reduce speed to safe speed. Rpm returns to normal within seven-tenths of a mile.

When starting, cold start vehicle will lunge forward four inches. Buick states this is normal since 1993 and don't feel this is a problem. Please describe.

Consumer states while traveling 25 mph and without any indication vehicle surged and drove off.

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Consumer took vehicle to dealership for an oil change, and was informed by mechanic that a leak developed and leaked fluid onto the engine. Antifreeze was gone. Had throttle body housing replaced on 8/27/03 because of oil leakage. Had no prior problems. Consumer noticed a recall on 2000-2003 Buicks because of plastic body housing melting.

While placing vehicle in reverse car will accelerate 30-35 mph without applying accelerator pedal.