2004 Buick Lesabre problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Electrical System (25) · Electrical System: Instrument Cluster/Panel (21) · Structure (15)
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🛣️ Complaints by mileage
126 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
Service bulletins (460)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2025-07-18 · PIP5601C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from tac.
Unknown Or Other 2025-03-28 · 23-NA-001 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on onstar module 2g sunset information.
Unknown Or Other 2025-02-20 · PIP5358D · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. technician should get record a sound clip or take a video of the noise for assessment by engineering. technician will need to
Electrical System 2024-10-25 · PIP4723J · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the tire pressure monitor, active fuel injector tester, multi media tester, pico scope, gr8 starting/charging tester and vehicle data recorder tools, giving website address and ste
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Showing the 6 most recent of 460 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2024-06-13 · Electrical System“the backup camera will stay in 'night' brightness mode for 15 seconds while backing out of the garage into daylight. this makes the video screen usless until the 15 second delay is over. i have asked several times at the dealership since i purchased this vehicle new, and they say nothing can be done. not only is this a huge safety issue but it a…”
2022-11-14 · Unknown Or Other“car has hard shift's that get worse when the car is up to temperature. fuel gauge show's false reading. two window regulators failed. …”
2022-11-05 · Fuel/Propulsion System“fuel vapor system leaks gas fumes into car. replaced all fuel lines, pulled tank, renewed canister. 10 months later fumes are again entering car cabin. 105,000 total miles.…”
2021-10-21 · Wheels“drove to the store, transmission was hard shifting and then wouldn't hardly move at all. almost got hit three x!! very tramatized. how is it that on just one of many web pages 400 people had this problem 140 complained about it! that's just one website! how has this problem not been fixed and recalled?…”
2021-06-30 · Service Brakes, Air:drum:shoes/Linings · 116,500 mi“the contact owns a 2004 buick lesabre. the contact stated while driving 35 mph and depressing on the brake pedal, the brake pedal went straight to the floor and the vehicle gradually decreased in speed to a stop. there was an unknown warning light illuminated. the contact continued driving to his residence. the vehicle was taken to an independent m…”
2021-02-23 · Power Train“tl* the contact owns a 2004 buick lesabre. the contact stated while driving 50 mph, the vehicle stalled with several warning lights illuminated. the vehicle was restarted however, the failure recurred intermittently. the contact believed that the failure was related to the power train. the vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechani…”
2020-03-27 · Seat Belts“i continue smelling an oil-burning smell and my right turn signal continue to go out and i have replaced to blub over and over…”
2019-09-08 · Unknown Or Other · 99,990 mi“when first starting up car and then press on the gas pedal, either in reverse or forward, there is a surge, like the cable is sticking. not sure why, maybe due from age of car or an electronic control issue. the car has been garaged about 85% of its life.…”
2019-02-10 · Vehicle Speed Control · 140,000 mi“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 dangero…”
2018-12-02 · Engine · 200,000 mi“the engine stalls and jerked when coming to a stop and trying to go the gears didn't shift like usual. driving long distances it doesn't do this until you're driving and stopping every so often. sometimes turning into a place the engine wouldn't go and almost caused crashes.…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.