Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||||
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Ready | 06/14/2011 | |
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Gm: there are seat belt problems: difficulty latching and unlatching buckle. buckle release button is sticking. seat belt warning light illuminated. likely caused by sticky beverages that are spilled into the buckle assembly. *rm | 06/14/2011 | |
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES | |||||
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Ready | 06/14/2011 | |
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Gm: there are seat belt problems: difficulty latching and unlatching buckle. buckle release button is sticking. seat belt warning light illuminated. likely caused by sticky beverages that are spilled into the buckle assembly. *rm | 06/14/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 05/01/2001 | 3 | 03/01/2001 | |
| Since buying the car it has been in the shop more than out, have had problems traveling out of town ruined two trips. the window wipers were disconnected, alternator out, transmission out, dash rattles, motor under drivers seat is loose, and the air conditioner makes a high whine. the seat, and dash and transmission have been looked at three times and still not fixed. the car shifts hard into gear after replacing the transmission which took two times to the shop to fix. the tire light kept coming on during one of the out of town trips even though it was checked repeatedly. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 03/30/2007 | 17000 | 1 | |
| Tl* - the contact owns a 2001 buick lesabre. while driving the vehicle at 25 mph the seat belt buckle which was made of plastic split in half when he turned his body around to view traffic. the vehicle has not been examined by a dealer/mechanic. the failure mileage was 17,000. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 08/10/2002 | 5 | 07/01/2001 | |
| I have an intermittent problem with my driver side seatbelt. the belt keeps getting caught in the floor retractor. when i try to pull the belt up to use, it gets stuck and has to be tugged on 5-6 times to get it to release. orange buick first looked at it on 4/25/02 and claimed, belt out of place causing lock to engage r&r and reposition left front seat belt retractor. that did not fix it and i brought it back again on 7/1/02. they said they would have to order a new belt and replace it. supposedly, buick realized that they had a problem and had redesigned their belts. the replacement belt was installed on 7/16/02, and worked okay for about 2 weeks, and has started the same problem all over again. because it is an intermittent problem, they can't seem to reproduce the problem, but i keep getting caught with it. i'm very concerned that one of these times, the belt will not release after 5 or 6 tugs and then i will be forced to drive my car without the seatbelt engaged, which is both illegal and very dangerous.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Seat belts retractor is built into back of seat, next to the headrest, consumer can't see into the blind spot when turning head around to look to go into the left lane, the consumer's are 5'5 and under, the dealer was contacted and told the consumers that nothing could be done. | |||