Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - COLUMN LOCKING - ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | |||||
| 06302004 | 06/30/2004 | 10013164 | The steering wheel locking feature discontinued on certain vehicles built after april 26, 2004 and on 2005 models. *tt | 04/11/2005 | |
| 3029 | 01/01/2004 | 10009384 | Deletion of steering wheel lock feature. service vme. *tt | 09/27/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 03/27/2010 | 92000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick lesabre. while driving at approximately 50 mph, the steering wheel jerked to the left while the contact was turning right. the contact pulled over and inspected the vehicle and she noticed that the vehicle no longer had power steering; she slowly drove the vehicle to her home. the vehicle had not been repaired and the contact had not called the manufacturer at the time of the complaint. the vin was unavailable. the failure mileage was approximately 92,000. the current mileage was 92,250. | |||
| 07/15/2005 | 660 | 1 | |
| I own a 2005 buick lesabre. while driving 60 mph or greater, the front wheels, steering wheel and the floor boards shake and vibrate. took to dealer at 415 miles and they said to return when car had 500 miles. at 1292 miles dear replaced steering shaft. the dealer replaced tires.; however, the failure continued to occur. took back car again then went to another dealer. they said one of the tires had a nail. i replaced all four tires ( not from dealer) hoping problem would go away and it did not. i took the vehicle to back to 2nd dealer and they stated that the vehicle had to be forced balanced and have wheel alignment. the dealer made the repair ($400.00); however, the failure continued to occur. as of may28, 2005 the dealer had not repaired the vehicle and said it was an inherent problem. the current mileage was 11,081 and failure started from time car was purchased. *tr | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 02/23/2011 | 1 | ||
| 2005 buick lesabre. consumer states recently the rps dial went into a round in a circle and fell to the bottom, then the gas gauge did the same thing *tgw the consumer also stated the steering column was loose. *jb | |||