Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / LESABRE / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004006391 Incident Date: Dec, 28 2004
Consumer's City: WEBSTER Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LESABRE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4HP54K5Y4 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 07 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 25 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission failure, causing hard shifts and shuddering when driving. gm has a tsb out for this sympton but denies any problem with the transmission. dealership tech confirmed with diagnostic test and refered to bullitin #00-07-30-002b pressure control solenoid valve assembly. gm refuses to pay for even a portion of the repairs inspite of their tsb indicating a problem with this perticular make and model. the vehicle was purchased used from my father inlaw with 81k miles on it. 12/26/04 and was very well maintained. iif they issue a tsb for this specific problem, they should take some responsibility iin corrective repairs as laid out in their own tsb. gm refuses to own up to this problem. *ak