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Jeannine Fallon
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The inside pull handle works to open but outside does not.
Anything I can try before taking off the door panel etc.?
1988 Buick Lesabre
Where is the cabin air filter located in a 2004 Buick LeSabre Custom?
Also, is it easy to activate the turn lights (not turn signals) when the lights seem to be there in the headlight group?
I have just read on a discussion about someone who had added the cornering bulbs to a Custom. I believe from that discussion they weren't available as an option on a Custom. I don't know for sure. You would need a service manual for that car for the wiring and a good ability to understand where a relay has to be put that turns on the bulbs to do that.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Have had no problems and there is head room for a 6'7" driver.
Gas milage might not be as advertised.
I'd buy again.
I'm not sure what you mean with that statement. My 03 gets 22 when my wife drives it only for short trips 1-2 miles to stores and back; 24 in my short drives. On interstate trips it gets 29-32, typically 31 mpg with 3 adults and full luggage weight and air and 70 mph on interstate trips. On local flat road no stops it gets 35-38; just hit the button and cruise at 55. Starts and stops lower that.
The Mulroney sticker said 29/19 IIRC.
My 98 does the same but cold starts in winter really cut down the overall mileage.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Is the car completely realigned? Not just within tolerance range for each setting?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I asked them to pay the parts and/or labor cost for the repair on my intake manifold. They lost track of my calls through the first cycle. Months later some nasty, MBA type wannabe manager came through with the same type of offer as for you--but my wife had convinced me to buy a new car months before. Why would I want another new Buick?
GM didn't handle this problem right and it is hurting them image now in sales. They earned what they got on this item. A partial payment for cost of repair of these intakes would have done a lot of PR.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Thanks
If you don't believe it's anything else in the VATS circuit
http://www.motorage.com/motorage/data/articlestandard/motorage/292005/169809/art- icle.pdf
http://www.12vp.com/info_resistors.htm
The first article is dealer service oriented. The second tells how you can find the right two wires (often in a little orange tube the looks like a wire) and where the base of the steering column is you can connect in a resistor of the proper resistance (measure you key chip's resistance) and make the computer think it has the right key in it all the time. Some service location people can do this that aren't dealers.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Thanks.
For the last two months, after heavy rains, water has collected on the floor of the right side passenger compartment, mostly in the rear, occasionally extending to the front seat. The carpet is saturated. No other area even hints of moisture -- not the seat, the ceiling, the door or any other upholstered item, just the floor. The doors and windows were closed during the deluges.
The fluid gives off no odor -- doesn't smell like gasoline or coolant.
The dealer had no clue as to what the problem could be. I know the battery sits under the rear seat so could there be some kind of line running beneath the floor board that could be leaking water?
Much appreciate any answers or even just educated guesses.
Ideals. Does it have a sunroof. Occasionally a drain tube clogs or kinks and water goes wrong place.
Do you see any water dripping around the botton edge of the front or rear door immediately after the rain. There is a plastic water seal layer inside the door that is sealed with butyl caulk and sometimes that doesn't seal right and the water gets to the interior of the car.
Do you have any looseness in the rubber seal around the door. To check use a dollar bill and open the window and run it along the rubber seal. You will feel the areas where the seal isn't making good contact.
If occurs during driving check lower parts of same rubber seals for ways tire spray from front can get in around front of rear door or back of front door.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
The oil sludging sounds like lack of oil changes, poor filters, both, or poor oil quality used.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
'17 Chevy Volt Premiere
Has anyone else had a problem with the wheels rusting?
My car is a 2004 celebration edition, has 16" chrome wheels. Was made in late May 2004. Now just 2 years old the front wheels are covered in rust. I'd thought that brake dust was covering them, but on closer inspection, no, it's rust.
I'm wondering if this is covered by warrenty.
??
I have had trouble finding a good cleaner for my wheels. Chrome Celebration 03. I just use a chrome polish and try to let it rub off the brake dust bits that stick.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I have a 2002 LeSabre custom with 44k miles. I bought it used last fall. After it worked very well for several months, the air bag light came in July. Initially, I took it to local dealer, the dealer told me that it's just a sensor over-reaction problem and fixed it by cleaning something and clearing the record. However, after a month, the air bag light came on again. I took the car to same dealer. Now they said I need to change the air bag control module (cost $550). I am wondering if anybody here had the same problem? Do you think the control module causes the problem? And how much did you spend for this kind of problem?
I also found that during day when temperature is high, the air bag light will come on. However, if the temperature drops (during night), the light may not come on. This finding may be pure coincidence. Thanks a lot for any suggestion.
I have been looking for a place to get some help for a 'do it yourselfer' who doesnt want to pour a lot of cash into a 13 year old car. We had a really rainy day last week and one road that I go through to get home from work had a substantial amount of water over it, after going through it (i was probably going 20 or so) I went about 200 feet and the sucker stalled out. After that it would not start, i sat there for 10 minutes or so and then it would start and run fora bout 3 seconds and then stall out. It did that several times. Since the last time it did that it has not started since and will only crank.
A buddy of mine and I looked at it today, we found that the plugs are not sparking. Took one out and cranked it and nothing. The wires and all are fine. Suspected the coil packs, took them off and took them to auto zone and they tested out fine. The guy at autozone said we might want to check the camshaft sensor which is one the side of the engine down by one of the pulley wheels, said if that gets water in it it will not work and will not spark.
To "test" that would be 36 bucks for a new one and have never replaced that before so am not even sure I can do it myself so I would like to have some semblance of it being a good idea before I do that. Obviously it wont start so if i need to take it someplace I will have to have it towed. (I was 3 miles away from home so a friend pulled it back to my house with his truck)
Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! :sick:
Buick has replaced them, free of charge, so I am very happy. Now I can put those final 150 miles on the car and pass 36000. And wax my wheels.
Have I said the engineering of the Lesabre (and Century) powertrain is exceptional? It is. I greatly appreciate the low RPM torque and overdrive highway fuel economy. I just wish Buick made a 2500lb car with this same philosophy. Such a car could surely get 45 or 50 mpg on the highway!
Then the car will do a check for tank seal when it's restarted lukewarm. I.e., drive 3-4 miles. Stop motor for while. Restart car. It may do a check on the evap system. Light may go off if the problem is gas cap seal.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Can you help me out.....Respectfuly....Gary
Take off the hush panel underneath the passenger side dash. Four or five little screws and clips. Look for a box about the size of a paperback novel sitting at an angle to the right side of the heater box. At the bottom is a link, white plastic or nylon IIRC. It's supposed to move left and right to adjust the requested air flow temp tot he passenger.
If it's not snapped to the slip at the left end which goes into the heater box through a hole with foam around it, it will be a snapin fit from the back, I believe. You may be able to move the link in and out that's going into the box to see that it changes the passenger temp.
If the link is unsnapped, that's the easiest problem. If the link is not moving from the programmer box end, that may mean the electric motor inside the programmer box is stuck or dead. I bought a replacement programmer at a recycling yard for $100--high I thought, but they are good and knowledgable and worth it. It got to show the puller what I wanted by showing him my car disassembled and where I wanted things cut.
There also is a little electric motor on top of the heater box right next to the programmer and connected to it by two little wires, but I think that's the one for overall temperature control. It gives problems by having a gear crack. It can be replaced. It's harder to get to.
If you diddle with the two links you may loosen up a stuck vane inside the heater if that's the problem. If the link is snapped off the clip, I _believe_ you have the car requesting full heat to snap the link on in the right position. The programmer will index the thing when it's restarted. If it's wrong it may give flashing digits to indicate something's not where it expects it.
Both of these are easier if you remove the five screws under the glovebox and remove it.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I am looking for the following parts for a V8 1970 Buick LeSabre:
- For the front suspension, I need the complete assembly and 2 upper control arms.
- 2 strut bars
- Rear brake shoes
- Core support
I prefer new parts but am having a very tough time finding these parts and will accept used if in decent shape.
If you don't have these parts could you suggest a supplier who might have parts for this car?
Thanks very much in advance!
BNEX
What happens is I can get heat if I put the windshield defrosted on.,but when I switch it to mid level or lower level it turns cold. No the AC does not go on,just cold air comes in the car.Not heat.The display gets weird and says EXT. and changes the temperatue numbers every few seconds or minutes randomly.
Is this a control gone bad or some type of heating module?The display looks fine but reads like it is getting wrond info. Where do you think I should start?
If you have the standard system I haven't worked with that one. I have had many wonderful hours of underdash time with my dual ACC and replacing the programmer when bypassing the vacuum tubes that control the doors.
The reason I suspect a ground is a defection head (control on the dash) shoud find an error and flash the numbers for about 90 seconds and then be stable. It sets a code that's readable with a scanner (Scan II) not the kind like Autozone has for the motor.
If not I'd suspect a defective dash unit or a grounding problem. Are you in a climate where there is lots of moisture getting into your car when you open the door and get in and out. A common ground problem to corrode is the one by the A pillar as it goes into the door sill. This can cause symptoms such as door locks not working, climate control changing, and other strange things I forget. One person had their car dying and he tried stomping next to the ground area in aggravation and it made contact again and started.
I had not dug into these on my own Lesabre 93 that developed symptoms-my wife made me trade it first.
I also understood there was one by the parking brake in the pillar area and one back next to the driver's seat. This picture looks like it's from wiring bundle somewhere in between. There also is a groundblock on the passenger side. But most people with problems find the moisture has corroded the copper in the buss bars on the driver's side.
My test would be some hammering on the wire bundles where there's lots of electrical tape wrapped around the ground busses to hope to make good contact again until the corrosion grows again. That could let you know it is a ground connection.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I am really a freshman in Buick even in car, could any kind people give me some suggestion for this car?
by the way, the price is asked 8500 dollar.
BTW: The car has a waaaayyyy too floaty ride, can we change out the struts and springs to make it better? Would that help any? Thanks a million.
The ABS system should work or give you the warning light that there's something wrong. If you are going slow and try to lock up the wheels on ice they will lock up. The system doesn't seem to work below a certain speed.
The 84000 miles is about 35K miles late for strut replacement. I put Monroe Road Sensing struts, they had the air leveling on the rear since my Limited 98 has that. I just kept watching at Sears for what was their best sale on 1/2 price struts or full price with no installation charge. I forget which...
I don't like Sears since they ruined two studs and wouldn't replace the last one at their expense. It wasn't my fault they run the nuts off and on without cleaning the threads using their high speed air guns... to rotate and rebalance the tires taht are lifetime balance...
The struts will make a world of difference. You might do well with Delco replacements also. I had driven some loaner cars from my dealer that had repacement struts that I believe they put on. The dealer gives loaners for any service you have done and use cars off the used car lot, often ones with highermileage that tend not to sell. They had a 95 Park Ave that had 165K mi on it before they quit using it that had replacement struts that I thought were GM.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
If I step on the gas to hard it will rev up as if it is in neutral. If i let up just a little off the gas, It will then go back into gear. This happens while in (OD) We replaced the modulator, and it seems to be a little better, But will still do it at around 50-60MPH. I have read in other forums that the modulator has to be adjusted, That there is a small screw that you turn clockwise, or counter clockwise. However i'm not able to find it!!! Anyone have any idea's???
Also Dose that stuff called "Transmatic" For automatic trans really work???
When the modulator was changed (external job?) was the oil drained and filter replaced?
My first thought would be a filter not letting fluid pass through it because it's partly stopped up.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,