26th Apr 2011, 16:12
I've owned a lot of cars in my 57 years of car ownership -- all American and mostly GM. But, the 2001 LeSabre is the worst car I have ever owned. Actually it is my wife's car. Let's see if I can remember all the problems in the last 10 years (only 80,000 miles).
Two window regulators so far.
Gas gauge doesn't work.
No interior lights, as replacement fuses only last a few minutes or hours. I'm told it will take hundreds of dollars to trace the wires and find the short.
Numerous rear light bulbs have burned out.
I had tire problems when the car was new. I never figured that out since the alignment always checked out perfect.
Probably others, but my memory isn't so good now.
Oh, I used to be an automotive engineer. Those window regulators are a piece of crap the way they are built. They should have been changed years ago. Mine failed at a riveted connection. The next time, I will just drill out the rivet and replace with a short screw.
19th Oct 2010, 18:11
How true. If the cigarette lighter fails on a domestic at 400,000 miles, people scream "IT'S CRAP!! I'm buying an IMPORT!!" But with Toyota being ranked 21st out of 33 car makers in build quality, and Buick consistently ranked much higher, it's obvious there is a lot of anti-American bias out there, driven, no doubt, by the billions of dollars foreign companies have spent brainwashing Americans. All Ford and GM vehicles now outrank Toyota in build quality and reliability.