2000 Buick Lesabre vehicle speed control problems
25 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2000 Buick Lesabre — 4% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“the 2000 Buick Lesabre is a wonderful car basically a tank with the 3800 SERIES II you cant go wrong but the tiny little plastic part holding the throttle cable will dryrot even with a garage kept car under 150k miles please get them replaced I was driving and then the part came off and it got…”
filed Dec 20, 2025
“The plastic pice holding the throttle lines snapped off and my cable went under my bracket and it took off I destroyed the Transmission putting it in neutral to stop the vehicle after I had gotten it stoped the fire from the engine was small I will recommend this car and yes I do want another one…”
filed Jul 28, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Lesabre years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 Lesabre | 4 | 5% |
| 2004 Lesabre | 5 | 3% |
| 2003 Lesabre | 5 | 3% |
| 2002 Lesabre | 8 | 3% |
| 2001 Lesabre | 10 | 3% |
| 1999 Lesabre | 9 | 4% |
| 1998 Lesabre | 4 | 1% |
| 1997 Lesabre | 12 | 3% |
| 1996 Lesabre | 6 | 6% |
| 1995 Lesabre | 7 | 4% |
| 1994 Lesabre | 11 | 7% |
| 1993 Lesabre | 12 | 6% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2000 Buick Lesabre
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.