Buick LeSabre Complaints (1998)

400 consumer complaints on file.

#8011364June 10, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
WHILE DRIVING EGR VALVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, MECHANIC STATED SENSORS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011365June 10, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
AFTER HAVING T EGR VALVE SERVICED, MILES LATER WITHOUT WARNING, INTAKE MANIFOLD BEGAN TO LEAK COOLANT ONTO ENGINE, CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUTDOWN AND LOCK UP. MECHANIC STATED INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHEN VALVE WAS SERVICED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010600May 28, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING FLUID ONTO THE MOTOR, CAUSING IT TO SHUTOFF WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009360May 7, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
VEHICLE HAS STALLED 4 TIMES AT 25-30 MPH. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL FILTER. BUT THIS HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM.*AK THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO FUEL LEAK. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565482April 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE STOPPED FOR GAS, THE VEHICLE SMELLED HOT. THE MECHANIC CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ALL THE WATER AND ANTIFREEZE WAS GONE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. TEH MECHANIC CHECKED THE PRESSURE AND FILLED THE RADIATOR AND RESEVOIR. AN HOUR LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND ALL THE WATER WAS GONE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED AND THE OWNER OF THE GARAGE SHOWED CONSUMER A PLASTIC MANIFOLD ON TOP OF THE ENGINE WITH AN EMISSION CONTROL TUBE CARRYING EXHAUST BACK INTO THE VALVE AREA. THE TUBE HAD GOTTEN SO HOT IT MELTED A HOLE INTO THE PLASTIC ALLOWING THE RADIATOR WATER TO RUN INTO THE VALVES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. THE SERVICE MANAGER KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT. CONSUMER FEELS BUICK SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008641April 25, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON, AND THE SENSOR IN ENGINE HAS MALFUNCTIONED. CAN POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE IN ENGINE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKIT HAS BEEN INDICATED TO CONSUMER IF DEFECT IS NOT FIXED, POSSIBLE FIRE OR STALLING MAY OCCUR. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005745March 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TSB #87-65-14 TO FLASH PCM WITH UPDATED CALIBRATION AS A RESULT OF AN INTERMITTENT STALL. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564618March 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, PARKING LIGHTS SHORTED OUT SEVERAL TIMES, ALTERNATOR FAILED , WIRING BETWEEN THE DOOR AND BODY FRAME SHORTED, AND LEFT REAR WINDOW MOTOR SHORTED. SPARK PLUGS, HEADLAMP SWITCH, BATTERY WERE REPLACED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004664February 27, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES A GRINDING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564408February 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
CONSUMER STATED SHE BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE GOING DEAD AT STOPS IN APRIL 2001, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AT STOPS AND EVENTUALLY HAD BOTH SYMPTOMS DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 4 OCCASIONS AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNTIL SOMETHING SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING HOME CONSUMER STATED THAT ENTIRE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, LIKE A GUNSHOT, SMOKE FROM THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE BEGAN DROPPING FIRE ONTO THE STREET, THE FIREWALL WAS COMPLETELY BURNED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004109February 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY TECHNICIAN, AND PLENUM WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758238February 14, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900832January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, EXPERIENCED ENGINE SURGING PRIOR TO FIRE, CLAIM 42-1441-081. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900833January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN DRIVEWAY, CLAIM 30-V502-462. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900837January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN GARAGE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN, THERE WERE FIRE AND POLICE REPORTS TAKEN, CLAIM 04-1284-911. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900840January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SMELL EXHAUST FUMES, WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT THE SMELL BECAME WORSE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER COULD NOT, HE HAD TO HIT THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES WITH HIS SHOULDER UNTIL THE DOOR GAVE WAY, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN SMOKE, IT WAS STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR CAUSED THE FIRE AND IT HAD JUST BEEN PUT ON, CLAIM 01-6150-358. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900838January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 4 BLOCKS, WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, CONSUMER COULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, THEN A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 20-5437-956. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900839January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THEN VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 49-3208-890. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900835January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE ENGINE, FIRE FIGHTER PUT OUT FIRE WITH A CO2 EXTINGUISHER, CLAIM 59-V971-469. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900834January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
WHILE DRIVING, A FIRE STARTED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE COOLING FAN MOTOR, CLAIM 15-3047-690. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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