Buick LeSabre Complaints (1998)

400 consumer complaints on file.

#856676February 10, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
OWNER WAS HEARING A RATTLING NOISE ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS AGO COMING FROM VEHICLE. THE NOISE WAS HEARD MOSTLY ON SHORT SHARP BUMPS. WHILE HAVING THE OIL CHANGED THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS LOOSE AND COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF. THE ENTIRE UNIT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856345February 7, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
BRAKE LIGHTS GO OUT DUE TO A SHORT IN THE WIRING. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUSE, BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, BUT PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856245February 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS ARE LEAKING . DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900539January 26, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SMELL EXHAUST, SMELL BECAME WORSE AND VEHICLE STALLED, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE, HE HAD TO HIT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES WITH HIS SHOULDER UNTIL THE DOOR GAVE WAY, AT THIS TIME THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED WITH SMOKE, WAS TOLD ALTERNATOR STARTED FIRE AND THIS WAS JUST PUT ON VEHICLE, CLAIM 01-6150-358. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717021January 7, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL THE WHEEL APPEARS TO CLICK OR KNOCK. THIS BEGAM SHORTLY AFTER I HAD THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AS IT WAS SHUDDERING AFTER STOPPING AND STARTING. I CONTACTED THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT THE BOISE LARRY MILLER BUICK PLACE, WHERE I HAD TRANSMISSION FIXED. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT SERIOUS AND THEY WOULD CHECK IT WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE. BUT IT CONCERNS ME, AND I NEED TO KNOW IF IT IS SERIOUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853922December 9, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION WITH IMPACT AT 40 MPH, AND BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBACKS COLLAPSED TO THE RECLINING POSITION. VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL CAR. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851846November 18, 1999
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH, VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE WHENEVER IT RAN OVER A BUMP OR ROUGH ROAD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO WANDER ACROSS THE ROAD. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED REAR SPRINGS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849551September 30, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
WINSHIELD WIPER SWITCH IS UNDER STEERING WHEEL, AND AT NIGHT OR IF IT IS RAINING DRIVER CAN'T SEE BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT UP SWITCH, INDICATING WHERE THE KNOB IS LOCATED SO DRIVER HAS TO TAK EYES OFF THE ROAD TO FIND IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548393September 8, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
DESIGN OF VEHICLE WHEN FRONT WINDOWS ARE UP AND THE BACK WINDOWS ARE DOWN, VEHICLE EXPERIENCE VIBRATION / SHAKING. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847068September 8, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, PARKING BRAKE, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
INSTRUMENT PANEL GLASS IS CONCAVE INSTEAD OF CONCURVE. HARD TO READ INSTRUMENTS. HAVE A BLIND SPOT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. CANNOT SEE OTHER VEHICLES WHEN LOOKING OUTSIDE MIRROR. EMERGENCY BUTTON IS NOT VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE. LOCATED UNDER STEERING COLUMN OUT OF SIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#609740September 8, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847032September 7, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548337September 2, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED STALLING, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842375August 13, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS WOULD BRAKE SOFT OR HARD WHENEVER APPLED. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFOMED T CONSUMER THAT NO HISTORY OF THIS CONDITION WAS EVER REPORTED. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841470June 30, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE DOME LIGHT TO COME ON AFTER VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. ALSO, HAD HEAVY GAS FUMES ENTERING VEHICLE CAUSED STOMACH ACHES AND HEADACHES TO THE OCCUPANT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545791May 27, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER DUE TO A SHORT IN THE PULSE BOARD. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545710May 20, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER RESULTING IN CONSUMER BREAKING OFF DRIVERSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR WHILE BACKING OUT OF GARAGE DUE TO MISALIGNMENT PROBLEMS. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545708May 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS CONTINUALLY WHILE DRIVING, REPLACEMENT OF THE EGR VALVE, KNOCK SENSOR AND PCM HAVE NOT RECTIFIED PROBLEMS WITH STALLING. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545425May 7, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO HESITATION,STALLING AND SURGING, REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION PERFORMS THE SAME, SEVERAL REPAIRS ATTEMPTS WITH NO REMEDY. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706175May 3, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I PURCHASED A WARRANTY THAT COVERS BUMPER TO BUMPER AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN THE FIRST TIME, AT DAVID TAYLOR THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE BRAKES. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS PASSED, THE BRAKE WENT OUT AGAIN AS I WAS ATTEND A FUNERAL. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO DAVID TAYLOR, APRIL 26, 1999. THEY ARE REFUSING TO HONOR THE WARRANTY THAT THEY SOLD ME AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THAT COVERS BUMPER TO BUMPER AS I WAS TOLD. THE PRICE THAT THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME NOW IS $1500 FOR BRAKE REPAIR THAT WAS SUPPOSELY FIXED BUT WASN'T. IT IS NOT FAIR FOR THEM TO DO THIS AND THIS IS THE COMPLAINT THAT I HAVE THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND THROUGH THERE FAILURE TO REPAIR IT AND NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY IS MY COMPLAINT. THEY LOAN US A CAR, BUT ASKED FOR IT BACK AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MEANS OF GETTING TO WORK. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL AND FIND OUT WHAT THE DEFECT IS AND WHY THESE FAULTY BRAKES WERE NOT REPAIRED ON THE FIRST VISIT. WHY IS THE WARRANTY NOT BEING HONORED AND WHY ARE THEY PLAYING THE BLAME GAME WITH ME STATING TO ME SOMEONE ELSE HAD BEEN FOOLING AROUND WITH THE BRAKES WHEN THAT SOMEONE HAS ONLY BEEN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WORKING ON THE BRAKES. IT'S INSLUTING FOR SOMEONE TO EVEN MAKE THAT KIND OF A STATMENT WHEN YOU HAVE A WARRANTY BY THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. IT WOULD BE RIDICILIOUS FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO WORK ON IT. THAT'S THE BLAME GAME THEY ARE PLAYING AND I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. I'M TRULY UPSET ABOUT THE BRAKES BEING A HARADZOUS TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND TO OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE THEY HAVE GONE OUT A SECOND TIME. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME GET THIS RESOLVED BY CALLING DAVID TAYLOR MONDAY, MAY 3, 1999. I CAN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM AND IT'S FRUSTRATING BEING SOLD SOMETHING THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO HONOR NOW. HELP!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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