Buick LeSabre Complaints (1999)

209 consumer complaints on file.

#10066972May 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
A FIRE IGNITED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND VEHICLE EXPLODED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A RUPTURED INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN STARTED THE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SHE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY SMOKE A FLAME COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD AND SHUTTERED WHEN IN OVERDRIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CONVERTER ASSEMBLY, VALVE BODY, PRESSURE CONTROL AND REPROGRAMMED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROLLER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067264April 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM, AND SPARKS BEGAN TO COME FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066782April 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE PARKING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STARTED UP THE VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT VALVE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066783April 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE PARKING CONSUMER NOTICED COOLANT LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STARTED UP THE VEHICLE AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT VALVE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065345March 31, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD BANG, THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062638March 19, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
AIR BAG DESIGN FLAW - A LIFE THREATENING DESIGN FLAW. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 1999 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM (PURCHASED AT THE END OF THE MODEL YEAR). THE CAR OFTEN SPENDS TIME IN THE BRIGHT FLORIDA SUN. ALTHOUGH I USE A REFLECTIVE WINDSHIELD SUN SCREEN, THE CAR STILL GETS HOT INSIDE (AS DO MOST FLORIDA CARS). RECENTLY, THE HORN BEGAN TO HONK CONTINUOUSLY. I TOOK IT INTO THE ORANGE BUICK AND GMC DEALER IN ORLANDO FL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE AIR BAG HAS SWOLEN UP AND COMPRESSED THE HORN RELAY. THE AIR BAG IS BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS APPARENTLY A FLAWED AIR BAG DESIGN, WHICH MUST ALSO ENDANGE PEOPLE WITH THIS STEERING WHEEL/AIR BAG DESIGN, LIVING THROUGHOUT THE HOT SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. THE COST TO REPLACE THE POORLY DESIGNED AIR BAG (WITH ANOTHER ONE HAVING THE SAME POOR DESIGN) IS OVER $700 (DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO SINCE I RECENTLY LOST MY JOB, WHICH HAS MOVED OFF SHORE TO INDIA). IT SEEMS THAT THE BUICK MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THEIR LIFE-THREATENING FLAWED AIR BAG DESIGN. I HOPE TO HEAR BACK FROM THE D.O.T. ABOUT THIS LIFE-THREATENING SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060398March 4, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
FAILURE OF CAR TO START WHEN IGNITION KEY TURNED. STILL HAD LIGHTS & DASHBOARD. THIS OCCURED 9:00 AT NIGHT AND COULD HAVE LEFT ME STRANDED. AS IT WAS, I HAD BEEN WITH A GROUP OF FOLKS AND SOMEONE WAITED TO FOLLOW ME. NEXT DAY MECHANIC TOWED CAR TO SHOP, UNABLE TO FIX BECAUSE HE NOT SET UP FOR DIAGNOSTICS. REFERRED ME THE GM DEALER. DEALER DETERMINED THEFT DETERRANT MODULE SHOT. ONCE FIXED, TWO DAYS LATER, SECURITY LIGHT SHOWING ON DASH. NOW WE NEED A NEW KEY LOCK IGNITION CYLANDER SWITCH AND KEY. MY COMPLAINT IS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SITUATION WHERE I COULD HAVE BEEN LOCKED INSIDE MY CAR WITHOUT A WAY TO GET OUT! THIS, IN MY MIND, IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THESE PARTS NEED TO BE RECALLED! I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND IT IS NOT OLD. THEREFORE I SEE NO GOOD REASON FOR THESE PARTS TO FAIL. MY BILL WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $700.00 PER THE GARAGE ESTIMATE. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARANTY, BUT THESE PARTS NOT COVERED, NATURALLY. I GUESS THEY WEREN'T EXPECTED TO FAIL. (MILEAGE I SUBMITTED IS AN ESTIMATE AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT OEM MEANS, SO I LET IT DEFAULT TO NO.)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052244February 19, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN ENGINE STALLED. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS WHO BOTH SHOWED NO FAILURE CODE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055845January 26, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE OWNER WENT OUT TO THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HE THEN CONTACTED THE AUTO CLUB AND THEY CAME OUT AND ATTACHED JUMPER CABLES. WHEN THE OWNER TURNED THE IGNITION AS INSTRUCTED BY THE MECHANIC HE IMMEDIATELY HEARD A "BANG" FOLLOWED BY A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054656January 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER SOME LOCAL DRIVING AND BEING PARKED, CAR PRODUCED CLOUD OF EXHAUST SMOKE AND THEN WOULD NOT START. PROBLEM TRACED TO COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO CYLINDERS FROM FAILURE OF UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS. REPAIR COST: $681.30
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055665January 22, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT A LEAK DEVELOPED AND LEAKED FLUID ONTO THE ENGINE. ANTIFREEZE WAS GONE. HAD THROTTLE BODY HOUSING REPLACED ON 8/27/03 BECAUSE OF OIL LEAKAGE. HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. CONSUMER NOTICED A RECALL ON 2000-2003 BUICKS BECAUSE OF PLASTIC BODY HOUSING MELTING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071313January 15, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SEAT BELTS
SIMPLE FACTS WHEN REAR ENDED THE SEATS ON 1999 BUICK LESABRE BROKE BACK SENDING IN BACK SEAT,SEAT BELT NEARLY KILLED ME , AND THE JACK PLACED ON THE RIGHT WING FLEW IN THE FRONT SEAT...... THEN IN 2002 THE CAR CAUSED A MAJOR EXPLOSION NEARLY KILLING ME WITH A FLYING BUICK SIGN CAUGHT ON FIRE THE TIRES .....ETC PROBLEM ....INTAKE MANIFOLD THE CAR ONLY HAD LITTLE MILEAGE AND YES WAS WELL MAINTAINED
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10046591December 2, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES
WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE DIED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047022November 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1999 BUICK LESABRE VIN [XXX] TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS HARD SOMETIMES WHEN I ACCELERATE ON WET PAVEMENT. IT ALSO DOES THIS IF I DON'T COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. IT DID THIS WITH ONLY A FEW MILES ON IT, BUT WHEN CHECKED BY THE AUTO DEALER SERVICE PERSONNEL OF COURSE THEY FAILED TO FIND THIS DEFECT AND WOULDN'T REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION. I COMPLAINED TWICE BUT TO NO AVAIL. *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045426November 4, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
CONSUMER BOUGHT NEW BUICK, LASABRA IN 1999, WITHIN 4 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, BATTERY DIED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. AVERAGE BATTERY LIFE WAS 5 YEARS OR 60 MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044442October 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
BRAKE PADS ARE TOO SOFT CREATING BLACK BRAKE DUST.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED BECAUSE OF THE SAW BRAKES, THE FRONT WHEELS BECAME COVERED WITH BLACK DUST. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044201October 17, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. SEAT WOULD NOT RECLINE BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO BACK AND KNEES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10031345September 12, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE GAS, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER KNEW OF OTHER BUICKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE WAS SHUDDERING IN THE TRANSAXLE (TRANSMISSION) AND REQUIRED REPLACING THE SOLENOID ASSEMBLY. GM WAS UNWILLING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038505September 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMERS STEERING WHEEL FROZE. INTAKE MANIFOLD RUPTURED. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TURNING ON AN EMBANKMENT THE VEHICLES STEERING FROZE AND THE VEHICLE ALMOST WENT OVER THE SIDE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD PLENUM FAILED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031702August 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED DUE TO A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A WARRANTY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *PH. THE ENGINE COOLANT ATE THROUGH THE PLENUM CHAMBERS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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