Buick LeSabre Complaints (1998)

400 consumer complaints on file.

#10095343October 5, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
DEFECTIVE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR CAUSED DAMAGED . *BF OIL LEAKED DUE TO MANIFOLD WEAR. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE WARNING LIGHTS HAD COME ON. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. RECALL# 04V090000. *SC THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER AFTER SHE HAD ALREADY PAID FOR THE REPAIRS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096863October 5, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
RECALL FOR FUEL REGULATOR AND INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEMS . *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL AND HAD ALREADY HAD THE REGULATOR AND INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE MANIFOLD, THEY STATED IT WAS NOT RUPTURED, BUT IT WAS WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPALCED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT THE CONSUMER A CHECK FOR A 127.40, BUT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED HE WAS ENTILTED TO THE REMAINING PORTION OF 374.98. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093448October 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
1998 BUICK LESABRE- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON, STOPPED AT GAS STATION,CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER STOPPING, INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO GET IINTO THE ENGINE, BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP THE STARTER ALSO BROKE WHEN TRYING TO RESTART THE CAR, WAS STRANDED 60 MILES FROM HOME, TO GET TOWED AND GET CAR FIXED COST OVER 2000.00 DOLLARS. IT SEEMS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS A DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095202September 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE'S PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH RESULTED IN WATER GETTING INSIDE THE CRANKCASE. *NM THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE SHE FOUND OUT THAT THE PART HAD BEEN RECALL TWO YEARS AGO. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095257September 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE VEHICLE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NM THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE THE CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, RESTARTED AND BACKFIRED ALONG WITH ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATION, AND LATER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, BUT HAD RAN ROUGH. SINCE 10/08/02, THE VEHICLE HAD RUN FINE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095178September 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOAD POP THEN SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NM THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A LEAKING MANIFOLD. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089162September 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. PROBLEM WAS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A $79.00 CHARGE , AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092036September 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED. AFTER SENDING THE RECEIPTS TO THE MANUFACTURE, THEY ARE NOT REFUNDING THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083831September 14, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V090000. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS, NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. BOB SAKS, 248-478-0500. *AK *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092761September 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE'S ENGINE MISFIRES AND LOSES POWER. *MR THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON ALONG WITH THE MISFIRES AND POWER LOSS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUE TO THE ENGINE HYDRAULIC LOCK. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT GM WAS AWARE OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEM. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091769September 8, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR 1998 BUICK LESABRE RECALL.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THEIR VEHICLE JULY 2, 2004. RECALL #(04V090000 ) REGARDING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE REPAIRS DONE ON THE VEHICLE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. DEALER REPLACED STARTER ASSEMBLY. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091532August 30, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE BACKFIRING ON 1998 BUICK LESABRE. *MR RECALL# 04V090000. THE HEATER FAILED AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A WATER PUMP WAS NEEDED. THE ENGINE ALSO DIED WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081542August 30, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A RECALL REPAIRS, VEHICLE WAS CUTTING OFF, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. VEHICLE IDLED ROUGHLY. CONSUMER TOLD MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM DID NOT EXIST PRIOR TO BRINGING IT IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY ON ITS OWN. *AK THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION FAILED . *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089547August 24, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089639August 24, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 96V116000 CONCERNING INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE. CONSUMER HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE. HOWEVER, RECALL REPAIRS FAILED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089571August 20, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACEMENT.*MR THE VEHICLE FUEL REGULATOR FAILED AND CAUSED THE MANIFOLD TO RUPTURE. THE CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT N THE AMOUNT OF $1438.06. THE CONSUMER ONLY RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $160.17 FOR THE REGULATORS. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT SINCE THE REGULATORS CAUSED THE MANIFOLD TO RUPTURE THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THEM AS WELL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089554August 20, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
PROBLEMS WITH FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR ON 1998 BUICK LESABRE.*MR THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECALL V1082. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERRMINED THAT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD FAILED AND COOLANT WAS FLOWING INTO THE CYLINDERS. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE MANIFOLD SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089430August 19, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
COMPLAINT REGARDING A REPAIR INVOICE BUCS38787. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THAT GM DECIDED THAT BURNING A HOLE THROUGH THE INTAKE THAT WAS DRIVEN 69K MILES WAS NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR ADJUSTMENT BY GM. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089461August 19, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PROBLEMS REGARDING A 1998 BUICK LESABRE. *MR RECALL# 04V090000. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALERS THREE TIMES. THE FUEL REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE BATTERY CABLE WAS LOOSE AND THE PCM NEEDED CALIBRATING, AND THE STARTER WAS BAD. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089381August 19, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT REGARDING SERVICES PERFORMED ON VEHICLE. *MR RECALL# 04V090000. THE VEHICLE DIED AT INTERSECTIONS AND WAS SLUGGLISH DUE TO A POSSIBLE FUEL PROBLEM. *SC (DAUGHTER ON BEHALF OF MOTHER RUBY TYNER) THE CONSUMER HAD OVER $300.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS DONE BEFORER SHE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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