Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10018094July 11, 2003
STRUCTURE
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED, 2 BOLTS THAT BOLTED THE POWER STEERING TO THE ENGINE BLOCK SNAPPED. *NLM *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025760July 9, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. WOULD NOT RESTART. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP (SHORT) AND REPLACED. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 1 WEEK LATER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025483July 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
VOLT LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, "CHECK CHARGE SYSTEM" NOTICE WAS DISPLAYED. CAR BEGAN TO STALL. JUST MADE IT TO NEAREST GM (CHEVY) DEALER BARLOW CHEVROLET INC RT 130 & FAIRVIEW ST,DELRAN, NJ 08075. HAD TO WAIT 3 HOURS WHILE NEW ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR WAS LOCATED AND INSTALLED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025406July 4, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID
THE MANIFOLD AND GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD COOLANT WAS IMPROPERLY MIXING WITH MY OIL CAUSING BLACK SMOKE TO BE EMITTED FROM MY EXHAUST, THE CAR MISSING AND EVENTUALLY SEMI-LOCKING. THE LOCKING CAUSE THE CONE OF MY STARTER TO CRACK IN TWO WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO RE-START TO THE TUNE OF A $1,500. REPAIRFOR ALL. DEALER ACKOWLEDGED THEY HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER VEHICLES. THE INITIAL STATER REPLACED WAS DISCOVERED DEFECTIVE AND WAS AGAIN REPLACED ON JUNE 25, 2003. A COMPLAINT TO BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS FRUITLESS AND THEY WERE NOT SENSITIVE AT ALL TO THE PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025374July 3, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY 1992 LASABRE HAS PAINT PEELING ON THE TOP AND TRUNK. AND NOW I'M SEEING OTHER 92 LASABRES PEELING ALSO. IS THERE A RECALL??
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026600July 3, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
THE DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. AS A RESULT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUSED BURNS TO THE PASSENGERS THIGHS. THE FUMES EMITTED FROM THE AIR BAG ALSO CAUSED EYE IRRITATION AND BREATHING PROBLEMS. THE PASSENGER HAS DEVELOPED ASTHMA AND HAS CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE EYE IRRITATION. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT LEAKED. THE CALIPERS WERE DEGREASED, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCKS WERE REPLACED. *SCC *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10020086July 3, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPWARDS. *NLM THE CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THEY DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS PUSHED IN. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT, INSTEAD IT JUST BLEW IN THE CONSUMER'S WIFE'S FACE. (IN WHICH SHE SUFFERED INJURIES) THE BRAKES HAD TO BE CLEANED OF GREASE WHEN THE CONSUMER FIRST TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE AND A FEW WEEKS LATER THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10026618July 2, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
VEHICLE FIRE AFTER FUEL RAN OUT OF VEHICLE. NAR 07/02/2003.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF GAS. THE CONSUMER FIGURED THE VEHICLE HAD A FUEL LEAK SINCE HE HAD FILLED THE VEHICLE UP THE DAY BEFORE. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025120June 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF A RECALL RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021806June 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM. ALSO THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE SHOP, AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. *AK PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019901June 27, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE OWNER HAD DIFFICULTY WITH PROPER ILLUMINATION OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THE OWNER DESCRIBED THE DIFFICULTY AS A " SHADOW ", WHICH CONSTANTLY DISTRACTED HIM WHILE DRIVING. THE SERVICE MANAGER WROTE TO THE COMPANY ABOUT THE ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE HEADLIGHTS NOT ILLUMINATING PROPERLY. *NLM THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021780June 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE WAS USING MORE OIL THAN USUAL. *TT THE CHANGE ENGINE OIL LIGHT HAD COME ON 300 MILES SHORT OF THE 3K MILES TO TRAVEL, WHEN THE CONSUMER TESTED THE OIL, IT WAS 1QT LOW. AT THE END OF THE COMPUTER TEST, THE MILEAGE WAS 14650K MILES. WHEN THE OIL WAS CHECKED AT 829 ADDITIONAL MILES FROM THE LAST VISIT, IT WAS 1/4QT LOW. THE CONSUMER TALKED TO MANY OTHER BUICK OWNERS AND DID NOT FOUND ANOTHER (SAME MAKE/MODEL) WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019780June 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE LEAKED OIL IN THE CONSUMERS GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THE SHIELD WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. HE ALSO STATED HE READ THESE THINGS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC AND COULD CATCH FIRE IF THE VEHICLE BECAME HOT ENOUGH. *NLM *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020006June 26, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL MADE A LOUD NOISE. *NLM THREE BUICK DEALERS STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE DISC BRAKES. *TT *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018070June 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
THE EGR PIPE MELTED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A DESIGN DEFECT. *NLM *TT *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023727June 25, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WERE THERE ANY RECALLS REGARDING PAINT PEALING AND/OR OVERLY BAD OXIDATION BECAUSE OF THE SEALANT USED ON SOME YEARS. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023752June 25, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
AFTER OWNING THIS CAR FOR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS I NOTICED COOLANT TANK EMPTY, TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO CHARGED ME $342 FOR NEW WATER PUMP, STILL LOOSING COOLANT. COME TO FIND OUT AFTER A SLUDGE WAS FOUND IN ENGINE THAT INTAKE PLENUM WAS CRACKED ALLOWING COOLANT INTO CYLINDERS, DAMAGING THE BEARINGS AND NOW AM PAYING FOR A NEW MOTOR. GM DENIES PROBLEMS EXIST. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 50,000M MILES. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022522June 20, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
2001 BUICK LESABRE HAS LOOSE TIE ROD ENDS. *MR TSB 02 02 32 008 WAS ISSUED TO CORRECT OUTER OUTER TIE ROD END REPLACEMENT PART. THE VEHICLE HAD LOOSE TIE ROD ENDS DURING INSPECTION. (THE TIE RODS HAD WORN AND WAS REPLACED) *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023270June 17, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
ENGINE STALLED AND THEN STARTED "USING" ANTIFREEZE AND OVERHEATED. THE UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLDS WERE CRACKED AND THE LOCAL GM DEALER COULDN'T DIAGNOSE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REFERRED TO RECALL#97-C-02 GM (NHTSA #96V116000), AND WENT RIGHT TO THE PROBLEM. GM DENIES A DEFECT OR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS. SEE COMPLAINT #758801, THIS IS ADDRESSED IN THE RECALL AND PERSONAL INJURY WARNING GIVEN TO GM MECHANICS. PUBLIC NOT WARNED OR REIMBURSED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024058June 16, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE EXPLODED AND BURNED AT START UP. *MR PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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