Buick LeSabre Complaints (1998)

400 consumer complaints on file.

#10081885August 12, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WERE A MANUFACTURER'S DESIGN FLAW. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE TUBING WAS TOO SMALL, CAUSING THE TUBING TO RUPTURE. *AK THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS WORN THROUGH. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081529August 12, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN, VEHICLE DECELERATED FOLLOWED BY HEAT AND VENTILATION FAILURES. THIS WAS DUE TO ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD MALFUNCTIONING. THE MANIFOLD WASN'T DESIGNED CORRECTLY BY THE FACTORY ENGINEER, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO MISFIRE. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED COOLANT LEAKING. CYLINDER REPLACED, AND LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD IMPROVED DESIGN, PER BULLETIN 010601007A. ALSO, COOLANT AND FLUID PLUGS WERE REPLACED.*AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087283August 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING VERY HARD AND ROUGH. FINALLY, ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CONSUMER STATES DUE RECALL 04V090000 VEHICLE ACTS IN THIS MANNER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087421August 4, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF INTAKE PLENUM. *MR DUE TO A BACKFIRING/MISFIRING PROBLEM. *SC THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE PROBLEM AND THE CONSUMER IS NOW REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. RECALL #(04V090000) *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083973July 30, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. *MR THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY LOST MORE POWER AND QUIT. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED IN ONE OF THE PASSAGES, WHICH REQUIRED A TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083952July 26, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
RECALL REGARDING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE 1998 BUICK LESABRE. *MR THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND WAS RUINED DUE TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEM. *SC THE SECOND TIME THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE IT RESULTED IN HAVING TO GET A NEW ENGINE WHICH WAS DUE TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083731July 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
PROBLEMS WITH ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE.*MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASE THE SMALL COPPER PIECE THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE PLASTIC TO BECOME OVERHEATED. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. (1998 BUICK). *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083210July 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
IT WOULD BE HARD TO START THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068037July 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MY 1998 BUICK LESABRE HAD A RUPTURED MANIFOLD IN JUNE 2003, CAUSING ENGINE TO CEASE AND SMOKE AND MINOR FIRE. THE SMOKE MADE MYSELF AND MY INFANT SON VERY ILL. THIS WAS REPORTED TO BUICK BUT THEY REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR REPAIR SINCE VEHICLE WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FOLLOWING RECALL WAS NOT IN EFFECT: NHTSA RECALL NO. 03V473/GM RECALL NO. 03054 AND THAT MY VEHICLE HAD NO RECALL. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE ENGINE CEASED TO START AGAIN AND IT WAS DETERMINED AT THE BUICK DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL PRESSUE REGULATOR WHICH WAS REPLACED. BUICK AGAIN REFUSED REIMBURSEMENT ALTHOUGH I BROUGHT THEIR ATTENTION TO THE CURRENT RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I CALLED AGAIN TODAY AS THE RECALL FOR 98 BUICK LESABRES WITH V6 ENGINES WAS AGAIN POSTED BUT BUICK TOLD ME THAT THEIR SYSTEM HAS NO SUCH RECALL AND THEY REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR OVER $1000 OF REPAIRS FOR THE FAULTY FUEL PRESSUE REGULATOR AND MANIFOLD. NHTSA RECALL NO. 04V090/GM RECALL NO. 03054B.*AK *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10080169June 29, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT BUCKLE OR RETRACT ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE SEAL BELT WAS NOT A LIFE TIME WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078685June 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I CALLED MY AUTO CLUB FOR A TOW AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A CONNOCO STATION IN PARK RAPIDS. THEY IMMEDIATLY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, STATING THEY SEE A LOT OF THE 3800 ENGINES DO THIS. THE INTAKE PLENUM ROTTED AWAY ALLOWING COOLANT TO FILL A CYLINDER AND STALL THE ENGINE. GM HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLITIN FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN WITH LOSS OF POWER TO THE ENGINE THE STEERING AND BRAKES WILL NOT FUNCTION AS THEY SHOULD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078449June 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
OUR 1998 BUICK LESABRE LIMITED, APRIL 2004 OUR UPPER & LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD'S & GASKET WERE REPLACED DUE TO A LEAK AND THE CAR ONLY HAD 62,000 MILES ON IT. THIS COST US OVER 2000.00 THE WEB HAS HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER GM OWNERS. *AK UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED, CAUSING LOSS OF COOLANT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. OIL AND OIL FILTER HAD TO BE CHANGED, SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED AND CYLINDER'S [ENGINE FLUSHED] HAD TO BE CLEANED OUT. ALSO BROKEN STARTER REPLACED. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED OVER 110 MILES BACK HOME AT A COST OF $ 236.50 [MY WIFE WAS VISITING HER MOM AND HAD 2 GRANDCHILDREN WITH HER WHEN CAR BROKE DOWN IN A REMOTE AREA ,LUCKY FOR US SHE HAD HER CELL PHONE WITH HER AND SOME NICE FOLKS AT A NEAR BY RANCH TOOK CARE OF THEM] MY MECHANIC ADVISED INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED, AND STARTER WAS BAD [HOUSING BROKE] STARTER HOUSING BROKE DUE TO TRYING TO START HYDRO-LOCKED ENGINE. QUESTION: WHY IS BUICK ALLOWED TO USE A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD? AS THIS IS AN AREA THAT GETS VERY HOT. IT'S OBVIOUS, BUICK MADE A BIG MISTAKE BY PRODUCING ENGINES WITH PLASTIC MAN- IFOLDS. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE ENGINE IS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC AND HAS THE EGR TUBE RUNNING THROUGH IT, CAUSING THE PLASTIC TO HEAT UP AND ALLOW ANTIFREEZE TO RUN INTO THE ENGINE. WHEN MY MECHANIC CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO ORDER PARTS, THE SALES CLERK TOLD HIM, "YES WE HAVE THOSE PARTS ON HAND IT HAPPENS A LOT" ALSO THAT THE UPPER & LOWER INTAKES HAD BEEN RE-DESIGNED AND THAT BOTH MANIFOLDS NEED TO BE REPLACED AS A UNIT. .(CONTRIBUTED BY MIKE & DELLA RICO) PS. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS NOW ACTING UP [SHUDDERS ON TAKE-OFF AT TIMES] I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PROBLEMS [MANIFOLD & TRANSMISSION] ARE MAINLY GOING ON WITH CARS HAVING K IN THE VIN. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS? THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079382June 16, 2004
AIR BAGS
INTERMITTENTLY THE HORN WOULD SOUND OFF AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT THE AIR BAG ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE HORN SOUNDED OFF TWENTY TIMES SINCE LAST JUNE.*AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076016June 9, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND MECHANIC REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076021June 4, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
REGULATOR LEAKING ALLOWING FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *MR WATER IN THE RESERVOIR TANK KEPT EVAPORATING. THE CONSUMER WOULD CONTINUE TO REFILL THE TANK BUT IT CONTINUED TO LEAK. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR CAUSED THE LEAK ALLOWING FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. THE PLENUM CRACKED DUE TO THE BACKFIRING OF THE ENGINE CAUSED BY THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073537June 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD DEGRADED AROUND THE ERG DISTRIBUTION NIPPLE AND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR DIAPHRAM RUPTURED LEAKING FUEL INTO THE ENGINE THROUGH THE VACUUM HOSE. THIS WAS THE SAME DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR RECALL 03V473000, BUT THIS VEHICLE'S MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075603June 3, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO START. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074316May 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND SUDDENLY THE ENGINE LOCKED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER'S HOUSE AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CORRODED. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED WATER AND ANTI-FREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVER HEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067258May 20, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE ENGINE BACK FIRED AND BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT THE TAIL PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER MANIFOLD BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE TAIL PIPE/ TENSION O-RING/THERMOSTAT, AND GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION. THE ENGINE HAD A MIXTURE OF WATER AND OIL IN IT. FUEL REGULATOR, COIL, AND SPEEDOMETER WIRES ALSO NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK THE SPARK PLUGS WERE CONTAMINATED WITH ANTIFREEZE. THE ENGINE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH ANTIFREEZE AND FUEL. RECALL#04V090000 THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS BROKEN AND BURNED THROUGH AND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKED GAS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014826May 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED INSIDE THE ENGINE. *JB THE VEHICLE WAS MISSING AND WAS SMOKING. NEW MANIFOLD AND PLUG WIRES WERE ADDED. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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