Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10036792August 28, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IN NOVEMBER,2002, OUR VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL LICENSED MECHANIC AND HE DISCOVERED THE UPPER MANIFOLD AND GASKET WERE DISINTEGRATED. ON FURTHER RESEARCH HE OBTAINED A COPY OF A BULLETIN FROM GENERAL MOTORS THAT STATED IF YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE UPPER MANIFOLD, ALSO REPLACE THE LOWER. OUR MECHANICAL INSURANCE PAID FOR THE UPPER BUT NOT THE LOWER. WE WROTE TO GM AND AFTER A FEW E-MAILS, OF COURSE THEY SAID NO WAY. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. IT COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I ASK YOU TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.PETITIONLINE.COM/MOD_PER/SIGNED.CGI?GMCNSMRS. YOU WILL FIND 3700 + OR - SIGNATURES AND STORIES OF SIMILAR GASKET PROBLEMS. PLEASE SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS. I BELIEVE GM KNOWS THEY HAVE HAD A GASKET PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037720August 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MULTIPLE DEFECTS WITH TRANSMISSION, CRUISE CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, ENGINE COOLING, ETC.*MR VEHICLE LEAKED COOLANT SO THE UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER OVER 40-50 MPH. *PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031722August 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED REGARDING THE MANIFOLD, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE RAN FOR FIVE HOURS, HE STOPPED TO GET GAS AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. *JB
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
#10031690August 22, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *PH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOOSE SPEED PULLED INTO GAS STATION. THE VEHICLE START AGAIN. GM WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMERS FRIEND HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MANIFOLD GASKETS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE MANIFOLD AND THE STARTER. *SCC *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029680August 22, 2003
SEAT BELTS
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK IT WAS HARD TO CONNECT BEFORE IT HAD GONE COMPLETELY OUT. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND DID NOT TAKE THE OLD PART. *SCC THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE PART AT HIS EXPENSE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033150August 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE NHTSA HAS SO LITTLE CONCERN FOR SAFETY THAT YOU CHARGE $38.73 PER HOUR AND OTHER FEES TO OBTAIN RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETINS ABOUT ONES VEHICLE. I AM SURE THAT THIS CHARGE DOES EXACTLY AS DESIRED BY CONSUMERS JUST GIVING UP. YOUR WORK LOAD MUST BE NEAR ZERO WHICH I AM SURE WAS THE DESIRE. IF SAFETY WAS THE DESIRE THE INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ONE TO SEARCH FOR FREE. IS THAT NOT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WEB SITES ARE FOR. I HOPE HOMELAND SECURITY DOES NOT TAKE AFTER YOUR SITE. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE VEHICLE COOLING LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE DUE TO A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE. HARD TO BELIEVE A COMPANY WOULD MAKE IT FROM PLASTIC. I ALSO BELIEVE IF I HAD ACCESS TO THE INFOMATION I WOULD FIND THAT MANY OTHER VEHICLES HAD THE SAME FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BEAR RESPONSIBILITY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034079August 18, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT UNLOCK. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034104August 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
FAX FM ANDREW HUNT (NJ) REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN GETTING REIMBURSED FOR $561.24 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO FIX THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD ON HIS 1998 GM BUICK LESABRE & RECALL ALL CARS LISTED IN GM TECH. SERVICE BULLETIN # 01-06-01-007A. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE CONCERN WAS THE VEHICLE DID NOT GIVE WARNING OF A PROBLEM AS THE COOLANT EMITTED FROM THE TAIL PIPE UNNOTICED. IF THERE WAS TOO MUCH COOLANT IN THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE BROKEN STARTER FROM THE VEHICLE WHICH CLEARLY SHOWED THAT THE EGR STOVE PIPE ALLOWED WATER TO GET INTO THE ENGINE. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032719August 13, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I HAD BEEN LOSING COOLANT (2 QUARTS IN 4~6 WEEKS) WITHOUT SEEING ANY SPOTS ON GROUND OR COOLANT ABOUT ENGINE / RADIATOR. WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED RELATIVELY SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, MIL LIGHT CAME ON, COULD NOT DRIVE GREATER THAN 60 MPH, VERY POOR OPERATION AND ACCELERATION. DEALER (SUPERIOR BUICK, DEARBORN MICHIGAN) DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS BLOWN HEADGASKET. I SUBSEQUENTLY HAD ENGINE REMANUFACTURED UNDER DEALER PREMISE OF HEAD GASKET, ONLY TO FIND THAT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO PASS INTO INTAKE PASSAGES (REFERENCE GM SERVICE BULLETIN 010601007, AND ~7A). I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THESE BULLETINS BY THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY ARE 2 YEARS OLD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032771August 13, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
REDUCED & IMPAIRED VISIBILITY THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD DUE TO REFLECTION OF DASH/SLOPE OF WINDSHIELD. CAUSES LOSS OF CLARITY, ESPECIALLY DURING BRIGHT DAYLIGHT DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032680August 12, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE, HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LOST POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING PUMP DETACHED FROM WHERE IT WAS ANCHORED. THE TWO BOLTS THAT SECURED THE PUMP WERE SEVERED WHICH CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO COME OFF. THE TWO BOLTS WERE SEVERED AS IF THEY HAD BEEN CUT WITH A SAW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033573August 11, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE GOT OVERHEATED AND COOLANT WENT INSIDE THE ENGINE DUE TO PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER CHANGED TWICE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033664August 7, 2003
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, STEERING
VEHICLE'S RIGHT FENDER INSIDE FIBER SPLASH PROTECTOR SHIELD HAD BEEN CUT AWAY. ALSO THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING, THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND STEERING ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *MR *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030981August 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
FIRST WE WOULD LIKE TO REPORT OUR DISSATISFACTION WITH STILLWATER MOTORS IN THAT THEY ADDED BOGUS CHARGES ON TO THE INVOICE THEN LATER, AFTER WE QUESTIONED AND INSISTED ON SEEING THESE NEW PARTS AND THE OLD PARTS, THEY ADJUSTED THE INVOICE BY CREDITING US $400. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN DUE TO THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, OVERHEATING AND AN INCREASED USAGE OF COOLANT. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING A DEFECT IN THE UPPER MANIFOLD RESULTING IN LEAKAGE OF COOLANT ONTO THE SPARKPLUGS. IN THE END, THE UPPER MANIFOLD, 4 GASKETS, THE OIL FILTER, AND THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED AND HAD THE FUEL/EMISSION SYSTEM FLUSHED. WE WERE QUITE ASTOUNDED TO SEE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM WE HAD AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THERE IS SOME RELIEF GIVEN TO ALL BUICK LESABRE OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD TO INCUR THESE REPAIR COSTS. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027176August 7, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING. *AK IT WAS RAINING HARD WHEN THE LEFT WIPER FAILED, BUT THE RIGHT WIPER CONTINUED TO WORK, AND THEN THE LEFT WIPER ARM NUT HAD COME OFF. THE DEALER REPLACED THE NUT WITH A NYLON INSERT SO THAT IT WOULD NOT COME OFF. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029748August 7, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER STATES WHILE LOOKING VEHICLE OVER, SHE NOTICED CRACKS BETWEEN THE TREADS OF ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE CRACKS THAT WERE IN THE TREAD. SEARS FINALLY REPLACED THE ALL MICHELIN WEATHERWISE DOT HDH3E2PX503, BUT THEY WERE STILL INSISTING THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEATHERING EVEN THOUGH AN EMPLOYEE STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024898August 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING WITH NO SIGNS OF MECHANICAL TROUBLE. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK, WHICH RESULTED IN ENGINE FAILURE. *AK *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026196August 7, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE THE DRIVER EITHER ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD ALMOST TOUCH THE FLOOR. THIS PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *PH *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030815August 5, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I NOTICED ENGINE OIL DROP ON DRIVEWAY. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE REAR MAIN SEAL AS REAR MAIN SEAL HOUSING COVER AND OIL PAN GASKET. THIS FIRST NOTICED WITH ONLY 9864 MILES ON THE NEW CAR. I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT TO YOU TO SEE IF THERE IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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