Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#10089922August 27, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THERE IS A PART WHICH IS CALLED THE PLENUM. IT CAUSES A PROBLEM WITH THE GASKET, WHICH MESSED UP THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. TOOK TO THE DEALER, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089938August 27, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN STABILITY SYSTEM LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AN REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
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
#10088495August 24, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE CAR STOPPED. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE RESULT OF A "DEFECTIVE BEARING THT CAME APART IN THE FINAL DRIVE OF THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING METAL CONTAMINATION THORUGHOUT THE TRANSAXLE." THIS WAS THE ANALYSIS OF AUSTIN TRANSMISSION. CAR IS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE WITH 50,000 MILES. AUSTIN TRANSMISSION SAYS GM HAS "UPDATED PARTS" - PARTS WHICH REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS. THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. NO TRANSMISSION SHOULD FAIL AT 50,000. THIS CAR WAS NOT DRIVEN BY TEENAGERS. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR - AGE 65 BUT I WAS DRIVING IT THAT DAY. *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
#10089203August 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAKSINSIDE THE ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086965August 16, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
CURRENT GM RECALL # 03054B-CONSUMERS NUMBER, CURRENT RECALL ON BUICK LESABRES REGARDING FUEL INJECTORS/BACKFIRING/CAUSING FIRE. UNFOTUNATELY I EXPERIENCED THE REASON FOR THE RECALL. MY VEHICLE IS AT AL SERRA BUICK IN GRAND BLANC, MI. I HAVE CONTACTED GM CORP AND THEY CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND STILL NO ANSWERS. THE DEALERSHIP IS DOING THE RECALL WORK AND THEN CHARGING ME $523.86 FOR ADDITIONAL WORK THAT INVOLVES THE RECALL. PLEASE HELP ME!!! I AM NOT ABLE TO GET TO MY JOB WITHOUT MY VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP!!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083514August 16, 2004
SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CONSUMER FELT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE SEAT. AFTER SEVEN VISITS TO THE DEALERS, THEY REPLACED THE FRONT SUSPENSION. THE CONSUMER HAS HAD THE TIRES BALANCED 8 TIMES AND HAS BOUGHT 7 NEW TIRES. *JB THE VIBRATING CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE HAD A DRIVELINE SHIMMY AT HIGHER SPEED THAT WAS INHERENT TO THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS OUT OF BALANCE AND THE FRONT LEFT REAR WHEEL WERE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WAS CORRECTED, VIBRATIONS WERE STILL EVIDENT DURING SUBSEQUENT ROAD TEST AND THREE TIRES WERE FOUND OUT OF BALANCE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES AND WHEELS WEREN'T THE PROBLEM. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD A DRIVELINE SHIMMY AT A HIGHER SPEED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086880August 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOW FAILURES (2). *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087870August 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WHILE SHIFTING, AND NOTICED FLUID UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086800August 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DROP INTO 1ST GEAR WHEN AUTO STOPS. WHEN ACCELERATING TRASMISSION DROPS INTO 1ST GEAR WITH A LOUD "BANG". BUICK SERVICE MANAGER SAYS IS PRESSURE VALVE OR ELECTRONICS CONTROLLING PRESSURE VALVE IS THE CAUSE. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND, BECAUSE OF THIS SERVICE DEPT. HAS BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY EXACT PROBLEM THROUGH COMPUTER EVALUATION. SERVICE MANAGER STATES REPAIR WILL REQUIRE REMOVAL AND PARTIAL DISASSEMBLY OF TRANSMISSION TO ACCURATELY DIAGNOSE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089166August 12, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD AND FUEL INTAKE.*MR THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BACKFIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE COMPUTER WAS SCANNED. THE COMPUTER INDICATED THAT COOLANT THERE WAS COOLANT IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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

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