Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#8007262April 10, 2002
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DRIVER SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES. *AK *YD
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8007263April 10, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT BELT DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK *YD
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8006850April 2, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED DUE TO ANTIFREEZE IN INTAKE SYSTEM. THE UPPER INTAKE PLENIUM WAS LEAKING BECAUSE IT HAD CRACKED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006756April 1, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE CAR WILL ACCELERATE 30-35 MPH WITHOUT APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006502March 27, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
CONSUMER STATES HORN VERY DIFFCULT TO USE. THE CONSUMER HAS TO USE EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO MAKE IT WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006526March 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, EVERYTHING LOCKED UP ON VEHICLE. COULD NOT TURN STEERING WHEEL NOR TURN VEHICLE OFF WITH THE KEY. DEALER CONTACTED. NLM DEALER FOUND AND REPLACED TCC SOLENOID AND ALL 3 GEAR SWITCHES IN TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006165March 21, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAKS WATER, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006189March 21, 2002
AIR BAGS
INTERMITTENTLY HORN DOESN'T BLOW. DEALER DIAGNOSED AIR BAG AS THE CAUSE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759439March 16, 2002
CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP
WHEN ADJUSTING THE STRAPS ON THE ON MY WAY CARSEAT BY EVENFLO, THE ADJUSTER BAR PULLS OFF OF THE BACK OF THE CAR SEAT. THIS HAPPENED WITH THE FIRST CAR SEAT WE HAD MODEL #4471027P1 AND I CONTACTED EVENFLO. I WAS SENT A REPLACEMENT SET OF STRAPS WHICH WERE INSTALLED AND AGAIN FAILED. I AGAIN CONTACTED EVENFLO AND THEY SENT ME A NEW CAR SEAT (ON MY WAY MODEL # 8450PRVNV) AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY BOTH EVENFLO REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE SEAT IS STILL SAFE TO USE, BUT THERE IS OBVIOUS STRESS MARKINGS ON THE CAR SEAT FROM THE ADJUSTER BARS BEING PULLED OFF. I CAN NO LONGER USE THE CARSEAT BECAUSE THE PLASTIC IS BROKEN AND I CANNOT REATTACH THE ADJUSTER BAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005745March 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TSB #87-65-14 TO FLASH PCM WITH UPDATED CALIBRATION AS A RESULT OF AN INTERMITTENT STALL. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564636March 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO GO INTO REVERSE.*JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564618March 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, PARKING LIGHTS SHORTED OUT SEVERAL TIMES, ALTERNATOR FAILED , WIRING BETWEEN THE DOOR AND BODY FRAME SHORTED, AND LEFT REAR WINDOW MOTOR SHORTED. SPARK PLUGS, HEADLAMP SWITCH, BATTERY WERE REPLACED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758801March 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS 1997 BUICK LE SABRE , IN VERY GOOD CONDITION , EXPLODED WITH A FIREBALL AND SENDING PLASTIC "SHRAPNEL" AND ENGINE COVER PARTS OUT TO A RADIUS OF 24 FEET. THANK GOD NONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE TRYING TO START THE CAR WITH THE HOOD UP WERE STANDING OVER THE ENGINE BAY. THE RESULTING REPAIRS WERE $700 AND MY LONG TIME EXTREMELY COMPETENT GROUP OF MECHANICS WERE ALL BAFFLED AND COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY OR HOW SUCH A THING WAS EVEN POSSIBLE ON SUCH A SYSTEM (I.E. LATE MODEL FUEL INJECTION , STARTING A COLD ENGINE. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-030
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004855March 1, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
ANTIFREEZE GAUGE INDICATES THAT IT IS LOW. DRIVER FEELS THERE IS A LEAK. TOOK TO VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT UPPER/LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004789February 28, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP IN RAINY CONDITIONS, VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE THEN VIBRATED AND LUNGED FORWARD AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK DEALER FOUND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR TO BE FAULTY. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758753February 28, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
POWER STEERING PUMP FELL OFF THE MOUNT. ONE OF THREE BOLTS WAS BACKED OFF AND THE OTHER TWO BOLTS WERE SEVERED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004664February 27, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES A GRINDING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758708February 27, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY WIFE ARLENE L HOLMQUIST WAS DRIVING HOME FROM HER VOLUNTEER JOB 75 MILES AT 5:30 PM IN THE AFTERNOON AND FELL ASLEEP APPROXIMATLEY 12 MILES FROM HOME AND WENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE LINE AND ONTO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RECEIVED SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM IN THE ONE CAR ACCIDENT. FRACTURED NOSE FACIAL CUTS AND BRUISES AS WELL AS BRUISES ON HER UPPER AND LOWER BODY. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED/ CAR WAS HIT IN THE CENTER OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR ALSO MAJOR DAMAGE ON THE LEFT FRONT OF THE CAR. TWO NEW SENSORS WERE INSTALLED WHEN THE REPAIRS WERE DONE. CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE 43 DAYS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#564408February 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
CONSUMER STATED SHE BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE GOING DEAD AT STOPS IN APRIL 2001, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AT STOPS AND EVENTUALLY HAD BOTH SYMPTOMS DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 4 OCCASIONS AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNTIL SOMETHING SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING HOME CONSUMER STATED THAT ENTIRE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, LIKE A GUNSHOT, SMOKE FROM THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE BEGAN DROPPING FIRE ONTO THE STREET, THE FIREWALL WAS COMPLETELY BURNED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004109February 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY TECHNICIAN, AND PLENUM WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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