Buick LeSabre Complaints

3,724 consumer complaints on file.

#10051321December 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NHTSA#100003430 UPPER INTKAE MANIFOLD LEAKING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052052December 29, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END THE ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051099December 25, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOW REGULATORS ARE FAILING AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE RIPPING OFF OUR ELDERLY CITIZENS A $400/INCIDENT! THESE ENGINEERS MUST HAVE GOT THEIR DEGREES OUT OF A CRACKER JACK BOX! THESE REGULATORS/MOTORS ARE MADE AS ONE UNIT, AND REPAIR IS NEEDED AND WOULD BE EASY. OF COURSE THIS IS HOW GM RESORTS TO MAKING MONEY NOW. LAST GM PRODUCT I WILL EVER BUY!!! OH ON MY SECOND IN 2 MONTHS, CHRIST! *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050756December 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
COOLANT LEAKAGE FROM COOLANT RESEVOIR INTO AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ENGINE COOLANT DRAWN INTO CYLYNDER HEAD CAN HAVE NUMEROUS RESULTS DAMAGING TO THE OPERATION AND LONGEVITY OF THE ENGINE. FURTHER THE LOSS OF COOLANT FORM THE RESEVOIR CAN RESULT IN INADEQUATE ENGINE COOLING AND HIGH AND DESTRUCTIVE ENGINE TEMPERATURES. WHILE THERE WAS NO OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF COOLANT LOSS BEFORE GMC RECALL TO "TIGHTEN THROTTLE BODY BOLTS", THE LOSS OF COOLANT ACCELERATED AFTER THE UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO ELIMINATE COOLANT LOSS. THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE EARLY IN 2000 MODEL OF THE BUICK LESABERS IS EVIDENCED BY COMPLAINTS AND SERVICE REPORTS. THE RECALL PROGRAM OF SUMMER 2003 WAS AN INADEQUATE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. IN ADDITION TO THIS HISTORY, THE EXISTANCE OF LONG STANDING PROBLEM IS CONFIRMED BY GMC'S RECALL IN THE SUMMER OF 2003. MY COMPLAINT IS HEIGHTENED BY THE FACT THAT BOTH THE DEARLER AND GM REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE THE COOLANT LOSS OBSERVED AFTER THE RECALL AS A PART OF THE RECALL AND USED THE EXPIRY OF MY ORIGINAL WARRANTY AFTER THE RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT AND ALSO AFTER THE COMPLETION OF RECALL SERVICING WITHOUT FULLY CHARGING ME FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND REQUIRED REMEDIAL WORK TO RESOLVE THE COOLANT LEAKAGE MALFUNCTION. DURING MY RESEARCH INTO THIS SITUATION I ENCOUNTERED A "MR GOOD WRENCH" WHO WORKED IN SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF A LARGE BUICK DEALER. WHILE DISCUSSING THE THROTTLE BODY LEAKAGE, HE COMMENTED THE "BUICK HAS AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM WITH THE "PLASTIC SECTION OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH IS ENCOUNTERING FREQUENT CRACKING OF THIS SECTION OF THE MANIFOLD RESULTING IN LOSS OF COOLANT AND MAJOR ENGINE OPERATION DIFFICULTIES. SOUNDS TO ME THIS PROBLEM WHICH IS EVEN MORE DAMAGING AND EXPENSIVE TO CONSUMER THAN THE THROTTLE BODY LEAKAGE MERITS AN INVESTIGATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050642December 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
LEAKS COOLANT. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED AN INTAKE VALVE REBUILD KIT, APPROX. $600. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051621December 16, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING , THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT BOTH TIE RODS WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB TIE RODS ON VEHICLE WERE VERY LOOSE AND COMPLETELY WORN OUT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND TIE RODS WERE REPLACED.*MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049740December 15, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THREE OF THE POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. GM DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050507December 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
LTR FM ANDREW HUNT (NJ) CONCERNED CLASSIFICATION OF ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGE AS SAFETY PROBLEM & DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEMS SUGGEST NHTSA RECALL ALL GM MODEL YRS 1995-1998. *MR THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING WHEN THE ENGINE WOULD STOP IF THE COOLANT LEAKS. THE CONSUMER WAS REIMBURSED THE COST OF THE REPAIR KIT, BUT NOT THE BALANCE OF THE REPAIRS. THE STARTER FAILED WHEN AAA ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS FULL OF COOLANT IN THE ENGINE. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049698December 13, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
COOLANT LEAK INTO ENGINE THRU PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050451December 12, 2003
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. DEALER REPLACED THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL AND TIRE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050389December 11, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES DUE TO INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE. COOLANT LEAKED INSIDE THE ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. SORRY NO RECALL, AND WOULD COST $ 1,400 TO FIX IT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND WOULD COST $ 700 FOR CONSUMER TO FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047986December 10, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
THE LEFT AND RIGHT TIE ROD WORE BADLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO WANDER WHILE DRIVING. *AK *NLM CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS HANDLING RIGHT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET NEW TIRES AND LEARNED THE TIE RODS WERE DEFECTIVE. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046272December 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. THERE WAS A BREAKAGE IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND MELTING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ENGINE DUMPING SHROUD. A SMALL FIRE WAS BURNED ON THE ENGINE BLOCK WHEN THE SHROUD WAS REMOVED. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044426December 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
VEHICLE HAD BEEN LOSING COOLANT SINCE 1998. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES. THE GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR) PORT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC, AND WHEN IT MELTED, COOLANT SEEPED INTO THE ENGINE. *AK CONSUMER RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT OF $479.99 FROM MC CLELLON BUICK AFTER CONTACTING THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039806December 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE WOULD MISFIRE AND STALL WHEN REACHING HIGH TEMPERATURE. THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO AN INTAKE MANIFOLD DEFECT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE. *AK THERE WAS LEAKAGE AROUND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, POOR GAS MILEAGE AND ACCELERATION. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050191December 8, 2003
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AN AVIS RENTAL ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS HIT THE DRIVERS SIDE OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10049431December 8, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
1998 BUICK LESABRE - ENGINE BACKFIRE UPON STARTING - BLEW OFF VACUME HOSE AT INTAKE MANIFOLD, CRACKED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. ENGINE HYDROLOCKED, SUCKING COOLANT INTO ALL 6 CYLINDERS. FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR REPLACED ALONG WITH A NEW PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049276December 5, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS HIT HEAD ON. MY VEHICLE A BUICK LESABRE 2003 AND THE VEHICLE WHICH HIT ME, A 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU WAS TOTALED. THE AIRBAG ON MY BUICK LESABRE DID NOT DEPLOY, THUS CAUSING ME PHYSICAL INJURIES. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10050000December 3, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
AUTOMATIC PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW WENT UP OR DOWN. THE WINDOW WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. DEALER REPLACED THE WINDOW REGULATOR. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050180December 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
PROBLEMS WITH HORN ACTIVATION.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE HORN WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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