1998 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

1998 BUICK LESABRE- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON, STOPPED AT GAS STATION,CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER STOPPING, INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO GET IINTO THE ENGINE, BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP THE STARTER ALSO BROKE WHEN TRYING TO RESTART THE CAR, WAS STRANDED 60 MILES FROM HOME, TO GET TOWED AND GET CAR FIXED COST OVER 2000.00 DOLLARS. IT SEEMS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS A DEFECT. *AK

THE VEHICLE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NM THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE THE CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, RESTARTED AND BACKFIRED ALONG WITH ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATION, AND LATER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, BUT HAD RAN ROUGH. SINCE 10/08/02, THE VEHICLE HAD RUN FINE. *SC

THE VEHICLE'S PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH RESULTED IN WATER GETTING INSIDE THE CRANKCASE. *NM THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE SHE FOUND OUT THAT THE PART HAD BEEN RECALL TWO YEARS AGO. *NM

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOAD POP THEN SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NM THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A LEAKING MANIFOLD. *SC

A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. PROBLEM WAS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A $79.00 CHARGE , AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. *AK *NM

THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED. AFTER SENDING THE RECEIPTS TO THE MANUFACTURE, THEY ARE NOT REFUNDING THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD.

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V090000. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS, NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. BOB SAKS, 248-478-0500. *AK *SC

VEHICLE'S ENGINE MISFIRES AND LOSES POWER. *MR THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON ALONG WITH THE MISFIRES AND POWER LOSS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUE TO THE ENGINE HYDRAULIC LOCK. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT GM WAS AWARE OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEM. *SC

REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR 1998 BUICK LESABRE RECALL.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THEIR VEHICLE JULY 2, 2004. RECALL #(04V090000 ) REGARDING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE REPAIRS DONE ON THE VEHICLE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. DEALER REPLACED STARTER ASSEMBLY. *TC

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