1997 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

PARTS WHERE MADE WITH PLASTIC, WENT BAD AND MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *LA WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE ALMOST STALLED AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE PLASTIC UPPER PLENUM MANIFOLD AND GASKET. THE MECHANIC REFERRED THE CONSUMER TO A GM DEALER WITH THE SERVICE BULLETIN PERTAINING TO THE FAILURE. GM REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *PH *NM

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

THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING COOLANT. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS FRACTURED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACING IT WITH A METAL INTAKE MANIFOLD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

WHILE STARTING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE BLEW UP DUE TO THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE ENGINE, OVERHEATING., SMOKE WAS VISIBLE INSIDE THE CAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES NOR FATALITIES TO REPORT. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

1997 BUICK LESABRE LEAKING COOLANT. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. PLENUM WAS REPLACED AND SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING AGAIN. HAD INTAKE GASKET REPLACED BUT COOLANT STILL LEAKING. WILL DAMAGE ENGINE IF NOT CORRECTED. TOO EXPENSIVE TO HAVE TO CORRECT EVERY TWO YEARS. *JB

FAILURE OF THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD PERMITTED COOLANT TO MIX WITH ENGINE LUBRICANT AND CAUSED ENGINE TO SEIZE. ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND PARKED FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, IT ALSO DAMAGED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED BESIDE IT. *PH *JB

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

THE VEHICLE LEAKED OIL IN THE CONSUMERS GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THE SHIELD WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. HE ALSO STATED HE READ THESE THINGS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC AND COULD CATCH FIRE IF THE VEHICLE BECAME HOT ENOUGH. *NLM *TS *JB

ENGINE STALLED AND THEN STARTED "USING" ANTIFREEZE AND OVERHEATED. THE UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLDS WERE CRACKED AND THE LOCAL GM DEALER COULDN'T DIAGNOSE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REFERRED TO RECALL#97-C-02 GM (NHTSA #96V116000), AND WENT RIGHT TO THE PROBLEM. GM DENIES A DEFECT OR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS. SEE COMPLAINT #758801, THIS IS ADDRESSED IN THE RECALL AND PERSONAL INJURY WARNING GIVEN TO GM MECHANICS. PUBLIC NOT WARNED OR REIMBURSED. *JB