1997 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK INTO CYLINDERS. COOLANT LEAK CAUSED MOTOR TO HYDRO-LOCK MAKING VEHICLE INOPERABLE. BOTH UPPER & LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLDS WERE REPLACED.*JB

AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSED DISLOCATED BROKEN THUMB AND POSSIBLE PERMANENT INJURY. ON SECOND PASSENGER, SEVERE TINNINTUS POSSIBLY FROM AIR BAG EXPLOSION.

REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS MADE A WEEPING SOUND, AND BRAKE DUST HAD A PASTE-LIKE CONSISTENCY. BRAKE PERFORMANCE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.*JB....*AK

WHILE DRIVING LOST FUNCTION OF BRAKES. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH AND BURSTED. PH *TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS LEAKING ALONG WITH THE STEERING RACK AND THE BRAKE CYLINDER. TS

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON FRONT RIGHT TIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB..*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT FAILED TO GO OFF. TAKEN VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND HAD THE SENSORS REPLACED. THE ENGINE PROBLEM WAS THE EGR VALVE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE SLUGGISH. TOOK TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC AND THE WIRES AND SENSORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. VEHICLE TAKEN FOR TEST DRIVE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. RESTARTED VEHICLE AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND IT BACK FIRED. HAD CRACKED THE PLASTIC INTAKE PHEBEM, WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND WILL STAY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER HEARS AN UNUSUALLY LOUD "THUMPING, GROANING AND CRUNCHING" NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. ALSO STOPPING DISTANCE HAS SEEM TO INCREASE GREATLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON LIGHTLY SNOW COVERED ROADS. PH

NHTSA# 7843-96-V-116-000 SINGLE MANIFOLD INTAKE. BACKFIRE DURING STARTING CAN CAUSE BREAKAGE OF THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD. CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD TOOK ON FIRE AND DAMAGED THE FUEL INJECTIONS RAILS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS