1997 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

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

INTERMITTENTLY HORN DOESN'T BLOW. DEALER DIAGNOSED AIR BAG AS THE CAUSE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH

FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAKS WATER, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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

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

POWER STEERING PUMP FELL OFF THE MOUNT. ONE OF THREE BOLTS WAS BACKED OFF AND THE OTHER TWO BOLTS WERE SEVERED.*AK

DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL CAN DEGRADE AND ALLOW COOLANT TO ENTER THE CYLINDERS TO CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. THE REPAIR IS REPLACEMENT OF THE COMPOSITE INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH A METAL ONE, IMPLYING A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. THE REPAIR COSTS OVER $900, AND INVOLVES THE VIN K- RPO L36 ENGINE USED IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BUICKS, PONTIACS, CHEVROLETS AND OLDSMOBILES FROM 1995 TO 1998. I BELIEVE A RECALL IS WARRANTED FOR THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. PLEASE NOTE: THE DEALER LISTED IS NOT THE ORIGINAL SELLER OF MY VEHICLE, BUT THEY PERFORMED THE RECOMMENDED REPAIRS AS SPECIFIED IN GM TSB #01-06-01-007A PROMPTLY AND TO MY SATISFACTION.

VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO START, THEN, AFTER STARTING IT WOULD STALL RIGHT AWAY. DEALER HAS REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS, AND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *AL

CONSUMER HAD PARKED VEHICLE AND IT EXPLODED AS CONSUMER WAS EXITING VEHICLE , ADJUSTER STATED POSSIBLE INTERNAL ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO BE CAUSE, CLAIM 05-4442-741. *SLC

REGULATOR LEAKED ONTO THE MANIFOLD AND CAUSED EXPLOSION WHILE CONSUMER WAS STARTING VEHICLE, CLAIM 23-1276-311. *SLC