1998 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING EGR VALVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, MECHANIC STATED SENSORS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.*AK

WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT. SOMETIMES VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHEN DRIVING ALONG. VEHICLE IS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. DEALER HAS SEEN NUMEROUS TIMES AND CAN'T FIX IT. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING FLUID ONTO THE MOTOR, CAUSING IT TO SHUTOFF WHILE DRIVING.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 4 TIMES AT 25-30 MPH. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL FILTER. BUT THIS HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM.*AK THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO FUEL LEAK. *TT

WHILE STOPPED FOR GAS, THE VEHICLE SMELLED HOT. THE MECHANIC CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ALL THE WATER AND ANTIFREEZE WAS GONE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. TEH MECHANIC CHECKED THE PRESSURE AND FILLED THE RADIATOR AND RESEVOIR. AN HOUR LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND ALL THE WATER WAS GONE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED AND THE OWNER OF THE GARAGE SHOWED CONSUMER A PLASTIC MANIFOLD ON TOP OF THE ENGINE WITH AN EMISSION CONTROL TUBE CARRYING EXHAUST BACK INTO THE VALVE AREA. THE TUBE HAD GOTTEN SO HOT IT MELTED A HOLE INTO THE PLASTIC ALLOWING THE RADIATOR WATER TO RUN INTO THE VALVES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. THE SERVICE MANAGER KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT. CONSUMER FEELS BUICK SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. *JG

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON, AND THE SENSOR IN ENGINE HAS MALFUNCTIONED. CAN POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE IN ENGINE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKIT HAS BEEN INDICATED TO CONSUMER IF DEFECT IS NOT FIXED, POSSIBLE FIRE OR STALLING MAY OCCUR. *JG

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TSB #87-65-14 TO FLASH PCM WITH UPDATED CALIBRATION AS A RESULT OF AN INTERMITTENT STALL. *TT

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, PARKING LIGHTS SHORTED OUT SEVERAL TIMES, ALTERNATOR FAILED , WIRING BETWEEN THE DOOR AND BODY FRAME SHORTED, AND LEFT REAR WINDOW MOTOR SHORTED. SPARK PLUGS, HEADLAMP SWITCH, BATTERY WERE REPLACED. *TT

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES A GRINDING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATED SHE BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE GOING DEAD AT STOPS IN APRIL 2001, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AT STOPS AND EVENTUALLY HAD BOTH SYMPTOMS DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 4 OCCASIONS AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNTIL SOMETHING SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING HOME CONSUMER STATED THAT ENTIRE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, LIKE A GUNSHOT, SMOKE FROM THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE BEGAN DROPPING FIRE ONTO THE STREET, THE FIREWALL WAS COMPLETELY BURNED.*JB