1993 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

VEHICLE'S UPPER MANIFOLD CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO RUN COMPLETELY OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER ADVISED THAT PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. PH

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE APPLYING AND THE CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO DRIVE. DEALER CONTACTED, AND WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. TS..*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FIRE POSSIBLY RECALL RELATED. DEALER ADVISED THAT VEHICLE WAS NEVER REPAIRED. CONSUMER IS AWARE OF RECALL CAMPAIGN 96V015000. *TT CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED BY GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT ALLEGATION DEPT. REQUESTING INFORMATION WHETHER OR NOT CONSUMER WAS GOING TO HIRE A LAWYER SO THE CASE COULD BE CLOSED. *TT

IN JULY OF 1997 AN OBJECT IN THE ROAD PUNCTURED THE FUEL TANK OF VEHICLE WHICH NECESSITATED REPLACEMENT OF TANK. REPLACEMENT FUEL TANK DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK TWO YEARS LATER, AND A THIRD FUEL TANK WAS INSTALLED. THIRD FUEL TANK ALSO DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK AFTER ANOTHER TWO YEARS. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT REPLACEMENT FUEL TANKS DEVELOP LEAKS WHICH COULD POSE A FIRE HAZARD. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITHOUT WARNING.DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. *AK *YH

ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM SIEZED AFTER PANIC-STOP, UNABLE TO MOVE VEHICLE TO AVOID COLLISION - WOULD NOT RELEASE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 70MPH AND TREAD ON LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS COMING APART. TREAD DAMAGED FRONT DOOR PANEL/ FENDER AND KNOCKED MOLDING OFF. CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. TIRE SIZE P205/70R15.*AK TIRES WERE FIRESTONE AFFINITY. *YH

WHILE TURNING A CORNER, THE REAR ENGINE CRADLE DROPPED TO THE PAVEMENT, CAUSING A LOSS OF FLUID AND STEERING. A COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE LANE WAS NARROWLY MISSED. THIS SITUATION SROSE WITH VIRTUALLY NO WARNING OTHER THAN A SLIGHT DIFFICULTY IN STEERING SHORTLY BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT WAS IMMEDIATE AND CATASTROPHIC, AND I FIND IT UNCONSCIONABLE THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS NOT ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT A RECALL WAS MADE TO OTHER BUICK MODELS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WITH THE AGEING OUT OF OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES MORE ACCIDENTS OF THIS KIND ARE BOUND TO HAPPEN. THE NHTSA SHOULD FULLY INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION BEFORE THERE IS A LOSS OF LIFE. I HAVE THE FULL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPAIRS REQUIRED TO THE VEHICLE IF YOU WISH IT.*AK

DRIVER'S DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM EITHER INSIDE OR FROM OUTSIDE BY USING A KEY. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM, NOR WAS ABLE TO REPAIR IT. OTHER DOORS WORKED FINE. *AK