1999 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD BOOM. THEN FLAMES CAME FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE, SAID A WITNESS. CONSUMER GOT OUT AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK IN JUNE THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE WHICH EXPLAINED THE FAILURE THAT SHE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER. *NM

RECALL CONCERNING DEFECT IN FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR DIAPHRAGM LEAK. *MR RECALL# 04V090000. THERE WAS A THUMP WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHICH HAD COME FROM THE REAR WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THIS HAD TURNED INTO A SEVERE JOLT. BOTH WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE DEFECTIVE AND WERE CONTAMINATED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEFECTIVE WHEEL CYLINDER LEAKED FLUID INTO THE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC

THE CONSUMER HAD A RECALL ON THE FUEL REGULATOR. THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THE BRAKES ALSO LOCKED-UP WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *LA

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO INDICATED THAT TWO OF THE ENGINE CYLINDERS WERE DEAD. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. THEN, HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT MAY HELP WITH THE PROBLEM. AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE VEHICLE IS STILL ACCELERATED. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTING UP VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND COOLANT WAS FOUND IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE WAS FLUSHED, AND THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED.*AK

NOTICED COOLANT LEAK. INSPECTION BY BUICK DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND COOLANT GOING INTO INTAKE MANIFOLD. INTAKE MANIFOLD & GASKETS NEEDED REPLACEMENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED BECAUSE OF A CRACKED PLENUM WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER THE ENGINE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PLENUM, SPARK PLUGS, CLEANED LOWER INTAKE AND CLEANED THE COOLANT FROM THE CYLINDERS. *NM

A FIRE IGNITED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND VEHICLE EXPLODED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A RUPTURED INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN STARTED THE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SHE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY SMOKE A FLAME COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD AND SHUTTERED WHEN IN OVERDRIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CONVERTER ASSEMBLY, VALVE BODY, PRESSURE CONTROL AND REPROGRAMMED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROLLER. *NM

CONSUMER WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM, AND SPARKS BEGAN TO COME FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK