1997 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

1997 BUICK LESABRE BACKFIRES AT STARTUP, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. *MR THERE WAS A WHINING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND REAR BRAKE NOISE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED INFO IN REFERENCE TO WARRANTIES RELATED TO HIS MAKE/MODEL. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO DECELERATE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED IT WAS AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *BF

THERE WAS AN INTAKE BACK FIRE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE. WHEN TAKEN TO GET SERVICED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY INTAKE MANIFOLD.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN 96V116000:INTAKE BACKFIRE DURING STARTING. TURNED THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR AND HEARD A LOAD NOISE. THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND DID NOT TRY AGAIN. MECHANIC SAID LUCKILY THE CAR DID NOT BURN BECAUSE THERE WAS GAS ON THE ENGINE. MECHANIC CALLED BUICK, BUT THEY DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND SAID THE CAR WAS NOT COVERED. *BF

GASKET AND EGR TUBE FAILURE CAUSING PLENUM AND UPPER INTAKE LEAKAAGE CAUSING "HYDRO-LOCK'. *AK

I HAVE A 1997 BUICK LESABRE. I HAD TO HAVE OVER $1600 IN REPAIRS DONE ON THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD, WHICH A 1998 LESABRE HAS A RECALL ON. WHY, WHEN THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS ON 1997 IS IT NOT RECALLED AS WELL? IT'S A RECURRING PROBLEM TO THE POINT THAT THEY REDESIGNED THE MANIFOLDS (WHICH CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE LOWER MANIFOLD). TWO DEALERS MENTIONED THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE SAME PROBLEM IS COVERED FOR A 1998 AND NOT A 1997. MY CAR ONLY HAS 76,000 MILES ON IT, WORK WAS PREFORMED BY A BUICK/GMC DEALER. IS THERE ANY WAY THE RECALL CAN EXTEND TO ONE PRIOR YEAR?*AK

I WAS REAR ENDED WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN PUSHED INTO THE CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND TRANSPORTED TO EMERGENCY ROOM. THE SAFETY BELT ON MY 1997 BUICK LESABRE LTD DID NOT HOLD ME BACK DURING THE COLLISION AND I WAS THROWN FACE FIRST INTO MY STEERING WHEEL. THIS RESULTED IN A SEVERELY BROKEN NOSE, SEVERE FACIAL CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. I AM TOLD BY BUICK DEALER REPAIR PERSONNEL THAT A BUICK LESABRE MUST BE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH IN ORDER FOR SEAT BELTS TO LOCK AND HOLD THE DRIVER BACK. THE SEAT BELTS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR CAN BE PULLED OUT AND ALMOST REACH THE WINDSHIELD WHILE THE CAR IS STOPPED AND WHILE DRIVING IT. I HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED THE ACCIDENT WITH SEVERAL PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SIMILAR ACCIDENTS IN DIFFERENT MAKE CARS. THEY STATED THAT THEIR SEAT BELTS DID HOLD THEM BACK AND THAT THEY DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE SEAT BELT ON MY 1997 BUICK IS DEFECTIVE AND ALLOWED ME TO RECEIVE SEVERE FACIAL INJURIES. I BELIEVE THE SEAT BELTS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND PROPERLY REINSTALLED SO THAT THEY WILL WORK IN AN ACCIDENT SUCH AS MINE. THE CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED BUT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I HAVE SEARCHED THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS SENT TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND NOTICED THAT AN ALMOST EXACT ACCIDENT HAPPENED TO A 1997 BUICK LESABRE LTD IN 1998. THE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WROTE TO YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SEAT BELTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND ALLOWING THE PERSON TO SUSTAIN MANY INJURIES. WHEN WILL THE NHTSA NOTICE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS AUTO SAFETY BELT AND ORDER A RECALL SO THAT INJURIES SUCH AS MINE AND THE PERSONS IN 1998 DO NOT CONTINUE TO OCCUR? *NM

FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BROKE. IT WAS THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 96V044000. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER. HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED THE RECALL. *AK *TC

THE HORN REPEATEDLY WENT OFF AND EVENTUALLY IT BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED. *JB

THE HOOD CAME UNLATCHED AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING.. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE HOOD ASSEMBLY INSPECTED. *JB

THE MECHANIC NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE FUEL TANK WHILE CHANGING THE CONSUMERS OIL. *JB THE CONSUMER NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GAS FOR TWO DAYS. TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN CHILD SAFETY SEATS WERE OVERWELMED BY FUMES. *TC