1999 Buick LeSabre Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH (PICTURES AVAILABLE, THE LINES MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE) CAUSING NEARLY COMPLETE LOSS OF STOPPING POWER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BUT DID RUN INTO SHRUBBERY RESULTING IN MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE EXTERIOR”

“THE BRAKE LINES IN MY 1999 BUICK LESABRE HAVE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. I WAS DRIVING HOME, UNDER NORMAL WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN MY BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT WENT ON. UPON PULLING OVER, I SAW A LARGE LEAK IN THE BRAKE LINES”

“THE BRAKE LINE ERUPTED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BY USING THE VEHICLE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE BRAKE LINE ERUPTED DUE TO RUST/CORROSION”

“ENGINE SEIZED AND WOULDN'T START. FOUND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FULL OF ANTIFREEZE. CAUSED BY A FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD. REPLACED MANIFOLD, CHANGED OIL AND ANTIFREEZE AND REPLACED CRACKED STARTER. *TR”

“AFTER SOME LOCAL DRIVING AND BEING PARKED, CAR PRODUCED CLOUD OF EXHAUST SMOKE AND THEN WOULD NOT START. PROBLEM TRACED TO COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO CYLINDERS FROM FAILURE OF UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS. REPAIR COST: $681.30”

“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”

“WHILE DRIVING DOWN MOUNTAIN & HAD DOWNSHIFTED INTO 2ND GEAR, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. ENGINE HAD STALLED OUT. HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. POWER BRAKES & POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST”

“VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE MAKING TURNS AND WHILE ON STRAIGHT AWAYS, CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THE VEHICLE DIED HALFWAY INTO A TURN (NO BRAKE, POWER STEERING) AND CRASHED INTO A CHAIN LINKED FENCE. NLM”

“ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED/REPAIRS MADE BY DEALER ON EIGHT OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING”

“THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAD A FUEL LEAK PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTIFICATION. *NM THE RECEIVED A DENIAL LETTER WHICH STATED THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. *JB”

“WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE DIED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *AK *SCC *JB”

“VEHICLE THEN VIBRATED AND LUNGED FORWARD AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK DEALER FOUND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR TO BE FAULTY. *SLC”

“THE ENGINE THEN SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP BOLTS SEPARATED AND FELL INTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER ONLY REPLACED THE BOLTS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,700”

“WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE, HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LOST POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING PUMP DETACHED FROM WHERE IT WAS ANCHORED. THE TWO BOLTS THAT SECURED THE PUMP WERE SEVERED WHICH CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO COME OFF”

“CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH- ANTI THEFT WIRING ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC”

“IN APPROX 2010 MY BUICK LESABRE HAD ISSUES STARTING AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY STOP OPERATING DURING TRAVEL. ALL IGNITION FUNCTIONS WOULD CEASE TO WORK. TOWED TO BUICK DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE AND REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH”

“I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WHEN MY AIR BAG FROM THE STEERING COLUMN DEPLOYED IN MY FACE. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. IT WAS ON OR ABOUT 1/25/18. ABOUT A WEEK PRIOR TO THIS EVENT MY HORN BEGAN TO STEADILY BLOW INEXPLICABLY”

“DRIVING NORTH ON AVON RD, PLAINFIELD IN, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. IT BLEW THE DRIVERS HANDS OFF THE WHEEL GOING 45 MILES PER HOUR. DID NOT CRASH. THE PASSENGER HAS BRUISES ON LEG. IT HAPPENED EARLY EVENING, STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE, GOOD WEATHER. NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY ONCE THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND NECK AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE”

“VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK”

“MY VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ( CHEVY ASTRO MINI-VAN) IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. I WAS TRAVELING AT POSTED 30 MPH. MY CAR WAS SHOVED INTO THE CONCRETE WALL OF THE BRIDGE CAUSING SEVERE FRONT DAMAGE AND THEN RIDING UP THE WALL AND THEN BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY”

“WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. IT WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY A SEMI TRAILER TRUCK, THEN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER TRUCK. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED”