White smoke coming from steering column. It does not smell electrical, nor is the smoking consistent first occurrence tonight. Conditions were, 40 MPH, parking lights on, econ/vent set at 68 and fan on auto with cruise control not engaged. Smoke came from outlets where turn signals, tilt steering adjustment and retractable steering column insets. I pulled over, turned off the car, opened the hood and saw no smoke from engine compartment and smelled no other "hot" instances. The smoke from the column cessated when ignition was turned off. I restarted the car without further incident. After speaking with an engineer friend, he suggests it may be the air bag contacts and advised me to notify you immediately as a safety notification for possible recall/fire hazard. Where there is smoke, there is fire and I am reporting it as such which includes unknown damage due to overheating of some sort to the driver side airbag system.
1992 Buick Lesabre: fire, smoke or burning smell
14 of the 189 complaints about the 1992 Buick Lesabre describe fire, smoke or burning smell.
- owner complaints
- 14
- of this car's complaints
- 7%
- recalls
- 0
Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year
What owners say
Consumer stated the engine caught on fire.*jb
Vehicle started smoking in a parking lot, and then the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department arrived to put out fire, and the vehicle was towed home, not totalled. Adjuster to investigate the problem.
While parked in garage the transmission cooling lines caught on fire. Cause unknown. Please provide details.
After driving the vehicle about 1/2 mile, at the speed of 20 MPH, saw steam coming from the front of the vehicle. As driver pulled to the side of the road vehicle had no brakes. Was able to pull into a shopping center and stop the vehicle. At that time the vehicle was on fire and burned up in the engine compartment.
Engine fire: parked car in lot, attempting to turn off engine noticed flames coming from the hood/fender and grill. Jumped out of car, and within seconds the entire car was engulfed in flames.cause of fire is unknown.
While parked the vehicle caught on fire under the hood. Please describe.
While driving to work smoke came from the steering column.
Consumer was driving and car caught on fire. Please describe .
The car caught fire in engine while driving on the highway.please describe. Tt
While driving, started smoking, then engine caught fire, totalled car. Tt
Consumer was driving and car caught on fire . Tt
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Questions about the 1992 Buick Lesabre fire or smoke
Is fire, smoke or burning smell a common problem on the 1992 Buick Lesabre?
14 of 189 owner complaints about the 1992 Buick Lesabre (7%) mention fire, smoke or burning smell. The model year with the most reports is 1998.
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There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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