I have not seen a fire yet but it has been smoking in the front of the car since 2010 when I brought the car used for 2800.00 at jims towing service in elizabeth new jersey and every time the car broke down whether it was electrical or what he had gotten mad at me for not bringing it to him and then the check engine kept on coming on and come to find out last month and the car cost me 2000.00 dollars to fix and the month before that the garage I went to navarro's had fixed the horn because that was going on and off again and sometimes the lights flicker and other things and now the security alarm does not work and yesterday while shopping I asked my daughter what that sound was it was my horn again shorting and disconnected it again it has done that too many times and I cannot afford a new car with 6 people living in my house and iam the only one working right now and does any mechanic know what they are doing anymore and I need the car to get back and forth I don't know what to do anymore and when I said that the car cost me 2000.00 to fix there was a crack in the block of the engine and for awhile now I have manually do the locks on my doors and cannot replace the passenger side electric switch because no one has it anymore help don't need car to catch on fire and it has been smoking alot lately with the horn connected it is not connected now. When the new incident happened it was parked in the parking lot and security officer came.
1997 Buick Lesabre: fire, smoke or burning smell
14 of the 393 complaints about the 1997 Buick Lesabre describe fire, smoke or burning smell.
- owner complaints
- 14
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- typical mileage
- 115,000
- recalls
- 0
Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year
What owners say
While driving down the highway doing 75, my car made a loud pop sound and when I looked in my rearview mirror, there was a trail of smoke. All of a sudden my car spun out of control and ran off the highway. The back tire had caught fire and spun me out of control there were 170,000 on my 1987 buick lesabre. I also hit a car and some trees.
Tl*the contact owns a 1997 buick lesabre. While driving at any speed, the vehicle shuts off and has to be restarted. The contact also stated that the vehicle caught fire under the hood. All passengers exited the vehicle safely and without injury. The vehicle has been to a service station on two separate occasions, but the failure still persists. The vehicle is no longer able to be driven. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage was 177,339 and failure mileage was 173,384. Updated 02-01-08. *kb updated 02/01/08
Started car heard loud pop, white smoke, then flames - car caught fire - total loss.
While driving consumer's vehicle was hit on the passenger's side and the front air bags inadvertently deployed. Driver's side air bag caught on fire after the driver was evacuated. The interior of the vehicle was consumed by the fire. Driver sustained minor injuries, and was transported to the hospital. Fire department confirmed that the fire started from driver's side air bag.
The engine was shut off and parked for about five minutes. Consumer noticed smoke coming from the hood. The consumer was unable to extinguish the fire. By the time the fire department arrived, the vehicle was totally engulfed in flames. *ak when the vehicle caught fire, it also damaged another vehicle that was parked beside it. *ph
At start up, the vehicle engine exploded and caught on fire. *mr when the hood was opened, red flames were shooting from a hole that burned on a gray cover in the engine.
The federal safety agency# 7843-96-v-116-000 single manifold intake. Backfire during starting can cause breakage of the upper intake manifold. Consumer states while driving the vehicle the plastic manifold took on fire and damaged the fuel injections rails. Please provide further information. Ts
Consumer started vehicle and heard a loud pop, flames came out from under the hood, the origin of the fire and explosion was inside the intake manifold of the engine, the cause of the fire was a backfire within the engine compartment, claim 17-9112-605.
On11/22/2001 in the morning hours,I try to start the car when I heard a backfire explosion and then smoke came from under the hood. I did open the hood to do a visual inspection of the car to see what could be wrong, I seen nothing wrong with the car I started it and went to work.the same day I was driving from work to my home, when all of the sudden the car started jerking up and hesitating, I saw a thick and white cloud of smoke came from the the exaust . Smoke came from under the hood and I did turn off the car to investigate what could be the possible cause.when I opened the hood of the car, a strong gasoline odor came from the engine. I let the car to cool down and then I drove home. I had the car taken to a buick dealership and they told me that the plenumupper intake manifold was warp and needed to be replaced,fuel regulator was bad and because of that the transmission modulator was flodded and had to be replaced. I would like to give you some more details about this problem, but all the documents are at the dealer at this moment. I'm looking foward to hear from you.thanks for your time and happy holidays.
Veicle was in for transmission repair at local dealer/ serviceman was test driving vehicle after repair when vehicle caught fire underneath between transmissiom and gas tank, dealer claims not responsible, vehicle burned completely. Has there been any problems comparable to this situation ?
While attempting to start the vehicle the engine caught fire totally destroying the car. Nlm there was recall on the upper intake manifold.*jb an investigator stated that the fire originated within the ignition of vapors of gasoline in the engine compartment of the vehicle, they stated that it should be noted that the conditions described at the time of the fire are in line with the recall regarding the upper intake manifold. *slc referenced in ea02-030
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Questions about the 1997 Buick Lesabre fire or smoke
Is fire, smoke or burning smell a common problem on the 1997 Buick Lesabre?
14 of 393 owner complaints about the 1997 Buick Lesabre (4%) mention fire, smoke or burning smell. The model year with the most reports is 1998.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 Buick Lesabre?
There are 0 recalls and 3 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1997 Buick Lesabre
Stalling 30Overheating 12Won't start 12Check engine light 11Seat belt 10Wipers 10No deployment 9Transmission failure 9ABS 7Engine failure 7Fuel smell 6Hesitation 5
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