Vehicle fire/ vehicle destroyed. *mr on several occasions, prior to fire, vehicle would surge then die out at both stops and when slowing down. Also engine had a whining noise. Dealer replaced generator assembly. Fuel filter also replaced. Cleaned throttle body. Brakes made squealing noise. Rear brakes cleaned and adjusted. There was a loud noise in the right rear after hot at stops. Exhaust system misaligned. The mirror compass and rear window were also inoperative. Vehicle was also involved in an accident prior to fire.
1998 Buick Lesabre brakes complaints
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Brake lines on anti-lock braking system rotted inside out. Owner stepped on brakes and vehicle continued forward almost hitting pedestrians. Owner indicated that vehicle has not been exposed to salt. Please describe details.
Vehicle is experiencing many electrical problems, including the dashboard lights were inoperative, parking lights shorted out several times, alternator failed , wiring between the door and body frame shorted, and left rear window motor shorted. Spark plugs, headlamp switch, battery were replaced.
When applying brakes a grinding noise is coming from the rear wheel. Dealership is aware of problem.
Consumer stated she began having intermittent problems with vehicle going dead at stops in april 2001, the vehicle began to surge at stops and eventually had both symptoms during low speed driving, consumer went to the dealership on 4 occasions and was informed that nothing could be done until something showed up on the computer, however while driving home consumer stated that entire vehicle caught on fire, there was a loud noise, like a gunshot, smoke from the hood and the engine began dropping fire onto the street, the firewall was completely burned.
While traveling between 25 and 30 MPH consumer suddenly lost control of steering and braking systems. Vehicle crashed into a tree which stopped the vehicle. Dealership has examined vehicle, and repaired unknown component in vehicle which caused this to happen. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Consumer has to increase stopping distances because brakes keep failing. Pedal is pumped a couple of times before it will stop. This has happened 3 times. Dealer says it's normal for brakes to feel like that. Consumer is nervous driving. *ak the brake fails to stop the vehicle unless pressed extremely hard.
Brakes malfunctioned. Please provide further details.
The rear wheel on the drivers side locked up causing the car to veer suddently to the left on 2 occasions causing loss of control, on the second occasion the rear drivers side rim bent locking it against the wheel bracket, prior to the incident the garage replaced the brake cylinders of the rear wheel brake because of leakage. Nlm
While driving about 55 MPH rear wheels on the driver's side locked up for no apparent reason. Vehicle veered off the road and back on. Everything seemed to be okay. About a half an hour later, this happened again. Vehicle was towed to a dealership. Dealer was not able to find out what caused this problem. Also, master cylinders were changed on both rear brakes on june 3, 2000. Owner not sure if this could have caused the wheel to lock up. *ak when the vehicle jerked sliding to the left, the wheel rim of driver side became bent locking it against the wheel bracket.
Rear wheel cylinders are leaking . Dealer has been notified. Please provide futher details.
Instrument panel glass is concave instead of concurve. Hard to read instruments. Have a blind spot on driver's side window. Cannot see other vehicles when looking outside mirror. Emergency button is not visible to naked eye. Located under steering column out of sight.
Abs would brake soft or hard whenever appled. Dealer notified and infomed t consumer that no history of this condition was ever reported. Seeking help from the federal safety agency in this matter.
Steering wheel off center resulting in consumer breaking off driverside rear view mirror while backing out of garage due to misalignment problems. Mjs
I purchased a warranty that covers bumper to bumper and when I took the car in the first time, at david taylor they did something to the brakes. After several weeks passed, the brake went out again as I was attend a funeral. The car was taken back to david taylor, april 26, 1999. They are refusing to honor the warranty that they sold me at the time of purchase that covers bumper to bumper as I was told. The price that they want to charge me now is $1500 for brake repair that was supposely fixed but wasn't. It is not fair for them to do this and this is the complaint that I have that the problem with the brakes have not been repaired and through there failure to repair it and not honor the warranty is my complaint. They loan us a car, but asked for it back and I don't have any means of getting to work. Will you please call and find out what the defect is and why these faulty brakes were not repaired on the first visit. Why is the warranty not being honored and why are they playing the blame game with me stating to me someone else had been fooling around with the brakes when that someone has only been their service department working on the brakes. It's insluting for someone to even make that kind of a statment when you have a warranty by their service department. It would be ridicilious for someone else to work on it. That's the blame game they are playing and I don't like it at all. I'm truly upset about the brakes being a haradzous to me and my family and to others on the highway where they have gone out a second time. Please, please help me get this resolved by calling david taylor monday, may 3, 1999. I can't get through to them and it's frustrating being sold something that they do not want to honor now. Help!
While driving at 50 MPH, driver heard a very loud noise coming from the left rear side . When vehicle was checked by dealership, the left wheel rear bearing had gone bad. The wheel bearing was replaced by dealership.*ak consumer stated a booster assembly was needed.
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