The federal safety agency #: 04v090000 - I own a 1998 buick lesabre 3.8l. On 9/27/02 I had a hard starting and stalling problem, taken for service at gm dealer and fuel regulator was replaced. In august 2004 was notified of the recall and took vehicle back to gm dealer to assure the recalled part was not in the car. The dealer told us the car does run a little rough (noted on work order) but the correct regulator was in the vehicle don't worry about it. On october 10,2004 we started having trouble starting the car. On october 11 we made an appointment to take the vehicle in for service on october 18, 2004 to an independent service shop. On thursday october 14, 2004 and friday october 15, 2004 the car stalled once each day when moving in traffic at a very slow speed. On sunday october 17, 2004 while my wife was following me to drop the car off at the repair shop, the car again stalled. She put the car in neutral and restarted the car. When the car started it jumped forward and she struck the back of my truck. The repair shop found the fuel regulator to be leaking fuel into the vacuum hose and into the exhaust manifold. This was the part that according to the gm dealer was not part of the recall on august 11, 2004. The end result is there is $3000.00 damage to the lesabre, non to by truck. My back is slightly sore but of greater concern is the seat belt did not lock on the buick and my wife struck her chest on the steering wheel hard enough to have bruising in the outline of part of the steering wheel on her chest. In summary Im concerned about the 1.) fuel regulator, 2.) the car jumping and 3.) the seat belt not locking.
1998 Buick Lesabre: seat belt won't latch or retract
5 of the 399 complaints about the 1998 Buick Lesabre describe seat belt won't latch or retract.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Seat belt won't latch or retract by model year
- 20042
- 20012
- 20002
- 19991
- 19985
- 199710
- 19953
- 19931
- 19921
- 19911
- 19903
What owners say
Passenger's side seat belt will not buckle or retract on its own. Consumer contacted the dealer, and dealer informed consumer that the seal belt was not a life time warranty.
The driver's side seat belt did not lock. The dealer was notified. *ak it was hard to connect before it had gone completely out. The dealer was not concerned about the incident and did not take the old part. *scc the consumer had to pay for the part at his expense.
Front passenger seat belt buckle does not unlock. Consumer has contacted dealer.
Design flaw: driver's seat belt buckle locking mechanism built up against built-in coin box. Had to lock or unlock seat belt buckle properly.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1998 Buick Lesabre seat belt
Is seat belt won't latch or retract a common problem on the 1998 Buick Lesabre?
5 of 399 owner complaints about the 1998 Buick Lesabre (1%) mention seat belt won't latch or retract. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1998 Buick Lesabre?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1998 Buick Lesabre
Stalling 61Fire or smoke 30Check engine light 29Overheating 24Won't start 20Engine failure 19Fuel leak 13Fuel smell 8Loss of power 7Misfire 7Fuel gauge 6Transmission failure 6Brake failure 5
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