After coming to a complete stop in rainy conditions, vehicle lunged forward, causing an accident. Vehicle then vibrated and lunged forward again. Took to dealer. Cause unknown. *ak dealer found fuel pressure regulator to be faulty.
1999 Buick Lesabre: sudden unintended acceleration
5 of the 209 complaints about the 1999 Buick Lesabre describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
- 20051
- 20031
- 20021
- 20011
- 20003
- 19995
- 19983
- 19973
- 19962
- 19952
- 19944
- 19932
- 19921
- 19904
What owners say
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration while backing out resulting in it crashing into a storage garage. Nlm
While driving through a parking lot at 5-8 MPH, attempting to park, vehicle surged forward and suddenly accelerated, causing consumer to have a head-on collision. This happened in dry weather conditions.
Transmission was under recall order (5/99) for "transmission shift lever sequence"; work was completed by alhambra buick on 7/12/99. While driving on friday, 7/23/99, car surged forward and accelerated. I tried to apply brakes but they did not work. I moved to the right lane to avoid hitting car in front of me, but could not get car to slow down as I approached an intersection, but in process hit the car in front of me. I eventually crossed interesection and ran car alongside curb to try to slow down, but car continued to surge and accelerate, and brakes would not work. I was finally able to slow car enough to shift it into park and stop car. Car was towed to alhambra buick to be checked out with full explanation of what happened, however, they were insistent to have car towed onto auto body shop for repairs, rather than find source of problem. After many discussions with dealership, buick division of gm and their products allegations resolution office in detroit, I received a phone call from brian birkey this morning (8/16/99 a.m.) of this same office, stating that buick's engineers could find nothing wrong with the car and his findings were being given to gm. At this point, they would expect me to have my insurance pay for my auto body damage and remedy the driver which my car hit. I do not want this car returned to me, given my experience and their finding that the car checked out okay without any identification or acknowledgement of a mechanical problem. I have no confidence in this car or their failure to find the cause of the problems; further, I did not pay $30,000 for a new buick to become their next crash test dummie. I strongly feel that they should replace my buick with another new car or refund my money. If they feel such confidence in their inspection, then they can sell the car as a used car on their lot.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration accompanied with cruise control problems on two occasions, one incident resulting in collision with tree. Mjs
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1999 Buick Lesabre sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 1999 Buick Lesabre?
5 of 209 owner complaints about the 1999 Buick Lesabre (2%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1999 Buick Lesabre?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1999 Buick Lesabre
Stalling 30Fire or smoke 14Check engine light 9Won't start 9Overheating 8Loss of power 7Fuel smell 6Power steering loss 6Engine failure 5
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