2002 Buick Lesabre: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 15, 2015 · Airbags, Engine · 7,200 miles · NV

The engine keeps stalling and shutting off in traffic after lurching forward. Defective engine burned part of engine hood, and severed ABS brake lines burned off by heat, gm manufacturer defects.

Filed Jan 24, 2015 · Engine · 150,000 miles · PA

My car will start then stalls immediately.

Filed Dec 5, 2014 · Engine · 80,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 buick lesabre. The contact stated that when attempting to decelerate, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted however, the failure was recurring. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000. Updated 1/21/15*cn the consumer stated it was a temperature related problem. Updated 01/26/15

Filed Aug 5, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 980,000 miles · MA

The approximate incident date .would not let me put date in .date was july23'2014.my car has been stalling out on me when I was driving down the highway it stalled put in neutral started right up drove alittle ways samething happend.checkenginelight came on got stuck on highway for 3 hours waiting for towtruck bad experience. It is at sullivan tire check diagnostics and said everything is all right I told him to take it for a spin he did and stalled out on him.sullivantire is boggled.I was on line and was checking what the problem could be and there is about 10 people that own the same car has same problem we tried getting it fixed its starting to cost some money trying to fix it. I just bought the car jan.2013. And still owe money on it for 1 more year please help us thank you

Filed Dec 6, 2007 · Engine · 38,000 miles · FL

Engine stalls while driving. No warning. Engine will restart, but will only run for a few seconds, then stalls and will not restart. No check engine lights or other indications that there is a problem. Happens at high and low speeds. Car will restart and operate normally after sitting for a few hours, usually overnight. Car has been towed 7 times for this problem. Dealer has replaced two ignition modules, and one crankshaft position sensor. Car has been at the dealer for this problem for a total of twelve weeks since initial occurrence, while the dealer tries to duplicate the problem. Dealer most of the time cannot duplicate the problem. Most recent occurrence, the car displayed the following codes: b1009 and b2734. Mileage between incidents ranges from as high as 15,000 miles to 1,500 miles. Car is undependable, and much more important, unsafe.

Filed Oct 21, 2007 · Engine · 80,000 miles · CA

2002 buick lesabre 3.8 l engine would be hard to start after it was driven and restarted after 15 minutes (or more) of being off. The car sometimes has to wait for .5 hours before it will start. This happened a year ago also. I have checked the maf sensor. The car has also stalled while driving at low speeds. If I wait for 3 minutes to restart after stalling it will restart and usually go long distances 100 miles without failure.

Filed Sep 29, 2004 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · TX

While driving my daughter to a school event on a busy highway, my 2002 buick le sabre's speed started slowing down. Pressing the gas pedal did not speed up the car. Realizing that something was not right, I panicked but was able to steer the car through traffic and finally stall at an exit ramp. I tried to restart the car again but it did not want to start. My first thought was that the car was out of gas even though the fuel gage showed the car did have gas. Thinking that the problem was still a gas issue, I called a friend to bring some gas. After a 45 minute wait I poured two gallons into the fuel tank. At this time I restarted the car but when trying to shift, the shifter felt very loose and was not catching any gears. The shifter would just fall through. After trying two more times the car still failed to move in either direction. I had no choice but to have the car towed to a local transmission shop. At the repair shop, I was told that the transmission had an internal mechanical failure. I mentioned to the shop mechanic that there was never any type of indication that something was wrong with the transmission. Everything car was working fine before the transmission failed. *ak I am very concerned about the transmission failure because it occurred on a busy highway and I strongly believe that it could have turned into a life and death issue. In researching this type of transmission model #4t65e for my lesabre, I noticed numerous mechanical failure complaints for the same type of transmission and that many failures have occurred before the car is three years old. Even the shop technician was surprised to hear that the transmission failed on a fairly new two year old car. The car has only 50000 miles on it.*ak I strongly suggest that there be a recall for this type of transmission failure before a serious injury or death occurs. I do not want my family to become a statistic. Please let me know soon as to what needs to be done to remedy my situation.

Filed Jul 9, 2003 · Fuel system · 15,000 miles · TX

Engine stalled while driving. Would not restart. Dealer diagnosed as defective fuel pump (short) and replaced. Same problem occurred 1 week later.

Filed Feb 19, 2003 · Electrical · 5,000 miles · UT

Vehicle stalled while driving through the "hills" resulting in consumer being stranded. The vehicle has been stalling intermittently for over a year due to battery ground cable being loosely attached to vehicle's frame. As a result, cable would come unattached, causing car to stall. Battery was installed under vehicle's rear seat. Ts.....*ak the consumer requested reimbursement.

Filed Jan 14, 2003 · Fuel system · FL

Consumer stated while turning a corner, the engine stalled and would not restart. The problem was diagnosed as a defective fuel pump.scc