Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 09/06/2011 | 98000 | ||
| 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 as done that to 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 | |||
| 07/29/2009 | 30000 | 1 | |
| This car has horn problems. the horn starts blowing for no reason and the mechanic said that the sensor is defective and that to replace it would cost several hundred dollars. *tr | |||
| 05/15/2003 | 106000 | 2 | 08/09/2000 |
| I have replaced the instrument cluster panel (dashboard) in my car twice within the last 2 1/2 years. each time i had to order a replacement and lost the use of my car for an extended period of time. *jb | |||
| 06/15/1999 | 1 | 03/20/1997 | |
| Multi function alarm module for lighting and lock failed. mjs | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 1 | |||
| Alternator failed prematurely. nlm | |||
| 03/09/1998 | 6 | 04/15/1997 | |
| While driving the vehicle will stall without indications. dealer has been contacted. dealer also replaced battry/alternator/ignition and computer. however, vehicle continued to stall. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 07/07/2000 | 2 | 04/01/1997 | |
| Battery sulfates from post damaged electrical cables and caused the vehicle to stall. scc *nlm | |||
| 07/07/2000 | 1 | 04/01/1997 | |
| When slowing down or after coming to a stop the vehicle stalls, the dealer scaned data and checked the battery, the dealer replaced the battery and positive cable to the firewall. *scc | |||
| 08/28/1998 | 1 | 01/07/1997 | |
| Battery positive post was deformed and narrow at a position within the battery housing causing it to separated and result in an open circuit. nlm | |||
| 1 | |||
| Battery leaking. *yc | |||
| 11/01/1998 | 1 | 09/04/1996 | |
| Battery failed. mjs | |||
| 06/10/1998 | 2 | 11/15/1997 | |
| Front end misalignment, causing vehicle to pull to the right and premature wear of tires. also, battery leaked acid, and terminal was worn out to the point of being broken. | |||
| 03/09/1998 | 6 | 04/15/1997 | |
| While driving the vehicle will stall without indications. dealer has been contacted. dealer also replaced battry/alternator/ignition and computer. however, vehicle continued to stall. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 09/01/1996 | 06/27/1996 | ||
| Vehicle's electrical system malfuctioned when coming from a descending or stopping position. the vehicle's front headlights dimmed/flickered, causing extreme visibility difficulties. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 07/28/2001 | 09/01/1997 | ||
| I had taken this vehicle back to the buick dealership where i purchased it at 34k miles and told them it had a miss and that it hesitated driving down the road. they said it was a spark plug and replaced one. the last time i took it to another buick dealer it needed 4,200.00 to make it road worthy including a new water pump, new transmission, new brakes and rotors. the service code on the car should have indicated failure of these parts when i took it to the first dealer. | |||
| 08/01/2000 | 6 | ||
| Vehicle stalled between 25-65mph. it has happened 5-6 times. dealer had vehicle twice, each time for a week. they couldn't fix it until it failed again.*ak | |||
| 10/19/2000 | 0 | ||
| While driving at 25 mph vehicle will stall. then, consumer could start car again. about 4 days later, it stalled again, and would not start for about 5 minutes. took to dealer , and they could not duplicate the problem. if on the highway, there would have been an accident.*ak | |||
| While driving at highway speed engine will stall out on this vehicle, but vehicle will start right back up. dealer has been contacted.*ak | |||
| 06/01/1997 | 2 | 01/01/1997 | |
| On two occasions the ignition failed to start. *yc | |||
| 10/01/1998 | 2 | 11/10/1996 | |
| Ignition would not start. *yc | |||
| 03/09/1998 | 6 | 04/15/1997 | |
| While driving the vehicle will stall without indications. dealer has been contacted. dealer also replaced battry/alternator/ignition and computer. however, vehicle continued to stall. *ak | |||
| 09/13/1996 | 2 | 06/27/1996 | |
| While driving vehicle at night the headlights go dim for no reason. owner has taken vehicle to dealer, and was told its the design of vehicle. owner further notes that this problem has almost caused accidents. *ak ses light illuminated. when there is not even 300 pounds in vehicle and going over bumps, it bottoms out, dealer replaced rear springs and weak coil springs. consumer had to wiggle key to get it out of the door, dealer filed key and lubricated the lock cylinder. *slc | |||
| From time to time when slowing down the vehicle loses power/ stalls. please describe in detail. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 03/09/1998 | 6 | 04/15/1997 | |
| While driving the vehicle will stall without indications. dealer has been contacted. dealer also replaced battry/alternator/ignition and computer. however, vehicle continued to stall. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Computer failure. | |||
| Owner states that he was driving down the highway his trunk lid came open, was told by dealer that his computer module was bad. *ak | |||
| 08/22/1996 | 1 | 03/21/1996 | |
| Defective ecm causes vehicle to backfire. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 02/17/2000 | |||
| Consumer put the key in the ignition and turned it to start up, and vehicle exploded into flames. manufacturer was contacted, and said they had no responsiblity in the case. consumer had bumper to bumper warranty with aproximately 22.200 miles on vehicle warranty. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 08/11/2005 | 1 | 04/01/2003 | |
| Dt: consumer owns a 1997 buick lesabre. consumer was driving when vehicle shut off. she was able to coast a little but not enough to get completely out of traffic. she was stuck in vehicle because everything on vehicle shut down due to the ground cable coming loose, not loose from the motor block. vehicle has been worked on, she did no feel that cable coming loose was due to a defect. she was more concerned that when vehicle lost power she was stuck in vehicle with no way to escape. the door locked and power windows did not work. the biggest concern was that there was no manual lock that could be used to unlock the door when power failed. she was stuck in vehicle with vehicle in the road and in danger of oncoming traffic. she stayed in vehicle one hour on a very hot day until she was able to contact a friend on cell phone, and he came to help her. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| The wire that had shoreted out causing the vehicle's computer,the battery needle and the rpms to malfunction. the consumer feels unsafe to drive the vehicle. *yh | |||
| 03/01/1998 | |||
| 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 ? | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 11/22/2001 | 1 | 10/01/2001 | |
| 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. *ak | |||
| 02/18/2001 | 1 | ||
| Engine caught on fire while trying to start vehicle , vehicle was a total loss, and manufacturer was unable to detect orgin of fire.*ak aaa detected a hot spot in the manifold and the fuel line runs along the manifold, also vehicle had an intake manifold leak, fire possibly fuel related. *slc | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 02/25/2004 | 83981 | 1 | 10/12/1997 |
| While attempting to start the vehicle there was a loud popping noise when turning the ignition. smoke began to come from under the dash. *ak | |||
| 08/02/2001 | 1 | 08/01/1999 | |
| No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1996 | 1 | 05/31/1996 | |
| Faulty computer chip caused car to stall in the middle of a busy intersection. | |||
| 07/16/1996 | 1 | 05/18/1996 | |
| Ecm failed. | |||