1994 Buick Lesabre: problems, recalls and reliability

“While merging onto i95 north my car shut completely off in the middle of moving traffic. I didn't even realize it was off until my little girl asked me to turn the radio back and my speed begin to decrease. It's very difficult to steer such a huge tank like my lesabre when the power steering gives. It cranks right up after shutting off as if nothing is even wrong, but this has happened always in stop and go traffic. It bothers me because my car is all I have and it's the only transportation that I have for traveling with my little girl. *tr”Owner report · Engine · Jan 2014

“Tl*the contact owns a 1994 buick lesabre. The vehicle was purchased in july of 2008 and continues to stall while driving 50 mph or less. The vehicle lost power and the engine completely shut off. The weather conditions were dry. When the failure occurs, the vehicle becomes difficult to control because there is no power steering or braking ability. Occasionally, the vehicle takes longer than a minute to restart. The vehicle has to be towed to the dealer each time. The vehicle is currently at the dealer, but they cannot diagnose the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,000. Updated 12/12/08 *cn updated 12/15/08. *jb”Owner report · Engine And Engine Cooling · Jul 2008

“I am a mechanic and work on cars. I have noticed that the gm cars of the early to mid 90's like the buick le sabre class are have a problem with the heater enclosure in the engine compartment. *tr the plastic enclosures are cracking and pieces of it are falling off, and if you touch the plastic, is will crumble apart. I fee that this is a serious health hazard, as this will allow the fumes from the engine like exhaust,gas and oil to enter the passenger compartment. Then the occupants will be breathing the fumes. I feel that gm needs to do something about this. *tr”Owner report · Engine And Engine Cooling · Apr 2008

“Vehicle was started and when put into drive it accelerated without the consumer giving the vehicle gas. The problem was intermittent. *ak”Owner report · Vehicle Speed Control · Jul 2004

“While turning left at a stop sign another vehicle come up the hill on the left and collided with consumer's vehicle. Consumer was wearing seat belts, but, the air bags did not deploy. The police did arrive on the seen but nobody was cited. Consumer sustained minor head injuries. *ak *nm”Owner report · Air Bags · May 2004

“Smell of gasoline around the car. A check under the hood show drops of gasoline coming from around a small clip in fuel line (top of the engine near the firewall). This is not the first time for me! Last time the fuel was coming out of the clip at a faster rate. Last time I wasn't able to replace the clip without buying an unrelated repair kit (discarding other parts) . I consider the condition, especially when the leak becomes more serious and driving the car for a while, as very serious. *la”Owner report · Equipment · Nov 2003

“Paint is starting to peel off on top of car. There has been no damage to this area or any other area of the car. There is no apparent reason for this to happen. *la”Owner report · Structure · Nov 2002