Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / LESABRE / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003073929 Incident Date: Oct, 13 2003
Consumer's City: NEW ORLEANS Consumer's State: LA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LESABRE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4HR52K9WH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 02 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 04 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Intake manifold burned at egr passage adjacent to throttle body coolant passage(all plastic- original design was probably cast aluminum). subsequent coolant loss into engine air intake causes erratic operation and probable engine damage. replaced manifold with new one at a cost of $500 parts plus 5 hour. labor complained to gm but to no avail. *jb