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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004285008 | Incident Date: Apr, 11 2004 |
| Consumer's City: PASO ROBLES | Consumer's State: CA |
| 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:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4HR52K4WH | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 17 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Our 1998 buick lesabre limited, april 2004 our upper & lower intake manifold's & gasket were replaced due to a leak and the car only had 62,000 miles on it. this cost us over 2000.00 the web has hundreds of similar complaints from other gm owners. *ak upper intake manifold leaked, causing loss of coolant. vehicle taken to independent repair shop. oil and oil filter had to be changed, spark plugs were replaced and cylinder's [engine flushed] had to be cleaned out. also broken starter replaced. my car had to be towed over 110 miles back home at a cost of $ 236.50 [my wife was visiting her mom and had 2 grandchildren with her when car broke down in a remote area ,lucky for us she had her cell phone with her and some nice folks at a near by ranch took care of them] my mechanic advised intake manifold leaked, and starter was bad [housing broke] starter housing broke due to trying to start hydro-locked engine. question: why is buick allowed to use a plastic intake manifold? as this is an area that gets very hot. it's obvious, buick made a big mistake by producing engines with plastic man- ifolds. the intake manifold on the engine is made out of plastic and has the egr tube running through it, causing the plastic to heat up and allow antifreeze to run into the engine. when my mechanic called the local dealership to order parts, the sales clerk told him, "yes we have those parts on hand it happens a lot" also that the upper & lower intakes had been re-designed and that both manifolds need to be replaced as a unit. .(contributed by mike & della rico) ps. also, transmission is now acting up [shudders on take-off at times] i understand that these problems [manifold & transmission] are mainly going on with cars having k in the vin. do you have any information on this? thank you |
