Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / LESABRE / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005033778 Incident Date: Aug, 10 2005
Consumer's City: GOODLETTSVILLE Consumer's State: TN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LESABRE Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:power window devices and controls
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4HR52KXVH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 11 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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