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: 005038469 Incident Date: Sep, 05 2005
Consumer's City: FLORENCE Consumer's State: SC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LESABRE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:rear
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4HP52K5WH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 12 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the consumer's wife was driving on the street and the rear ball joints broke in half. the vehicle was placed on a roll back and taken to the dealer. this happened on september 6, 2005. the dealer replaced the ball joint on the rear left back. there was no fore-warning and no noise before this happened. also the power steering bolts broke on two separate occasions, causing the power steering to drop off the engine block and fall down onto the frame making it almost impossible to steer the vehicle. *ak (11/10/05) the power steering bolts broke on two occasions allowing the pump to fall down on the frame. the shaft of the ball joint snapped allowing the left rear wheel to shift rearward. the lower control arm dropped down allowing the free end to lock the wheel. *sc