Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / LESABRE / 1989

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007101772 Incident Date: Apr, 10 2007
Consumer's City: LITTLE CHUTE Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LESABRE Model Year: 1989
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4HP54C5KH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 10 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 09 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Fuel line pressure feeder at lh side rusted through the plastic bracket in front of rear wheel frame rail in august 2005. pool of gas 3 inches in diameter under the car in closed garage overnight. both rear brake lines rusted through the same spot in january 2006. lost brakes while driving in town, rolled through a stop sign. fuel return line rusted throughout same area on 4-11-07. pool of gas in garage overnight. service / repair dealer, van zeeland in appleton wisconsin reported this was a common problems with buicks. fixed a lot of them. some thing was wrong with this design, leading to a very dangerous condition. fuel & brake failure at 70,000 miles on this car. *ak