general problems of the 1997 Buick Lesabre

The contact's friend owns a 1997 Buick Lesabre the contact stated that the hood was difficult to open and close. The latch was in the correct location. The contact stated that while her roommate was driving at 45 mph, the hood opened and detached. The driver pulled over, and a 2012 Chevrolet crashed into the rear of the vehicle. The check engine warning light was illuminated. There were no reported injuries. The air bags did not deploy, and there was no fire. A police report was filed. The vehicle was drivable. The contact called the dealer, who informed them that there were no recalls. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 196,400.

My check ingine light wont go off and I was told I have mass air flow and now when I start it it misfires,my air conditioning doesnt work and the speedometer is reading crazy.

Was driving car and it started steering hard drove home approx 35 miles to find the k frame washers had rusted off and the engine was not being support. Has it fixed and same thing happened again going less than 5 mph and steering went out and on inspection the front and lower frame mounts had fallen and car has been parked every since because I can not find parts that are resonibly priced! I was on the interstate doing 70 mph 10 mins prior to the last incident could have been a bad result. Have read about these problems in a forum someone started on google, cant believe there was never a recall!.

The contact owns a 1997 Buick Lesabre. The contact was driving approximately 35 mph and the vehicle began to shake in a continuous jerking motion. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the retainer washer and the body mount was disengaged on the passenger's side, causing the engine cradle to collapse on the rear driver's side. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 142,000.

Has a1997 Buicklasables\ and having problems with ignition and I can be driving and it just like it don,t get no juice from engine then when tried to start up it don,t catch in ignition switch. I have spend over 2,000 in this car but every one I take it to says it in the ignition it sounds like it wants to start sometimes it takes up to 6 hours before it starts.

My car jerks like a fish tugging on your line at different speeds and when coming up an incline. It also has a very strong odor that I smell when running the a/c. I smell it outside the car and occasionally I smell it inside the car.

The contact owns a 1997 Buick Lesabre. The driver noticed that the vehicle started to smoke. The fire department was notified. The vehicle was consumed with fire and was totaled. The contact believed that the fire originated under the hood. There were no injuries. The purchase date was not available. The current and failure mileages were about 95,000.

Vehicle exploded and burned at start up. Ph.

At start up, the vehicle engine exploded and caught on fire. When the hood was opened, red flames were shooting from a hole that burned on a gray cover in the engine.