Two problems related to brakes failed have been reported for the 1998 Buick Lesabre. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Traffic light changed, brake was applied, went to floorboard, nothing happened. Brakes were pumped, nothing happened. Vehicle strikes another vehicle, airbag deploys, automobile continues in a ditch, pops out of the ditch, goes through an empty parking lot, pops onto another street and eventually stops after going over another curb into another parking lot about 1/2 mile from accident. Theory is that abs malfunctioned which caused regular brakes to fail.
Consumer has to increase stopping distances because brakes keep failing. Pedal is pumped a couple of times before it will stop. This has happened 3 times. Dealer says it's normal for brakes to feel like that. Consumer is nervous driving. The brake fails to stop the vehicle unless pressed extremely hard.