1992 Buick Lesabre

1) DRIVING ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT AT 35MPH, SUDDEN AND HARSH THUD WAS FELT VEHICLE VEERED OUT OF IT'S TRAFFIC LANE, STEERING THE VEHICLE WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. OPERATED BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. 2) INSPECTION REVEALS BOTH REAR ENGINE CRADLE MOUNTING BOLTS FAILED, DROPPING ENGINE/TRANSAXLE ONTO STEERING COLUMN, STEERING GEAR BEING PULLED AWAY AND NEARLY SEPARATED FROM STEERING COLUMN. 3) INITIAL INSPECTION DETERMINES VEHICLE MINIMALLY NEEDS REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS, REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED SWAY BAR LINKS. REPAIRS PENDING. THIS FAILURE IS SIMILAR TO RECALL OF BUICKREGAL 1988-1991, FORD TAURUS/MERC SABLE 1987-1995 AND OTHERS... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ENTIRE SUBFRAME THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE CAUSED A CRASH. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND SUFFERED MODERATE NECK PAINS. THE CONTACT HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER ON THE SCENE, BUT NO REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 200,000.

92 BUICK LASABRE, BRAKES HAD TO BE APPLIED HARD TO AVOID ACCIDENT, HOWEVER WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE CAR BECAME COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE BRAKES FADED TO NOTHING. FINALLY HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, THE A FRAME HOLDING THE MOTOR HAD RUSTED THROUGH, THIS CAUSED THE STEERING TO BE DISABLED, AS WELL AS THE BRAKE SYSTEM, ASIDE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS MENTIONED. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THERE WAS NO INVOLVEMENT WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WHEN I SEE OTHER BUICKS OF THE SAME MODEL, I WONDER HOW SAFE THEY ARE TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY. IN MY CASE THE SPEED WAS ABOUT 30 MPH, IF THE SPEED WOULD HAVE BEEN 55 OR 60, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, NOT ONLY TO MYSELF BUT ALSO TO OTHER DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ON THE ROADWAY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR ANYONE ON THE ROADWAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE VEHICLES OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL THAT ARE ON THE ROADWAYS SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON THE SPEED LIMIT TRAVELING AT SPEEDS THAT WOULD MAKE IT ENTIRELY IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID A CRASH AND POSSIBLY THE DEATH OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS OF THEIR CAR BUT ALSO OTHER INNOCENT MOTORISTS AND PASSENGERS ON THE ROADWAYS. WITHOUT CLOSE INSPECTION,BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE RUST PROBLEM, ONE WOULD NEVER NOTICE THE PROBLEM UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. I AM A DISABLED DEPUTY SHERIFF AND WOULD HATE TOP SEE ANOTHER PERSON BECOME DISABLED BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT THAT I HAVE NOTED HERE. I BELIEVE THAT THE DESIGN AND WAY IN WHICH SNOW AND ICE GETS JAMMED UP IN THE LOCATION THAT I OBSERVED THE RUST, CAUSED THE PROBLEM TO GO ON WITH OUT BEING NOTICED. *JB

THE PAINT JOB ON 1992 BUICKS DOES NOT LAST AND BADLY CHIPS OFF THE BASE COAT ON THE ROOF AND THE TRUNK. I HAVE A 1992 LESABRE AND THE DARK BLUE HAS CHIPPED OFF THE ROOF THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL. I SAW TWO OLIVE GREEN LESABRES ON THE ROAD TODAY WITH CHIPPING ON THE TRUNK, HOOD AND ROOF. THE WHITE PRIMER COAT HAS GOOD ADHESIVE, BUT THE BASE COAT WAS NOT PROPERLY APPLIED OR THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE PRIMER AND THE BASE COAT. *LA