NHTSA Complaint #10442756 — 2002 BUICK LESABRE

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10442756
Vehicle	2002 BUICK LESABRE
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Date of Incident	January 3, 2012
Date Filed	January 6, 2012
Mileage	169,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	TX

Consumer Description

NOTICED LOTS OF WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT TAIL PIPE WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNUSUAL. CAR THEN STOPPED ON FREEWAY. HAD TO GET PUSHED BY ANOTHER CAR TO SIDE IF FREEWAY. TOWED CAR HOME TO DRIVEWAY. TRIED TO CRANK ENGINE AND HEARD REAL LOUD POP COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. CAR DID NOT TURN ON. TRIED TO START 5 MORE TIMES BUT EACH TIME IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE A REAL SHORT CRANK TYPE SOUND LIKE AS IF ENGINE IS HAVING A HARD TIME TURNING. AFTER FIFTH TIME, ENGINE STARTED AND THIS TIME THE SMOKE COMING OUT TAIL PIPE WAS WHITE/BLUISH AND LOTS OF IT. ENGINE STOPPED. ALSO NOTICED THAT ALL THE COOLANT WAS GONE FROM COOLANT CONTAINER AND THERE IS A HIGH BURNING SMELL OF COOLANT COMING FROM ENGINE. THIS MIGHT BE A CRACKED UPPER INTAKE OR LOWER INTAKE. THESE ARE MADE OF REAL CHEAP HARD PLASTIC WHICH COULD BE THE PRIMARY REASON OF ENGINE FAILURE. CAR IS NOW PARKED IN MY BACKYARD. *TR

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