NHTSA Complaint #10620781 — 2003 BUICK LESABRE

USED BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM 2003 CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE VOLT LIGHT APPEARS AND THEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF. THIS IS FRIGHTENING AND TRULY DANGEROUS. THE CAR WILL START BACK UP USUALLY AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT, BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES ABOUT TWO ATTEMPTS. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CAR COMPUTER WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE MECHANICS BELIEVED THAT TO BE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, AFTER THAT WAS DONE, THE CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN, SEVERAL TIMES, THE VERY SAME DAY. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND MULTIPLE TESTS WERE RUN AND WE WERE TOLD ABOUT A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS RANGING FROM THE COMPUTER TO THE SENSOR. AFTER ALL THE TESTS WERE RAN AND PARTS REPLACED (COMPUTER AND SENSOR), THE CAR DROVE FINE FOR TWO AFTERNOONS AND THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC AND THE LIGHT WAS RED. THE CAR TURNS BACK ON BUT THE FACT THAT IT SHUTS OFF AT RANDOM AND THE MECHANICS CANNOT TELL US THE REASON IS UNSETTLING. WE HAVE NO SOLUTIONS SO FAR BECAUSE THE EXACT CAUSE CANNOT BE PINPOINTED. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RECURRING EVER SINCE JUNE 27, 2014 AND HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY PROBLEMATIC. *TR