1997 Buick LeSabre Reviews

We own a 1997 Buick LeSabre, and when the wife was pulling away from the intersection, heard a loud bang and then lost steering control. The four subframe mounts had rusted and the assembly engine etc. fell, disengaging the steering knuckle. Lucky for her, she wasn't on the highway or could have bee killed. Now the decision will be whether I fix it, as it only has 185,000 kms on it, and was excellently maintained. There should be a recall before someone isn't so lucky!

Cracked intake manifold. The thing is made of plastic, and all that coolant got in my engine. There was no warning until it was too late. A few surges from the engine, then the engine light came on. Then it wouldn't start all in 24 hours.. I took it to get repaired, and it was a $1000.00 bucks. Worried about engine damage from all of the coolant in the engine. Poor work GM to make something important like that be plastic!

Great luxury car, great performance. But now with the cracked intake manifold, I am concerned about unseen engine damage.

As I have learned from research, my 1997 Buick LeSabre was a great car, and got 20 mpg.

I normally let my teenager drive it, and fortunately on this day I drove it. Pulling away from a stop sign, I heard a loud bang, then my steering wheel was useless. Luckily I was on a back road with no traffic. The engine dropped. I looked underneath and saw that all 4 bushings had dropped right off the car. Had my kids been in the car and had an accident, I would have sued G.M. in a big way. I am a G.M. faithful, but with this being a proven danger to its customers over and over, they need to step up and fix it.

Car started a clunking noise in the rear end when you would go over bumps. Had all the struts and bushings replaced; noise was still there.

So far no problems with the intake gasket blowing out yet, but I keep a eye on the coolant level.

Had to replace the gauge cluster in the dash at 80,000 due to no tachometer and erratic speedometer.

The car is roomy and comfortable, like a couch on wheels.

Fuel mileage for a car this size is great. 30+ mpg on highway driving all day long.

Excellent car for the size.

I bought the car in 2004 with 54,000 miles and it now has 88,000 miles and the transmission is gone and the rocker panels are so bad rusted my mechanic told me to not bother fixing it as the car is not worth it. The rocker panels are part of the frame, which when I bought the car they were a little rusted, but was told they are only superfitail and no need to fix. I could have gotten them fixed if I was told the truth for 600.00, now 2009 it is 1300 per side! And they don't make rocker panels for 1997s any more. I found out that rusted rocker panels are common in this car and I don't know why they are not recalled! However, the car is so great to drive I am looking for another Buick LeSabre! under 10,000 thousand in a 2000-2004...

Nice running car, but sad my transmission went at 88,000 miles!