Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Buick Lesabre submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE FUEL PUMP IS NEAR THE GAS TANK OR INSIDE THE GAS TANK. IT IS LIKE PLACING A LIGHTER NEAR THE GAS TANK. THE DESIGN IS POOR. FUEL PUMP IS DEFECTIVE, AND CONSUMER IS WAITING FOR A MANUFACTURER'S RESPONSE.*AK
THIS IS THE 3RD GAS TANK THAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. 1ST. TIME 15-JULY 94,.2ND 20-JULY98, 3RD NOW 9-JULY 2002. THE TANKS DEVELOPED A SEEPING LEAK AT A1-INCH CREASE IN THE METAL OF THE TANK, LEAKING GAS ON THE ENGINE PIPE . YOUR REFERENCE 825666 DATED 21 JULY 1998.*AK
THE GAS TANK LEAKS GAS ONTO THE ENGINE PIPE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE GAS TANK ASSEMBLY, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK
SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY CAUSED CAR TO STALL.
WATER PUMP REPLACED.
WHILE DRIVING, STARTED SMOKING, THEN ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, TOTALLED CAR. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY FUEL INJECTOR SPRAYING GAS OVER HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND CAUSING FIRE. TT
VEHICLE CAUGHT WHILE DRIVING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT REASON UNKNOWN. TT
CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. FINAL ANALYSIS FUEL LINE FIRE. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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