# 1998 BUICK LESABRE — VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
> NHTSA complaint `409299` · 2003-05-27 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** BUICK
- **Model:** LESABRE
- **Year:** 1998
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
- **Miles at failure:** 33,914
## Narrative
VEHICLE FIRE/ VEHICLE DESTROYED.  *MR  ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, PRIOR TO FIRE, VEHICLE WOULD SURGE THEN DIE OUT AT BOTH STOPS AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN.   ALSO ENGINE HAD A WHINING NOISE.   DEALER  REPLACED GENERATOR ASSEMBLY.   FUEL FILTER ALSO REPLACED.   CLEANED THROTTLE BODY.   BRAKES MADE SQUEALING NOISE.   REAR BRAKES CLEANED AND ADJUSTED.    THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE IN THE RIGHT REAR AFTER HOT AT STOPS.   EXHAUST SYSTEM MISALIGNED.    THE MIRROR COMPASS AND REAR WINDOW WERE ALSO INOPERATIVE.  VEHICLE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO FIRE.   *TT
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