My wife's '98 Buick LeSebre has just suffered a major failure of the intake manifold which may end up costing us the entire engine due to hydrolocking. I'm looking for sites that have information on "hidden recalls" or major defect issues as well as any general sites similar to Mercedesshop dedicated to Buicks. This type of failure just doesn't seem right for a 6 year old car with 60K on the clock.

Thanks,
jlc

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Jeff

'87 560SEL 267K (177K on motor) Blue/Blue
'98 Buick LeSebre 60K (wife's car)
'56 Imperial Sedan 124K
Past Cars:
'67 Dodge Monaco 130K (Sold)
'87 Chrysler 5th Ave 245K and going strong (sold)
'73 Plymouth Satillite 175K (sold)
'96 Chrysler LHS 80K (totaled)

Did you go to google and search on "Buick"? Thats how I found this place.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=buick+forums&btnG=Google+Search

I did skim through some fo the sites that Google spits out but didn't find much - not surprisingly, there isn't the same level of commitment amoungst Buick owners as we see here.

Then I decided to search more specifically for the intake manifold (and more correctly, plenum) failure that the car is actually suffering from. Turned up lots of stuff. It appears that this is a major problem that GM, at the moment at least, is still ignoring. So much for that great Buick quality that I was actually starting to be impressed with...

jlc

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Jeff

'87 560SEL 267K (177K on motor) Blue/Blue
'98 Buick LeSebre 60K (wife's car)
'56 Imperial Sedan 124K
Past Cars:
'67 Dodge Monaco 130K (Sold)
'87 Chrysler 5th Ave 245K and going strong (sold)
'73 Plymouth Satillite 175K (sold)
'96 Chrysler LHS 80K (totaled)

Might poke around here:
http://www.edmunds.com/
Found some good info there on the Chrysler we had.

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