Buick Lesabre
Owners filed 3,609 complaints across 17 model years of the Buick Lesabre. The 2000 drew the most (669); the 2006 the fewest (3).
Model years17
Complaints3,609
Recalls21
Fires226
Deaths3
Every Buick Lesabre model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Suspension | Routine | |
| 2005 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 6 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2004 | 162 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2003 | 164 | 1 | 4 | 9 | Structure | Routine | |
| 2002 | 310 | 2 | 12 | 15 | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | Above average | |
| 2001 | 328 | 0 | 22 | 10 | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | High concern | |
| 2000 | 669 | 5 | 30 | 26 | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | High concern | |
| 1999 | 209 | 2 | 20 | 19 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 400 | 1 | 43 | 15 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | High concern | |
| 1997 | 394 | 2 | 31 | 26 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1996 | 98 | 2 | — | 8 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe | Routine | |
| 1995 | 178 | 1 | 3 | 13 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 1994 | 158 | 0 | 6 | 26 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1993 | 194 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | High concern | |
| 1992 | 189 | 2 | 23 | 17 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | High concern | |
| 1991 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Electrical System › Ignition | Routine | |
| 1990 | 46 | 1 | — | 8 | Electrical System › Ignition | Routine |
Which Buick Lesabre years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2000 is the weakest year on record, with 669 complaints concentrated in the visibility › power window devices and controls. It carries 5 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.