1992 Buick Lesabre problems
Owners have filed 245 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Buick Lesabre. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 37% of complaints. Next are engine (10%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 245 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 37% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 26
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 156,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 156,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 26 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Buick Lesabre with enough data (123 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was broadsided on the right side by another vehicle after entering the intersection. The seat belts did not restrain driver, they failed to lock.
It had been raining in a parking lot of a department store, vehicle proceeded out of parking lot. Driver's foot slipped off brake pedal, and ran head-on to a light pole. Upon impact, driver's side airbag didn't deploy. Had vehicle towed to a service station. Due to front damage vehicle has been totaled.
92 buick lasabre, brakes had to be applied hard to avoid accident, however when the brakes were applied the entire front of the car became completely uncontrollable. At the same time, the brakes faded to nothing. Finally had to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. Upon inspection, the a frame holding the motor had rusted through, this caused the steering to be disabled, as well as the brake system, aside of the emergency brake as mentioned.
1) driving on smooth pavement at 35MPH, sudden and harsh thud was felt vehicle veered out of it's traffic lane, steering the vehicle was nearly impossible. Operated brake to stop vehicle. 2) inspection reveals both rear engine cradle mounting bolts failed, dropping engine/transaxle onto steering column, steering gear being pulled away and nearly separated from steering column. 3) initial inspection determines vehicle minimally needs replacement of engine cradle bolts, replacement of damaged sway bar links.