1995 Buick Lesabre problems
Owners have filed 235 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Buick Lesabre. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are electrical system (10%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 235 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 26 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 33 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 33 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 100,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Buick Lesabre with enough data (126 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Consumer was involved in an accident driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed, both sustained 2nd degree burns.
While driving and attempting to make a left turn, vehicle was hit twice on the right side which sent the vehicle into a steel post head-on. Neither air bag deployed. Driver suffered chest, head and neck injuries. Also, passenger sustained injuries. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified.
While traveling at 25 MPH, another vehicle came from the right hand side of the road & hit consumer head-on. Upon impact, the airbags deployed, driver's air bag caused the driver to be burned on both forearms, left hand and wrist swelled as a result of air bag impact.
Dt*: the contact stated the driver's side air bag deployed while driving 60-70 MPH. There was no impact prior to this incident. Immediately after the driver's side air bag deployed the passenger side air bag deployed. The SRS light illuminated periodically on the dashboard prior to the incident. The seat belt was in use at the time. The dealership has been aware of the problem. Updated 08/21/06.
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 buick lesabre. The contact noticed that the paint on the doors, hood, trunk and roof had begun to rust and corrode. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for repairs. The failure mileage was 124,000 and the current mileage was 127,000.