1998 Buick Lesabre brakes problems
28 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 1998 Buick Lesabre, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 28 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 98,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 10 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 98,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 fire, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Traffic light changed, brake was applied, went to floorboard, nothing happened. Brakes were pumped, nothing happened. Vehicle strikes another vehicle, airbag deploys, automobile continues in a ditch, pops out of the ditch, goes through an empty parking lot, pops onto another street and eventually stops after going over another curb into another parking lot about 1/2 mile from accident. Theory is that ABS malfunctioned which caused regular brakes to fail.
1998 buick lasabre...rear wheel cylinders leaking on drivers side...caused wheel to lock up completely on two different occassions...please contact me with more information.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Buick Lesabre
- Engine 198 complaints
- Fuel system 80 complaints
- Exhaust system 64 complaints
- Electrical system 55 complaints
- Cooling system 30 complaints
- Steering 16 complaints
- Suspension 16 complaints
- Transmission 16 complaints