1999 Buick Lesabre problems
Owners have filed 268 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Buick Lesabre. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. Next are electrical system (12%) and fuel system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 268 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 26 and 36
- Injuries and deaths
- 25 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 100 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 | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 20 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 8 |
What the data shows
Of the 100 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 77,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 80,000 miles (25 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 26 complaints mention a crash; 36 complaints mention a fire; 25 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% 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 1999 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Buick Lesabre with enough data (155 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.
While traveling at 60 MPH and over a bump, the vehicle would jump all over the road consumer first noticed that vehicle leaned severely on curves, this would almost cause loss of vehicle control, at times, the back shocks would bottom out, consumer had the rear springs replaced. Recently, consumer lost control of the vehicle, overcorrected, and vehicle overturned, consumer was killed in the accident, his wife was also injured.
The vehicle was involved in a roll over accident due to faulty rear springs, which resulted in one fatality and one injury.. Consumer stated the rear spring were replaced, however consumer believed the faulty rear suspension was the cause of her husband not being able to regain control of the vehicle.
The car would occasionally smell like gas during acceleration. It also skipped frequently when going up hill. I was driving down the street when the car stalled. I pulled to the side of the road and the engine compartment erupted in flames. The car was a total loss. It was only after the fire that we discovered that there was a fuel system recall in sept. 2004. I bought the car from a GM dealer in oct. 2004 and never received a recall notice nor was I made aware that there was such a problem with this model.
Problems with check engine light staying on continuously clicking on and off . Possible low trace wiring. $72.50 for cost of repairs. The consumer stated the vehicle stalled 8 times.