2000 Buick Lesabre problems
Owners have filed 851 complaints with NHTSA about the 2000 Buick Lesabre. Wipers, windshield & visibility is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. Next are engine (11%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 851 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 33 and 43
- Injuries and deaths
- 26 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 59,000 miles 443 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 | 38 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 97 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 91 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 83 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 55 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 22 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 27 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 12 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 443 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 59,000 miles. For wipers, windshield & visibility specifically, the median reported mileage is about 57,000 miles (164 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 33 complaints mention a crash; 43 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 2000 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Buick Lesabre with enough data (449 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Frontal collision with a utility pole at 60 MPH in which none of the air bags deployed. Dealer and manufacturer were notified. Three people were injured in the accident.
While driving about 30 MPH and crossing a street vehicle was impacted on passenger's side by another vehicle. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Most of the impact occured on the front passenger door and was severe enough for air bag to deploy.
Air bags deployed when vehicle went over a dip in road at 3 to 5 MPH, causing minor injuries to driver and passenger. Dealer has been notified, and will inspect vehicle.
The vehicle would misfire and stall when reaching high temperature. The problem was due to an intake manifold defect. The dealer stated that they could not fix it because of high mileage. There was leakage around the intake manifold, poor gas mileage and acceleration.
Shortly after taking delivery of vehicle which had 60 miles on it,I noticed when accelerating from a stop or accelerating when turning the car lost power.I would press the gas and it wouldn't go.took to paul batt buick & skill buick many,many times,never found problem.at 30k miles,buick said I should change fluid & check the pan fluid,which showed nothing.problem still occurs.this could be a hazard if vehicle behind me thinks I'm moving and car slows to a near stop w/o brake lights going on.