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2001 Buick Lesabre electrical system problems

45 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2001 Buick Lesabre, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
45 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2001 Buick Lesabre Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 8 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 50% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles8
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 26 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires.

What owners wrote

Under hood fire while driving at 15 MPH. Dealer/manufacturer notified. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.

December 2000 Fire

Electrical system failure wont start, cant roll windows when you put the key in the ingniton said driver unkown, lights come on, but radio wont, play , good battery had it tested. Wont jump start nor can you lock car with key but sytem security light is on when doors are shut no interior light comes on . Side door may have gotten wet when window was down, already had a side door module put in. Had own star in the car but havent had it reactivate, dont know if it could cause system failure .

Reported at 5,800 miles, October 2004

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