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1993 Pontiac Lemans problems

Owners have filed 32 complaints with NHTSA about the 1993 Pontiac Lemans. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 25% of complaints. Next are seat belts (25%) and electrical system (12%).

At a glance

Complaints
32 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Brakes 25% of complaints
Crashes and fires
3 and 2
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

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%.

  • Brakes 25%
  • Seat belts 25%
  • Electrical system 13%
  • Cooling system 6%
  • Engine 6%
  • Transmission 6%
  • Cruise control 3%
  • Exhaust system 3%
  • Latches & locks 3%
  • Lighting 3%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% 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 1993 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Pontiac Lemans with enough data (21 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.

Car was in an accident and the front driver,passenger and the rear driver side seat belt didn't retract no one in car. Tt

April 1995 CrashInjury

A piece broke off engine, then vehicle ignited in flames, owner do not know name of piece, also driver automatic seatbelt lock in position. Tt

February 1995 Fire

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