Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2001 Buick Lesabre.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Turned the key in ignition just past click and heard a loud bang in engine under hood. I looked under the car and seen … |
| 2021-10-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2001 Buick Lesabre. The contact stated that while driving at 20 MPH, the vehicle stalled upon the d… |
| 2021-03-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, HE SAW SMOKE EMERGING FROM T… |
| 2021-01-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HER HUSBAND TURNED THE IGNITION ON, THE VEHICLE… |
| 2020-04-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT'S FATHER OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR AP… |
| 2019-02-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A FIRE IGNITED WITHOUT WARNING UNDER THE HOOD AFTER … |
| 2018-01-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR WAS OFF AND PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY. WHEN THE KEY WAS PUT IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED ON, A LARGE EXPLOSION UNDE… |
| 2017-10-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS EQUIPPED WITH THE 3800 SERIES ENGINE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE. … |
| 2017-06-21 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A CAR ON JUNE 17TH I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR SO I TOLD THE WOMAN I BOUGHT IT FROM I WANT… |
| 2017-03-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WENT OUT TO START THE CAR TO GO TO WORK AND I HEARD A BACKFIRE, MY HUSBAND CAME OUT WONDERING WHAT THAT BANG WAS. SMO… |
| 2017-01-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | REAR WINDOW FALLS DOWN. KNOWN PROBLEM IN BUCKS. VERY COSTLY TEMPORARY FIX AS WINDOW WILL NOT STAY UP FOR LONG AND WIL… |
| 2017-01-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. WHEN THE CONTACT INSERTED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START THE VEHICLE IT M… |
| 2016-12-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED, THE AIR BAG SE… |
| 2016-07-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. SEVERE HESITATION AND LOSS OF POWER. I HAVE REPLACED THE 3 IGNITION COILS, THE IGNITION MOD… |
| 2016-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DASH PEELING UP AT WINDSHIELD ON DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT HALF WAY TO PASSENGERS SIDE |
| 2016-01-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | OUR BUICK HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE, BUT WENT TO MOVE IT ONE MORNING. WITH A COLD ENGINE, AS SOON AS WE HIT THE STARTER, TH… |
| 2016-01-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW, AND GRANDSON STOPPED AT MY MOTHER'S HOUSE FOR JUST A FEW MIN. THEN THEY WERE GOING TO DRIVE ON… |
| 2016-01-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS LIFTING INDEPENDENTLY AND THE STEE… |
| 2016-01-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERE WAS AN OIL SMELL WHILE MY CAR WAS RUNNING AND THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DEFROST STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK THE VEHI… |
| 2016-01-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND SENDER BECAUSE OF ERRATIC LEVELS 6 MONTHS LATER SAME PROBLEM ARROSE |
| 2015-11-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR HAS TWICE SHUTOFF DURING DRIVING. LAST TIME IN MIDDLE OF TURN, SON RAN OFF ROAD BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED.… |
| 2015-04-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE GAS HAND SAID IT WAS FULL, WHEN I DROVE OFF THE PARKING LOT.. I DIDN'T GET OFF THE ROAD, WHEN THE CAR RAN OUT OF GA… |
| 2015-03-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SEVERAL TIMES BEGINNING IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH 2015, MY CAR BEGAN TO STALL WHILE AT SIGNAL. ONE TIME THE CAR QUIT WHIL… |
| 2015-03-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I TRY TO START THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START AND THEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN THEN I HEARD A BIG LOUD SOUND… |
| 2015-03-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE IGNITION WAS TURNED ON, A LOUD NOISE W… |
| 2015-02-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE DASH BOARD IS MELTING AWAY AN IT HAS LIFTED UP THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAD AN I THINK THATS A SAFEY HAZARD CAUSE IF … |
| 2015-01-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AN… |
| 2014-11-18 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | 2001 BUICK LASABRE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DASH BOARD SEPARATION PROBLEM. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED TH… |
| 2014-11-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE OF MY 2001 BUICK LE SABRE, V6, 3800 ENGINE, CAUGHT FIRE AFTER AN OIL CHANGE AND SHORT DRIVE HOME. AUTHORIZED MEC… |
| 2014-09-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ALL POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED. |
| 2014-08-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR WENT INTO CRUISE CONTROL ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT DIS-ENGAGE. FOUND OUT THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE CLIP BROKE. … |
| 2014-08-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2001 BUICK LESABRE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE TIRES . *TGW ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE, THE POWER STEERING … |
| 2014-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN I TRY TO START SOME TIMES IT WONT START I HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE KEY FOR 10 MIN I DON'T GET ANY POWER AT ALL I CAN … |
| 2014-06-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALL… |
| 2014-05-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING FROM THE V… |
| 2014-04-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FUEL GAUGE BECAME ERRATIC AND NO LONGER REFLECTED THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK NOTE: I HAVE TWO 2001 BUICK… |
| 2014-02-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE. HAD A NEW COMPUTER PUT IN. DID NOT HELP. HAD A NEW ALTERNATOR INSTALLED. DID NOT HELP. C… |
| 2014-02-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TOP PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD PAD DETACHED COMPLE… |
| 2014-02-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS SMO… |
| 2013-12-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MY ENGINE WAS SMOKING AND SMELLED OF BURNING OIL. WENT TOBA MECHANIC AND SAID MY VALVE IS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER MY ENGIN… |
| 2013-11-27 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | THE DASH BOARD IS SEPERATING AT THE SEAMS ALL THE WAY TO THE AIR BAGS. IT MAY LEAD TO POSSIBLE AIR BAG DEPLOYEMENT ON P… |
| 2013-09-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | HANKOOK OPTIMO H727 TIRES WERE INSTALLED ALL THE WAY AROUND IN MID 2012. AFTER ABOUT 15,000 MILES, THE CAR BEGAN TO WO… |
| 2013-05-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | REAR WINDOW REGULATOR HAVE MALFUNCTIONED FOR 3RD TIME IN BOTH REAR WINDOWS. OIL LEAKING FROM VALVE/HEADS CAUSING SMOKE … |
| 2013-05-13 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | THE DASHBOARD BETWEEN THE AIR VENT AND THE STEERING WHEEL UNDERNEATH THE WINDSHIELD IS CURLING UP AND COMING OFF. FROM … |
| 2013-04-24 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT WITH AN SUV AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR |
| 2013-01-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WINDOWS OF THIS CAR ARE UNDEPENDABLE. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT DEFECTIVE MOTORS REGULATORS DO NOT WORK. ALL FOUR WINDOWS… |
| 2012-11-18 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 45 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY BUICKS AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO GOOD REASON AND CAUSED ME TO R… |
| 2012-09-21 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2001 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM IN WHICH THE DASHBOARD HAS COME LOOSE FROM THE WINDOW MOLDING AND HAS BUCKLED UP HAL… |
| 2012-08-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE DASH PAD IS PEELING AND WARPING AND I FOUND A SITE THAT TOLD ME TO REPORT IT HERE AS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE… |
| 2012-06-12 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | THE INTERIOR FRONT DASHBOARD HAS CURLED UP STARTING FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD EXTENDING ACROSS TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT… |