Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 Buick Lesabre

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
189
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
17
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

189 filed
17
Crashes
23
Fires
15
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    46
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    15
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING Unit AND Lines
    9
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    8
  • Unknown OR Other
    8
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    8
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    5

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V015000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES1996-01-23

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.

RiskVEHICLE FIRES CAN OCCUR DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES.

91V167000·PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL1991-09-23

WHEN APPLIED, THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY MAY RELEASE ONE OR MORE TEETH, REDUCING THE CABLE LOAD TO THE REAR BRAKES.

RiskDEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE LEVER RELEASE AND ROADLEVEL. THE PARKING BRAKE MAY NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE, ALLOWING IT TO ROLL, WHICHCOULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 105.

FixREPLACE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA93011·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1993-05-03 → 1994-05-31

FUEL LINE FAILURE

PE92039·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1992-04-15 → 1992-08-14

BRAKE CALIPER CORROSION

PE92010·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-01-27 → 1992-05-22

FUEL LINE CONNECTOR FAILS

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