Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 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
98
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
42
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

98 filed
8
Crashes
0
Fires
7
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL Pipe
    8
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    6
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    6
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    5
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND Fittings
    5
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    5
  • Electrical System
    4

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V116000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM1996-07-01

A BACKFIRE DURING ENGINE STARTING CAN CAUSE BREAKAGE OF THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A NO-START CONDITION AND POSSIBLY AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

FixDEALERS WILL UPDATE THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING. UNTIL THE CAMPAIGN REPAIR IS MADE, THE VEHICLE HOOD SHOULD BE SHUT WHENEVER STARTING THE VEHICLE TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF PERSONAL INJURY.

95V204000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE1995-10-23

THESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH A MALFUNCTION ALARM, LIGHTING AND LOCKING (MALL) MODULE THAT CAN CONTAIN A DAMAGED CAPACITOR. IF THE CAPACITOR IS DAMAGED, THE "KEY IN THE IGNITION" WARNING CHIME AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT UNBUCKLED WARNING CHIME AND INDICATOR LAMP MAY NOT WORK. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 114, "THEFT PROTECTION" AND FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION." IN ADDITION, OTHER CHIME REMINDER FUNCTIONS, INTERIOR LIGHTING CONTROLS, AND POWER DOOR LOCKING FEATURES ARE ALSO AFFECTED.

RiskCONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE; THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THE KEY WAS LEFT IN THE IGNITION OR THAT THE SAFETY BELT WAS NOT BUCKLED.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT AND, IF REQUIRED, REPLACE THE MALL MODULE.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
EA02030·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY2002-10-22 → 2004-03-09

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall04V090000

EA02030·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS2002-10-22 → 2004-03-09

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall04V090000

EA02030·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE2002-10-22 → 2004-03-09

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall04V090000

PE02050·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2002-06-13 → 2002-10-22

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

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