Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 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
394
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
52
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

394 filed
26
Crashes
31
Fires
24
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    36
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL Pipe
    22
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    21
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    19
  • AIR Bags
    16
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    16
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    12
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR System
    12

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.

96V044000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY1996-03-05

THESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH ONE OR MORE INCORRECT SAFETY BELT AND/OR SAFETY BELT BUCKLE ENDS. THIS DOES NOT CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES."

RiskCONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: IF AN INCORRECT PART IS USED, THE BELT MAY NOT LATCH PROPERLY, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT SHOULD A VEHICLE CRASH OCCUR.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT ALL FRONT AND REAR SAFETY BELT LATCH ENDS AND SAFETY BELT BUCKLES FOR CORRECT PARTS AND REPLACE ANY INCORRECT PARTS.

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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