2001 Buick Lesabre Equipment Problems
- Complaints
- 5about this part
- Share
- 2%of 328 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 20,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 5 complaints about the equipment of the 2001 Buick Lesabre, 2% of the 328 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 20,000 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I left my window open for about five minutes during a rain storm and the left side buttons on my steering wheel controlling music only works pressing the bottom of the switches. The top of the switches have no result: therfore I lost my scanning the stations as well as seek downwards. Now 2 months later without any water contact I am now losing my am/fm mode button unless I press like I want to kill it. The window switches for the left rear have now died and I am being told I need to pay for a reset of that left rear door module and then the switch should work ok. …”
NHTSA complaint #10419756, filed 2011-08, 60,000 miles“- the contact owns a 2001 Buick le-sabre with a current odometer reading of 38000 miles. The contact explained that the vehicle had been to the dealer on three separate occasions to replace window regulators of three of the windows. The first repair was of the front passenger side window. The regulator was replaced in april of 2004 at steven smith Buick of rogers arkansas. This repair was covered under warranty. The second repair was on the driver's side rear window regulator which was replaced on march 6 2006. This repair was not covered under warranty, and cost the contact $407.77. …”
NHTSA complaint #10183961, filed 2007-03, 20,000 miles“The rear rotors were hanging up, make noise, pulsate, and the front end of the vehicle vibrates. The consumer states that the front end vibrates, the door assembly is misaligned, sticks out, and noisy, the tire was changed but failed balance and theres a vibration, the engine stumbles/stalls, the interior cloth by the top of the windshield is loose-3 times, can hear a moan coming from the windshield, the onstar antenna fell apart, the torsion rod vibrates, the steering shudders at slow speeds and on turns and the hose/bulletin # 99-02-32-007a, power steering, and hydraulics have been…”
NHTSA complaint #8017672, filed 2002-08“Since buying the car it has been in the shop more than out, have had problems traveling out of town ruined two trips. The window wipers were disconnected, alternator out, transmission out, dash rattles, motor under drivers seat is loose, and the air conditioner makes a high whine. The seat, and dash and transmission have been looked at three times and still not fixed. The car shifts hard into gear after replacing the transmission which took two times to the shop to fix. The tire light kept coming on during one of the out of town trips even though it was checked repeatedly.”
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Equipment: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 1% |
| 2004 | 1 | 1% |
| 2002 | 5 | 2% |
| 2001 | 5 | 2% |
| 2000 | 11 | 2% |
| 1999 | 2 | 1% |
| 1998 | 5 | 1% |
| 1997 | 3 | 1% |
| 1996 | 3 | 3% |
| 1995 | 3 | 2% |
| 1994 | 5 | 3% |
| 1993 | 2 | 1% |
| 1992 | 2 | 1% |
| 1990 | 1 | 2% |
| 1989 | 1 | 4% |
Other parts of the 2001 Buick Lesabre
101 complaintsBody and structure
50 complaintsElectrical system
38 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
31 complaintsAir bags
29 complaintsSteering
29 complaintsEngine cooling
28 complaintsEngine
19 complaintsFuel system
17 complaintsSuspension
17 complaintsOther or unknown
16 complaintsBrakes
13 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2001 Buick Lesabre
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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