Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Buick Lesabre submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 23 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURERS RECALL DUE TO THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 9/3/14*CN UPDATED 11/26/2014 *JS
THE 95 BUICK LESABRE, I HAVE OWNED THREE OF THEM NOW, AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME I'VE REPLACE THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND KEYS DUE TO A SECURITY SYSTEM PROBLEM. THIS IS ABOUT A 500.00 PROBLEM EVERY TIME! FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I'M A SINGLE FATHER AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BE SHELLING OUT WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. FROM WHAT THE REPAIR FACILITY SAID THIS COULD BE FIXED WITH A LINKABLE FUSE, SO THAT FUSE WOULD GO INSTEAD OF THE IGNITION WIRES BURNING UP. THIS REALLY IS A SIMPLE WAY AROUND SPENDING 1,500.00 DOLLARS ON THIS PROBLEMS. THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I WON'T BUY AN AMERICAN CAR AGAIN. *TR
HORN SWITCH IS INTEGRATED INTO DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG. HORN ACTIVATED BY ITSELF AND HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED. MISSOURI LAW REQUIRES THE HORN TO WORK TO PASS STATE INSPECTION. THE ENTIRE AIR BAG UNIT MUST BE PURCHASED TO REPAIR DEFECT AT A COST OF ALMOST 700.00. DT
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HORN IS INOPERATIVE, DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM
VEHICLE'S HORN BLOWS ALL THE TIME WITHOUT PRESSING. PLASTIC OVER AIRBAGS SHRINKS AND FALLS DOWN ONTO HORN. CONSUMER FELT IT IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *AK *TT
HORN WOULD BLOWOUT AUTOMATICALLY BY ITSELF. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED AIRBAG HOUSING WAS SHRINKING, AND THAT WAS CAUSING HORN TO BLOWOUT. THIS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY.*AK
VEHICLE WHILE SITTING OVER A LENGTH OF TIME OUTSIDE IN HEAT AND HORN WILL SUDDENLY SOUND OFF. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING WITHOUT OPERATOR DEPRESSING HORN IT WILL SUDDENLY SOUND OFF. PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR IN THE MORNING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WOULD HAVE TO DEACTIVATE AIR BAG. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
CONTACTE DEALER TO CONFIRM HORN DEFECT-CONTACTED BUCIK CUSTOMER CARE-THEY AGREED TO PAY ONLY HALF THE BILL. I FEEL THIS DEFECT IS NOT MY FAULT, EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS PURCHASED AT TIME OF SALE. WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT.HOWEVER, THIS DEFAULT IS NOT MY FAULT. IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT, BUT RATHER THAN A DEFECT IN HORN ASSEMBLY.*AK
HORN COMES ON INTERMITTENTTLY ON ITS OWN, DEALER SAID AIRBAG NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.*AK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN MALFUNCTED. TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK, ABS LIGHT, AND DOOR LOCK LIGHT WERE COMING ON. CHECKED FUSES AND THEY WERE FINE. DIDNOT CONTACT DEALER BECAUSE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK
HORN HAD TO BE DISCONECTED TO STOP SOUNDING. INSPECTION CANNOT TAKE PLACE AND IT COST 800.00 TO FIX. IT IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO THE AIRBAG PROBELM. THE TRUNK LEAKS AND OVER 4"OF WATER COLLECTED IN SPARE TIRE AREA DURING TROPICAL STORM WHILE PARKED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT IF BRAKES WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, DEALER BELIEVES PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY AN INTERMITTENT IGNITION MODULE FAILURE, CONSUMER HAS SINCE HAD A TUNE UP AND HAS EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS WITH LOCAL DRIVING. *SLC
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN ENGINE COMPATMENT WHILE PARKED. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND UNWILLING TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45 MPH, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE HORNS ARE INOPERABLE SINCE THE ACCIDENT. *YH
HORN BLEW CONSTANTLY...HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED...DEALER WANTS OVER $800 TO CORRECT. *AK
THERS IS A SHORT IN THE HORN. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG MUST BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO REPAIR A SHORT IN THE HORN AT A COST OF $809.44. *AK
THE PLANETARY GEAR AND SHAFT MOLDED TOGETHER CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT BACK UP NOT MATTER WHICH GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN. NLM
THE POSITIVE TERMINAL BOLT CONNECTION ON THE BATTERY SHEARED CAUSING A BREAK IN THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT. NLM
ENGINE FAN MOTOR/CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO ELECTRICAL WIRING FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT TILTS TOWARDS THE DOOR.
TEMPERTURE LIGHT COMES ON WITH ENGINE LIGHT THEN CAR STALLS. DLR CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEMS AND HAS KEPT THE CAR WELL OVER 26 DAYS.OWNER DOES NOT WANT THE CAR. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IT DOESN'T MATTER THE SPEED,THE VEHICLE WILL JUST DIE FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMERIS TIMES. HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALER *AK
EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION, DASH, PARKING AND HEAD LIGHTS, WHEN FLICK OFF OR WON'T COME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON, DEALER HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT.
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