IllustrationIN COLD WEATHER CAR WON'T START CHECKED THE LIGHTS WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON IT READS, VOLT AND TEMP OBVIOUSLY BATTERY PROBLEMS. I GOT A NEW BATTERY WHEN I GOT THE CAR... I GOT A JUMP FROM RANDOM PERSON NEXT TO MY JOB AND CAR STARTED RIGHT UP IN LIKE 2 MINUTES AND I WENT HOME.
1994 Buick Lesabre
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
More warning signs than most Lesabre years
Owner complaints for the 1994 Buick Lesabre are substantially higher than the model-year median of 24.
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Owner complaints by model year
Compare all Lesabre years →Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
All reported categories
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 14 of 158 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 36 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 33 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Electrical System. Review the 24 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
26 crash reports5 fire reports19 injury reports
Unknown Or Other complaints
3 reportsWHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND EVENTUALLY ENGINE WILL CUT OFF AND LOSE ALL POWER, POSSIBLY DUE TO ELECTRICAL DEFECT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE BECAUSE VEHICLE ALWAYS RESTARTS.*AK THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE STILL CUTS OFF. THE DEALER HAD TRIED TO FIX IT THREE TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLV…
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WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND EVENTUALLY ENGINE WILL CUT OFF AND LOSE ALL POWER, POSSIBLY DUE TO ELECTRICAL DEFECT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE BECAUSE VEHICLE ALWAYS RESTARTS.*AK THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE STILL CUTS OFF. THE DEALER HAD TRIED TO FIX IT THREE TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. *YH
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.