1998 Buick Lesabre air bags problems
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 1998 Buick Lesabre — 3% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Dt: consumer was driving between 60-75 mph on the highway when both air bags deployed for no apparent reason. There were no potholes or bumps in the road that would have caused the air bags to engage. After the air bags deployed the car was filled with brown smoke and fire was coming out of both…”
filed Jul 5, 2005
“Intermittently the horn would sound off and would not shut off. Dealer inspected the vehicle, and found that the air bag assembly was defective. The horn sounded off twenty times since last june.*ak *nm”
filed Jun 16, 2004
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Air Bags problems in other Lesabre years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 Lesabre | 5 | 6% |
| 2004 Lesabre | 14 | 9% |
| 2003 Lesabre | 21 | 13% |
| 2002 Lesabre | 37 | 12% |
| 2001 Lesabre | 29 | 9% |
| 2000 Lesabre | 31 | 5% |
| 1999 Lesabre | 13 | 6% |
| 1997 Lesabre | 33 | 8% |
| 1996 Lesabre | 8 | 8% |
| 1995 Lesabre | 44 | 25% |
| 1994 Lesabre | 19 | 12% |
| 1993 Lesabre | 9 | 5% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1998 Buick Lesabre
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.