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2001 Buick Lesabre seats problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the seats on the 2001 Buick Lesabre3% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Seats complaints
3%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2001 buick lesabre. The contact stated that the driver's seat immediately became abnormally hot when the seat warmer was activated. The temperature began to decrease and then the seat warmer shut off; however, the heat seat indicator remained illuminated. The failure occurred…

    filed Jul 2, 2014

  • Tl*the contact owns a 2001 buick lesabre. The contact stated that while the passenger side heated seat was active, he smelled smoke and noticed that the seat had caught fire. The contact extinguished the fire. The contact called neither the dealer nor the manufacturer. The failure mileage was…

    filed Jan 20, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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.