Comments: 1-15, 16-26
Absolutely nothing. Okay, the front brake rotors were a little prone to warping, and I replaced all 4 struts because the stock ride was just too soft.
Regularly scheduled maintenance and tires, one transmission cooler line.
An absolutely fabulous car. It could deliver 37 mpg when driven sanely on the highway. Very comfortable, quiet ride, no vibrations, rattles, or wind noise.
The seats could have been a little larger.
It gave great service, never any major problems with it. Dual zone climate control was great, and the factory climate control system seemed to know when to divert air to the wind shield by itself!!
It never used or leaked a drop of oil in its life.
I would have purchased another one, but I was given a great deal on a Cadillac and I was not even ready to trade the car.
The interior never faded, and the leather seats looked as good as the day I purchased the car. Very easy to keep clean inside.
The car had one major flaw, and that is any stone that was bouncing on the highway seemed to hit this car. I had to have the hood and roof repainted in 1999 it became so bad.
Performance of the engine was excellent, never a moments trouble with the transmission.
The rear brakes had no noticeable wear with all the mileage on the car.
Very well laid out instrument panel, plenty of trunk space for a downsized vehicle and very impressive ride quality. The stock shock absorbers were just too soft for cornering, so stiffer ones were installed at 100000Km.
I have a 1995 Buick Lesabre and agree the ride is way too soft. I'm changing the tires to the Goodyear Regatta 2 with a lower profile sidewall and wondered what you used to replace the shocks and or struts? Were they very expensive?
I recently purchased a 1996 LeSabre Custom at an Auto Auction, looks like it was traded to a Dealer by original owner at 84K miles, dealer maintained. It is near perfect
condition, has the Gran Touring suspension and leather interior. I had never looked at one closely before, but after driving for a couple of months, decided this is the
BEST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED, gets around 26 MPG average, 30 on the highway, has excellent ride, handling, interior comfort, sound system. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Tom C.
I own a 1995 Buick LeSabre Limited. It has 137,000 miles and runs and drives like new. I am very impressed with all the options that come stock, and have decided this is the car I am going to invest in and restore to factory new condition. (Which isn't going to be a whole lot of work.)
Problems with the car include many I have already read on this survey page. But with minimal effort many can be fixed at home. My biggest disappointment is how the interior instrument panels buttons, controls, and steering wheel "chip" or "peel" the paint exposing the plastic underneath. It makes the inside look old and not cared for. I have masked this with a paint pen and it helps some. Trips to the salvage yard to replace them show this is a problem with all the cars I have seen, so I will have to buy new through the dealer. (OUCH!)
But all and all this is a fine car. It has a strong motor and a quiet ride. It has plenty of room, but is not a big and bulky over sized luxury car. I love the rounded lines and look forward to making her into a head turner.
I would recommend this car without hesitation to anyone looking for a well priced nice riding automobile. It has all the looks of the new production cars coming off the line today, and has held up exceptionally well over the years. I'm sure it will be around for many more.
It is an excellent car for long trips. Very comfortable, quiet and relaxing drive. We cannot drive with windows open as it becomes very loud in the car, but the temperature control is excellent so why drive with open windows.
Since 2002 I started to put $$$ for repairs including: computer, brake cylinder, and lots of small repairs.
Today at 200000 km (125000 miles) the transmission failed. I do not know the extent of damage, but could be an adjustment requirement.
Hmmmm...37 mpg seems a bit on the ambitious side. I drive my 95 LeSabre like a little old lady (which I am NOT btw) and 30-ish seems about the best that you can get out of these on the highway using stock parts. You might be able to eek an additional 2-3 mpg out of it using a hotter than stock ignition system, high performance plugs and a K&N filter, but 37 seems a bit high. I couldn't even get that much out of my 3300 powered Century.
I just bought a 95 LeSabre Limited. 40,000 miles.
To be honest, I thought I would never buy a Buick. I am a young 47, and I just feel like "old" people drive this car. But, I bought the car because it was in such pristine condition. The car looks brand new... and I mean brand new.
And yes, an old lady drove it. She was 70 years old... my complaint is the car rides too soft and the climate control shoots cold air on the floor and windshield only. Taking it to the shop tomorrow.. oh no... I may put new shocks on it. I paid 4000.00 for the car. I felt it was a great deal...
I wanted to add a comment regarding buying "old lady" cars. Although they have low miles for their age, and look pristine and have very little wear, I would suggest having the cooling system flushed out immediately. Although the "old ladies" don't abuse the cars, they may not take the best care of them in terms of performing routine maintenance, and after 11 years of sparse use, the coolant is probably getting brown and sludgy, and I doubt has ever been changed, so you want to cut off the problem of having it boil over and warp a head.
I don't know how many times I've heard people complain because "they got grandma's car" and are mad about it being "junk" because it overheated and seized up within a couple months of driving it. Well, nobody ever bothered to change or check the oil, transmission fluid, or coolant.
I bought a used 95` Buick LeSabre and ran into a bunch of trouble when I had ABC wharehouse put in a new radio. Now my heating system and air don`t work. I took it back 3 times and they said they didn`t do anything wrong when they installed it, but everything worked beautiful before they put the new radio in. So I`m out around 500 dollars!!!
I have a 95 les/custom and I love it. It is my baby, next to my wife, lol. Recently got a new paint job, burgundy metallic, a shade darker than the original. I have no problems with it other that the alternator. It went out when I put in a new sound system with a 300 watt sub. The shop tried a new one and it was not charging, they put in a remanufactered one and it is okay, but the battery light keeps coming on when I travel for long periods of time. I am thinking about taking it to the dealership.
I bought a 1995 lesabre around 7 months ago and it had 65,000 on it! It has the 3800 v6 in it runs smooth! I think the car rides abit to soft, I can be going down the road and hit a small dip and up and down we go!! Recently it started lunging going down the highway, when I turn my air on, now its lunging all the time, going up hills especially, the check engine light has not came on yet, but Its probably not far away!! Anyone had this problem??? Thanks, Rob in LaFollette, TN-37766.
Using the imperial gallon I get 37 MPG at 100 km/hr
I get 35 MPG at 110 km/hr on my 1995 LeSabre when it is about 9 to 13 degrees C with no A/C. 160 cdn oz per gallon versus 128 us oz per gallon. On my vacation drive to Florida with 100% A/C at 70 miles per hour, 25 to 35 C, I get an easy 35 MPG plus per imperial gallon. The City is 16.7 MPG per imperial gallon all year from -15 to 25 C for 15 minute drives. The rust killed my gas lines and brake lines in Nova Scotia. 170,000 km.
I have a 1995 Buick Le Sabre custom
Bought it for $500 August 2005 and now it has 195,000
put in about $4000 new transmission and have really taken good care of it.
This car is the best car I ever owned.
I'm 57 so not worried if it's an "old ladies car". I can afford a new car, but won't think of selling it.
Think it will run until 300,000 miles.
Great engine.
Also consistently average 22 MPG which I think is great.
Got a 1995 LeSabre from an old lady who kept it garaged.
Within 1 week, the transmission began to shake - (it's always the worst isn't it?) of course it was the torque converter. 85,000mi and the tranny needed rebuilt. $1800
My mechanic said these cars are prone to transmission problems. Too bad they don't use a good grill-mounted transmission cooler like the Ford Cown Victorias do, they're good enough for the abuse cops and taxi drivers deliver. I am going to install a good tranny cooler in mine.
And use some Amsoil transmission fluid to match the Amsoil I run in the engine.
~hoping to avoid another big $$ repair!!
Generally speaking the transmission in these cars is one of the least prone to problems out there. That said, transmissions are almost always the weak point of any car.
In reply to Rob from TN -
I recently had this problem as well. It turns out the upper plenum of the intake manifold is made entirely of plastic. Coolant runs through it (which gets hot!) and eventually can melt part of the plenum and the gasket causing coolant to leak into the inatke manifold. If this gets too severe it can cause the engine to seize up from "hydro-lock". I ended up replacing the upper plenum, EGR valve and the gasket. My Buick is good as new and it was a LOT cheaper than taking it to a shop. You might look into this if you find that its not something else causing your problem.. Ken-Co Industries makes a repair kit for this problem. Just thought I'd chime in..
TJ
San Diego.