Ford Bronco Sport vs Buick Lesabre

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Ford Bronco Sport	Buick Lesabre
Complaints on file	1,977	4,865
Model years covered	2021–2026	1971–2006
Worst model year	2021	2000
Best model year	2024	1996
Crashes reported	84	278
Fires reported	73	320
Injuries reported	52	213
Deaths reported	0	6
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.6%	16.8%

Ford Bronco Sport by year

1,031 516 221 160 44 5

21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 351 17.8%

Engine & Cooling 318 16.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 291 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 286 14.5%

Brakes 197 10.0%

Other & Unspecified 188 9.5%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 81 4.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 53 2.7%

Buick Lesabre by year

1 1 2 1 1 7 6 20 53 22 35 75 46 245 264 220 235 121 514 518 268 849 460 381 209 212 95 4

71 77 79 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 848 17.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 590 12.1%

Electrical System 562 11.6%

Brakes 476 9.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 319 6.6%

Airbags 293 6.0%

Body & Structure 293 6.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 267 5.5%