GMC Canyon 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	GMC Canyon	Buick Lesabre
Complaints on file	1,948	4,865
Model years covered	2004–2026	1971–2006
Worst model year	2015	2000
Best model year	2025	1996
Crashes reported	62	278
Fires reported	35	320
Injuries reported	37	213
Deaths reported	0	6
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	6.9%	16.8%

GMC Canyon by year

103 146 81 61 68 35 9 20 30 401 355 91 72 22 20 14 42 101 258 13 6

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 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

Steering 441 22.6%

Electrical System 266 13.7%

Lights 216 11.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 178 9.1%

Engine & Cooling 156 8.0%

Brakes 115 5.9%

Other & Unspecified 97 5.0%

Stability & Traction Control 64 3.3%

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%