Recall Register

2003 Buick Lesabre: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2003 Buick Lesabre. The campaign is 02V222000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Aug 2002. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal. NHTSA has 164 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 02V222000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect, and replace, if necessary, the air bag module assembly on the driver's side. Owner notification began august 15, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact buick at 1-800-521-7300, cadillac at 1-800-458-8006, chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020, GMC at 1-800-462-8782, oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537, or pontiac at 1-800-762-2737.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 133,221 units in total.

  1. 02V222000Received . 133,221 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain passenger, mini vans, and sport utility vehicles have an air bag inflator on the driver's side that could fracture at a weld during a deployment.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Pieces of the inflator could strike and injure vehicle occupants and the air bag cushion would not inflate fully, reducing the capability of the bag to protect the driver.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect, and replace, if necessary, the air bag module assembly on the driver's side. Owner notification began august 15, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact buick at 1-800-521-7300, cadillac at 1-800-458-8006, chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020, GMC at 1-800-462-8782, oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537, or pontiac at 1-800-762-2737.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 02032. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

164 complaints, 209 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2003 Buick Lesabre
  • All 2003 vehicles
2003 Buick Lesabre: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2003 LesabreAll 2003 vehiclesLesabre, all yearsMentions
Structure272.764.360.257
Air Bags100.583.760.221
Power Train86.1118.554.918
Electrical System71.8122.8115.515
Visibility57.438.7117.912
Service Brakes, Hydraulic52.656.485.511
Unknown or Other52.62325.511
Engine and Engine Cooling43.174.5153.59
Engine38.329.520.88
Tires33.520.131.27

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 21.

Complaints that report a crash
9
Complaints that report a fire
4
Injuries in the complaints
9
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
19 May 2025

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2003 Buick Lesabre, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2014, with 26 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19671
  2. 19702
  3. 19713
  4. 19721
  5. 19741
  6. 19753
  7. 19762
  8. 19773
  9. 19782
  10. 19792
  11. 19813
  12. 19821
  13. 19830
  14. 19842
  15. 19851
  16. 19862
  17. 19874
  18. 19883
  19. 19892
  20. 19900
  21. 19910
  22. 19922
  23. 19931
  24. 19940
  25. 19951
  26. 19962
  27. 19972
  28. 19981
  29. 19992
  30. 20005
  31. 20010
  32. 20022
  33. 20031
  34. 20040
  35. 20050
  36. 20060

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2003 Buick Lesabre: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/lesabre/2003/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Buick Lesabre?
133,221 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Buick Lesabre have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 46 recall campaigns for the Buick Lesabre, model years 1967 to 2006. 1 of them names the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Buick Lesabre name most often?
Structure: 57 of 209 component mentions, or 272.7 per 1,000. For all 2003 vehicles the figure is 64.3 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Buick Lesabre open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.