NHTSA Complaint #10461244 — 2001 BUICK LESABRE

IN AUGUST OF 2011 THE DASH PANEL OF MY BUICK LESABRE STARTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE WINDSHIELD HIDER MOULDING AND A LUMP STARTED TO APPEAR IN BACK OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND MOVE TOWARD THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I AM WORRIED THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM WHICH IS UNDER THE DASH COVER ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT IN PRODUCTION OF THE DASH PANEL COVER BUT GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN DIRECT ME TO RETURN IT TO THE DEALER AND PAY UPWARDS OF $1000.00 OR MORE TO CORRECT A DEFECT THAT GM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE YEARS THAT THE LESABRE HAS THIS PROBLEM SPANS AT LEAST 2001 TO 2005 THAT I KNOW OF AND YET THEY REFUSE TO RECALL THE VEHICLES TO REPAIR THE DEFECT THAT THEY PRODUCED. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS DEFECT HAS OR WILL IN THE FUTURE CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH BUT LET US NOT WAIT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. A RECALL OF THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES IS MOST DEFINITELY WARRANTED AND SHOULD BE FORCED TO TAKE PLACE BY THE GOVERNMENT. *TR