2002 BUICK LESABRE Structure Problems

1. DASHBOARD SEPARATING FROM WINDSHIELD AND CAUSING 3" GAP CAUSING PARTIAL OBSTRUCTION. NOW IS SEPARATING MORE AT DRIVERS' SIDE NEAR STEERING WHEEL, AND ABOUT 75% PULLED AWAY AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE AIR BAGS MAY DEPLOY AND INJURY OR DEATH COULD OCCUR. CANNOT FIX EASILY AND CONSIDER IT CRITICAL DEFECT AND INFERIOR WORKMANSHIP. NOT ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE CAR OR ABLE TO SELL IT! 2. ELECTRIC WINDOWS IN BACK PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE HAD TO BE REPLACED. $$ 3. LIGHT SWITCH CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS AND RECENTLY STUCK IN THE "ON" POSITION. HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY TO TURN OFF. THIS JUST HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND WAS INCONVENIENCED GREATLY !! 4. HEADLINER FALLING DOWN AND WAS REPAIRED TWICE. NOW IS FALLING DOWN WHERE IT WAS NOT REPAIRED!

DASHBOARD MATERIAL APPEARS TO BE FAULTY, AND DASHBOARD IS NOW RAISED IN THE AIR ON DRIVERS SIDE (NEAR WINDSHIELD), PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTING VIEW. IF THE COMPLETE DASHBOARD COMES LOOSE AND SEPARATES, THIS MAY FULLY BLOCK VIEW RESULTING IN POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

THE DASH PANEL PAD IS BUCKLING AND PULLING LOOSE. I AM CONCERNED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY. *TR

IN 2008 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND DASHBOARD POPPED UP AND I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE ROAD. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO LOOK OUT THE SIDE WINDOW AND PULL THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY I WAS DRIVING, IF I HAD NOT BEEN IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE I WOULD HAVE HAD TO STOP THE CAR IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK. BUICK HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM OR OFFER HELP WITH THE DASHBOARD WARPING TILL IT POPS UP AND BLINDS THE DRIVER. I AM SURE IT WOULD AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS AS WELL. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH MANY OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND BUICK JUST LOOKS THE OTHER WAY. *TR

WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON NOV. 1, 2013, THE DASHBOARD PAD WAS ALREADY BUCKLING. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? THIS CAR ONLY HAS 30000 MILES ON IT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ANYONE RIDING IN THE FRONT SEAT. *TR

THE DASHBOARD PULLED AWAY FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD APPROX. 3/4" AND NOW IS GETTING WIDER TO ABOUT 2" AND IS EXTENDING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE INTO THE PASSENGER AREA. WE ARE AFRAID THAT DUST WILL GET IN THERE AND MAKE GAUGES MALFUNCTION, AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY UNNECESSARILY. IT ALSO LOOKS AESTHETICALLY BAD AS THE REST OF THE INTERIOR IS FINE. *TR

I FOUND OUT THAT THIS GAS LINE LEAKAGE ISSUE EXIST IN EVERYONE THAT I KNOW WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THERE IS A FUEL LINE CLIP THAT CAN BE REPLACED. THE CLIP IS INSERTED AT THE END OF THE FUEL LINE THAT CONNECTS TO THE ENGINE BUT THIS CLIP DOESN'T LAST VERY LONG ONCE REPLACED. EVENTUALLY THE CLIP WON'T WORK ANYMORE AS IF IT IS THE FUEL LINE ITSELF THAT IS BAD. THIS ISSUES SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THIS MODEL BUICK AND IS DANGEROUS. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW CAN SUCH AN ISSUE NEVER BEEN ON THE BUICK RECALL LIST FOR THIS MODEL CAR. MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS CAR SAY THAT THEY HAVE SMELLED THE GAS FUMES AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THE GAS ACTUALLY LEAKS/ DRIP FROM THE FUEL LINE'S CLIP ONTO THE HOT ENGINE. ( CAN YOU SAY VERY DANGEROUS) THIS IS A LAWSUIT WAITING TO...

THE DASH COVER HAS SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. NOTICED EVERYONE ON CAR LOTS NEAR THIS YEAR ALSO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FLAW IN THE PRODUCT, PLEASE HELP. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IF IT CONTINUES ACROSS TO RIGHT SIDE THE AIR BAG WILL DEPLOY. *TR

THE PADDED DASH HAS PEELED UP AND AWAY FROM DASH FRAME IN FRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. IT IS CONTINUING TO SPREAD (PEEL UP AND AWAY FROM THE FRAME) ACROSS THE PADDED DASH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TOWARDS THE PASSENGER AREA. IT CONTINUES TO GROW IN SEVERITY, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, WITH RESPECTS TO IT DEPLOYING WITHOUT WARNING, DUE TO THE PEELING/WARPING OF THE DASH AROUND IT. I HAVE PUT A DASH MAT (COVER) OVER THE PROBLEM FOR APPEARANCE PURPOSES, BUT EVEN THAT DOESN'T HIDE THE GROWING MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM ANYMORE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WILL COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $350 - $1,200.00 TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM FROM INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS IN THE AREA, TO THE GM BUICK DEALER. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, & "SAFETY" ISSUE DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. OTHER THAN THIS EVER INCREASING PROBLEM, THE CAR IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION,...

THE PADDED DASH HAS PEELED UP AN AWAY FROM DASH FRAME IN FRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. IT IS CONTINUING TO SPREAD (PEEL UP AND AWAY FROM THE FRAME) ACROSS THE PADDED DASH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TOWARDS THE PASSENGER AREA. IT CONTINUES TO GROW IN SEVERITY, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, WITH RESPECTS TO IT DEPLOYING WITHOUT WARNING, DUE TO THE PEELING/WARPING OF THE DASH AROUND IT. I HAVE PUT A DASH MAT (COVER) OVER THE PROBLEM FOR APPEARANCE PURPOSES, BUT EVEN THAT DOESN'T HIDE THE GROWING MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM ANYMORE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WILL COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $350 - $1,200.00 TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM FROM INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS IN THE AREA, TO THE GM BUICK DEALER. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, & "SAFETY" ISSUE DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. OTHER THAN THIS EVER INCREASING PROBLEM, THE CAR IS IN IMMACULATE...

DASH PAD BEGAN SEPARATING FROM DASHBOARD AT BASE OF WINDSHIELD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHEN CAR WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 YEARS OLD. HAS PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD TO CURRENTLY INCLUDE ABOUT 70% OF WIDTH OF DASHBOARD AND IS RAISED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES IN FRONT OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE OF SHRINKAGE/IMPROPER ADHESION DUE TO INFERIOR MATERIALS AND/OR INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION. ONLINE SEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS PROBLEM AFFLICTS A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF 2000-2006 LESABRES. CONCERNED THAT IF PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY DASH PAD WOULD NOT TEAR AS INTENDED BUT WOULD INSTEAD BE PULLED FROM DASHBOARD AND WOULD STRIKE OCCUPANTS. FIRM MOLDED EDGE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS LACERATIONS OR POTENTIAL FATALITIES. MANY OWNERS HAVE REQUESTED REPAIR, SOME UNDER WARRANTY, WITH NO SATISFACTION FROM BUICK. *TR

I BOUGHT 2002 BUICK LESABRE BRAND NEW AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY I YEAR THE DASH BEGAN TO BUCKLE ALMOST THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT IS NOW APPROX 3 TO 4 INCHES HIGH. I WENT TO CAR GURUS. COM AND REALIZED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD IMPAIR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. I BELIEVE THIS WARRANTS A RECALL. *TR

DASH PAD COVER PEELING AWAY FROM DASH PAD BASE. CAUSING GREAT ISSUES WITH RESALE OF VEHICLE REDUCING THE VALUE SIGNIFICANTLY. MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS I HAVE SEEN A GREAT MANY 2000-2005 LESABRE WITH THIS ISSUE INCLUDING MY OTHER 2000 MODEL YEAR LESABRE LIMITED. A SENIOR EXECUTIVE NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE AND MAKE THE DECISION TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE DASH PADS. WHOEVER DESIGNED, TESTED OR MANUFACTURED THESE PANELS MADE A GROSS ERROR AND IT IS COSTING BUICK'S QUALITY FIRST REPETITION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE/CARE TO BE HIGHLY TARNISHED. I WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE BUICK BRAND LOYALTY THAT I HAVE DUE TO THIS COSTLY DEFECT. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON THE VEHICLE STARTED BUCKLING AT LEAST 5 YEARS AGO. THE BUCKLING IS SEVERE AND EXTENDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DASH. THE WINDOWS HAVE ALSO BROKEN. I HAVE HAD THREE OF THEM REPAIRED AND ONE IS STILL BROKEN.*JB

2002 LESABRE WITH A POPPED DASHBOARD BETWEEN STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT GLASS. THE DASHBOARD HAS BUBBLED UP. CANNOT FORCE THE DASH BACK INTO POSITION. I'M AFRAID IT WILL CAUSE THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN PROBLEM TO ME OR IT'S MADE OF FAULTY MATERIAL AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED. *TR

THE DASH BOARD IS BUCKLING UP, WE ARE AFRAID IT MAY CAUSE THE AIR BAGS TO ACTIVATE CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH IF IT CAUSES AN WRECK. *KB

THE DASHBOARD IS COMING UP RIGHT BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. IT IS STARTING TO GO ACROSS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THIS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THE SITUATION REQUIRES ATTENTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT COULD DEPLOY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. LOOKING FOR GM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ON A NOW KNOWN DEFECT AND SAFETY SITUATION. ALSO NOTED THAT VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO THE DRIVER WITH THE DASH COMING UP AND RISING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD EXHIBITED A LARGE FRACTURE TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING BECAUSE OF THE DASHBOARD FRACTURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

DASH BOARD SEPARATION FROM LEFT TO RIGHT TOWARDS PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. DEALER & AUTO BODY SHOP OFFER NO FIX. *TR

MY 2002 BUICK LE SABRE DASHBOARD IS PEELING UP & OUT ALONG INSIDE FRONT WINDOW, ALSO UNDER RADIO AND AIR BAG, NO DEALER CAN FIX IT OR AUTO REPAIR SHOP. AFRAID AIR BAG IS GOING TO OPEN UP ON PASSENGER SIDE...DASH IS OPENING UNDER IT. *KB

DASHMAT ON 2002 BUICK LASABRE BUCKLING ABOVE STREERING WHEEL WHERE DASHMAT MEETS WINDOW. *TR

DASH PAD COMING LOOSE, BOWING UP IN FRONT OF DRIVER, BECOMING DETACHED IN CRUCIAL AREA AT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. TO REPAIR WILL COST AROUND $950 PARTS AND LABOR. ALSO WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN WINDOWS THAT ARE USED THE LEAST. *TR

THE DASH IS STARTING TO RISE. I HAVE NOT MADE ANY REPAIRS. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 BUICK LESABRE. THE DASHBOARD HAS COME UNGLUED. THE PART OF THE DASHBOARD COVERING THE AIRBAG LOOKS VERY LOOSE. I'M SCARED IT WILL DEPLOY. *TR

THE DASH-COVER HAS BUBBLED UP IN THE FRONT, CAUSING A SLIGHT VISIBILITY PROBLEM BUT WHAT I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT AS THIS SPREADS THE AIRBAGS MAY DEPLOY. IT IS ALSO A VERY NOTICEABLE APPEARANCE ISSUE. *TR

THE DASHPAD ON MY 2002 BUICK LESABRE HAS PULLED LOOSE AT THE BASE AND IS BUNCHED UP IN FRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TRIED WITHOUT SUCCESS TO GLUE THE PAD BACK DOWN MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE READ BLOG POSTS FROM SEVERAL 2000-2005 LESABRE OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, SO I NOW REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT THE ISOLATED PROBLEM I HAD THOUGHT IT WAS. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE DASHPAD CONTINUES TO PULL LOOSE, THE AIRBAG SENSORS COULD BE TRIGGERED AND CAUSE THE AIRBAGS TO INFLATE WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR MOST OF THE TIME, AND SINCE SHE IS ONLY 5 FEET TALL, SHE MUST MOVE THE SEAT UP ALMOST AS FAR AS IT WILL GO. MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER RIDES IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHEN MY WIFE TAKES HER TO SCHOOL. I...

THE TOP DASHBOARD ON MY 2002 YEAR BUICK LESABRE HAS BECOME DISLODGED AT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND IS SLOWLY BECOMING DISLODGED TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THIS TOP DASHBOARD HOUSES THE AIR BAG AT THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG CAN BECOME INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED KILLING THE PASSENGER. GM HAS REFUSED TO DO A RECALL AND ITS BEEN 7 WEEKS SINCE THE NATIONAL SAFETY BOARD SAID THEY WILL SEND ME A COMPLAINT FORM TO COMPLETE. I AM GATHERING INFORMATION TO EXPOSE GENERAL MOTORS LACK OF CUSTOMER CONCERN WITH A TROUBLESHOOTER AT MY LOCAL TV STATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EIGHT INCH DASHBOARD PANEL BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE WINDSHIELD. THE PANEL SEPARATION ORIGINATED FROM THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE AIR BAG WINDOW AND CONTINUED TO EXTEND TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL AIR BAG SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,000. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN UPADTED 10/11//11

I HAVE REMOVED MY DASHBOARD COVER OR SO CALLED DASH BOARD PAD AND HAVE RE-GLUED IT 3 TIMES AND NOW IT IS CURLING UP AT THE FORWARD END AGAIN. THE FRONT OF THE HEADLINER IS NOW ROTTING AT THE FOAM AREA BETWEEN THE FABRIC AND THE MOLDED SHAPE, THE SAME AS HAS BEEN OCURRING SINCE THE EARLY 1980'S. THE FOAM IS DETERIORATING FROM THE HEAT AND THE SUN, (FLORIDA OWNERS ARE EFFECTED MORE THAN SOME), TURNING TO POWDER SO THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE OTHER THAN REPLACE IT WITH THE SAME GARBAGE FROM GM OR HAVE AN UPHOLSTERY SHOP LIKE MINE. HTTP://WWW.MARKTHREE.COM REPLACE THE FABRIC ON THE EXISTING CEILING SHAPING BOARD, AFTER SPENDING HOURS REMOVING THE CEILING HEADLINER FROM THE CAR AND THEN REMOVING ALL OF THE ROTTED FOAM AND FABRIC BROUGHT TO A CLEAN AND USABLE SURFACE. WHY ARE WE STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME SUN VS....

LTR ADDRESSED TO THE POTUS RE DEFECTIVE PARTS ON HIS 2002 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM, INQUIRING WHAT CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO THROUGH GM TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE HIM; FOR THE ADMINISTRATORS SIGNATURE. *KB ALL FOUR OF THE WINDOW REGULATORS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE SEALANT HOLDING THE COVER TO THE DASHBOARD CAME APART, WHICH CAUSED A LARGE GAP NEAR THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *JB

THE DASH IN MY 2002 BUICK LESABRE IS COMING UP AND I AM AFRAID THAT ONE DAY I WILL BE GOING SOMEWHERE AND BE IN EVEN A LITTLE FENDER BENDER OR MAYBE NOT NOTHING AT ALL AND IT WILL COME ON OFF .IT IS LIKE THE GLUE THEY USED TO MOLD IT DOWN HAS COME UNDONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT .I BOUGHT THE CAR USED LAST JUNE THIS STARTED LIKE RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT IT AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE ALL THE TIME AND NOW I AM GETTING REALLY WORRIED SOMEONE WILL GET HURT IF IT CONTINUES TO COME A LOOSE .SO IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR MAYBE EVEN DEATH TO SOMEONE WITH THE EXTRA PIECES COMING UP LIKE THAT .THE CORNER DOWN NEXT TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT IS ALSO STARTING TO STICK SOME ALSO SO IT WOULD PROBABLE NOT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR SOMEONE TO LET...

THE DASH OF OUR 2002 LASABRE BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE WINDSHIELD HAS PULLED APART AND IS BECOMING AN OBSTRUCTION TO OUR VIEW. THE SEPARATION IS ABOUT AN INCH AND IS BEGINNING TO LIFT UP. ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH WHERE THE AIR BAG IS LOCATED IS STARTING TO BULGE FROM THE DASH AND COULD BE PRESENTING A SAFETY HAZARD IF IT CONTINUES TO EXTEND OUT FARTHER. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DASH BOARD WAS LOOSE AT THE SEAM WHERE THE TWO PARTS MEET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE DASH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.