NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Buick LeSabre Recalls
The 2002 Buick LeSabre has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 9, 2002.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Buick LeSabre. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 310
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Buick LeSabre, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 Buick LeSabre
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 LeSabre, 9 other models
Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion)
- Campaign
- 02V067000
- Reported
- March 6, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 249
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2002 Buick LeSabre complaints by year
NHTSA has received 310 owner complaints about the 2002 Buick LeSabre, the newest on August 19, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (5%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Buick LeSabre, the component group named most often is the visibility (37%), followed by the structure (16%) and the air bags (12%).
1 of the 2002 Buick LeSabre's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2002 Buick LeSabre owners gave the mileage (220 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility115
- Structure51
- Air Bags37
- Electrical System24
- Engine And Engine Cooling18
- Engine16
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 37 | |
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 36 | |
| 2007 | 28 | |
| 2008 | 30 | |
| 2009 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 25 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 19 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Buick LeSabre peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 37. 25% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Buick LeSabre drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Buick LeSabre year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 310 complaints about the 2002 Buick LeSabre are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick LeSabre by model year
Other 2002 Buick models
Newest record on this page: August 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted