NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Buick LeSabre Recalls
The 2003 Buick LeSabre has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 9, 2002.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Buick LeSabre. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 164
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Buick LeSabre, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2003 Buick LeSabre
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 LeSabre, 9 other models
2003 Buick LeSabre complaints by year
NHTSA has received 164 owner complaints about the 2003 Buick LeSabre, the newest on May 19, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (5%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Buick LeSabre, the component group named most often is the structure (35%), followed by the air bags (13%) and the power train (11%).
The 2003 Buick LeSabre's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2003 Buick LeSabre owners gave the mileage (119 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure57
- Air Bags21
- Power Train18
- Electrical System15
- Visibility12
- Unknown Or Other11
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Buick LeSabre peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 26. 26% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Buick LeSabre drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Buick LeSabre year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Buick LeSabre years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 164 complaints about the 2003 Buick LeSabre are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick LeSabre by model year
Other 2003 Buick models
Newest record on this page: May 19, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted