Buick Buick 2002

Model Buick made in 2002 by Buick got 14 consumer complains as well as 11 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to air bags and electrical system. Technical service bulletines regarding equipment and power train.

Buick year 2002

Technical Service Bulletins
Consumer Complaints

Car dealers

Model 2002

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Replacement Bulletin	Item no.	Summary	Added
EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL
010846004	03/01/2005	010846004A	623979	Vehicle integration of cellular phones and normal operating characteristics. *tt	10/31/2001
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
020730001A	11/01/2004	020730001B	628845	Diagnostic information on diagnostic trouble code p1870, transmission component slipping for 2000 - 2002 passenger cars and light duty trucks. tt update to include 2004 models. tt updated *eh	03/21/2002
SEAT BELTS
010940002	06/01/2001		623283	Information regarding seat belt system replacement guidelines for vehicles involved in collisions. (models for 2002 and prior passenger cars and trucks) *yh	10/26/2001
SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE
010310009	08/01/2004	010310009A	627678	Informatiion regarding plastic wheel nut covers missing and/or loose. 2002 and all prior year passenger	02/13/2002
STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR
010851002	08/01/2001		624031	This bulletin pertains to door edge protection used to reduce the change of chips / scratches on the doors of new vehicles. *tt	10/31/2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
010089011A	09/01/2004	000189011B	624073	New technical assistance information form for 2002 and prior passenger vehicles and trucks. tt to include 2005 models. this bulletin replaces previous dated 08/01/01. tt	11/01/2001
010089011	06/01/2001		622752	New technical assistance information form. nlm	10/22/2001
010089008	04/01/2001	96000	619714	Subject regarding current cips campaign number to previous divisional campaign number for 2002 and prior passenger cars and trucks. *tt	06/25/2001
VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM
010139003	08/01/2001		623995	Information regarding j 44551 a/c suction screen kit repair recommendations and procedures after catastrophic compressor failures for passenger cars and light duty trucks with delphi hd6, hu6 and ht6 compressors. *tt	10/31/2001
WHEELS
010310009	11/01/2001		628510	Subject regarding plastic wheel nut covers missing and /or loose (replace missing covers and add sealant to all covers). also applies to all prior year passenger cars ( except all cadillac models) with plastic wheel nut covers. *jg	03/12/2002
010310009	08/01/2004	010310009A	627678	Informatiion regarding plastic wheel nut covers missing and/or loose. 2002 and all prior year passenger	02/13/2002

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
AIR BAGS
04/26/2005	48000	3	07/28/2001
	Consumer states: were in middle lane getting ready to merge to the left to make a left hand turn and all the air bags deployed all at once,clear day was no rain or snow. vehicle has been inspected said computers in vehicle said no air bags had deployed one of three computers failed but computers themselves didn't show air bags deploying.*ak
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
08/10/2007		2	08/04/2006
	Both of the regulators in the front doors of my vehicle have failed. this has cause the pane in the window to slide inside of the door. the first one did it while driving on the interstate while vacationing in ohio in may of this year. the second when i arrived at work one morning. i called the buick cs line to report it, before i knew of other consumers who have experienced the same problem. i was advised to take it in to a gm dealership to have the problem diagnosed yet the only thing i was told by a tech there was that they had seen this problem before but never in my type vehicle. well i know of two others with rendezvous as well as rainier and le sabers. i went online and filed a complaint on the buick website and still have not been contacted with a solution. i feel this is a factory defect and should be repaired at no cost to the consumer. especially if buick has seen this problem in several vehicles. even with possibility of this being dangerous to myself and my children, it is not even affordable for a single parent like me to have it repaired. the parts are not available outside of a gm repair facility. *tr
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY - CABLES
		1
	The battery cable loosened. scc *jb
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE
10/04/2001		1	10/01/2001
	Engine stalled and was difficult to re-start. once restarted, it ran very rough, emitted a loud ticking noise, and stalled often. the vehicle was taken to the dealership where it was diagnosed as having a broken valve spring. all of this on the 3rd day of ownership.
EQUIPMENT
06/15/2005	36200
	36,200 miles steering noise. both front wheel bearings had to be replaced. also has a problem with a rear pump that has not been repaired. 36,400 miles a/c quit and was repaired under extended warranty purchased through outside company. also found both cv boots leaking which aren't covered.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE
08/25/2007	91980	1	03/15/2007
	Shortly after purchasing my 2002 buick rendezvous in 2007, the gas gauge stopped working. it had 84,000 miles. coincidentally my co-worker's 2002 rendezvous did the same thing. because of the broken gauge i have run out of gas on the road. *tr
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - ANTILOCK - ABS WARNING LIGHT
05/15/2005	80000	10
	Right front abs system code. replaced abs sensor and hub assembly. did not correct the problem. this seems to be a recurring problem in some vehicles. it may be a wiring problem.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK
07/13/2007	47000	9	03/04/2004
	Abs system engages prematurely. this started after dealer replaced back brakes. abs module has been replaced by dealer, but problem is still present, intermittently. *tr
STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP
06/15/2005	36200
	36,200 miles steering noise. both front wheel bearings had to be replaced. also has a problem with a rear pump that has not been repaired. 36,400 miles a/c quit and was repaired under extended warranty purchased through outside company. also found both cv boots leaking which aren't covered.
STRUCTURE - BODY
08/04/2001			07/01/2001
	The sun visors must be corrected/driver can't see when going west into the sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!. *ak
VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - REAR WINDOW
12/24/2007	97047	3	02/20/2002
	On 12/24/2007 the right rear power window on my 2002 buick lesabre broke. it was repaired at a buick dealership on 12/28/2007. this is the third power window to break. the right front window broke on 6/28/2007 and the left rear window broke on 12/4/2007. these windows all broke in the down position, so a repair is necessary. all window had very few operations. i would estimate no more than 100 operations for the front windows and no more than 50 operations for the rear windows. the reliability of the windows should be based on operations and not mileage. *tr
VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
12/24/2007	97047	3	02/20/2002
	On 12/24/2007 the right rear power window on my 2002 buick lesabre broke. it was repaired at a buick dealership on 12/28/2007. this is the third power window to break. the right front window broke on 6/28/2007 and the left rear window broke on 12/4/2007. these windows all broke in the down position, so a repair is necessary. all window had very few operations. i would estimate no more than 100 operations for the front windows and no more than 50 operations for the rear windows. the reliability of the windows should be based on operations and not mileage. *tr
09/30/2007	68800	1	01/10/2003
	On 9/30/2007, i rolled my driver's side window down to pay for parking at bwi airport. the window would not go back up. i picked up some friends and we headed to baltimore maryland where we had a reservation for lunch. the highway had been scored for future re-surfacing, so there was more debris than usual. a passing car kicked up a stone and it went past my head and hit my passenger in the back seat at 60 mph. fortunately, it didn't hit anyone in their eye or else their injury would have been serious and required medical attention. *tr
07/08/2004		1
	2002 buick lesabre - window regulators consistently fail. *tr

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