2002 Buick Lesabre Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 18about this part
- Share
- 6%of 310 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 84,165miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 18 complaints about the brakes of the 2002 Buick Lesabre, 6% of the 310 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 84,165 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“When I was getting ready to stop, I took my foot off of the gas pedal and was moving my foot over to the brake, the car suddenly speed up; I had to step on the brake extra hard to stop it. This has happened to me more than once. It doesn't happen all the time. I had one parking lot accident because of this issue.”
NHTSA complaint #11350443, filed 2020-08, 200,000 miles“Beginning about august of 2015 until now, oct 2015, the engine of my Buick le sabre has begun to stop running while driving. When that occurs I lose my power steering and power brakes. Tonight (oct 7, 2015) it happened four times on the way home. I made it home safely fortunately but I will not drive the car again until it is fixed. Last week I had both a mobile mechanic and an auto shop (purcell) look at it and they can not diagnose the problem. They call it an intermittent defect. …”
NHTSA complaint #10780703, filed 2015-10, 230,711 miles“Two brake lines in back of my car rusted completely thru leaving me with little brake. Also in 2-4-13 two front brake lines rusted, one thru. Also in 8-7 14 I had to replace two parking brake cables frozen up by rust. Also in 3-20-15 I had to replace the whole parking brake control and foot pedal.the car has almost no rust and the frame underneath is fine. All these cables and lines were hidden when I looked underneath to buy car. I was shocked to see a car with so little rust having huge brake line and cable problems. …”
NHTSA complaint #10703737, filed 2015-04, 110,000 miles“I have a 2002 Buick lasabre, with 49000 miles on it. The transmission has gone bad on it, the tie rods are wore out and now, the rotors have rusted and are falling apart.”
NHTSA complaint #10018496, filed 2003-05, 49,000 miles“Dt: the consumer stated that the 2002 Buick Lesabre was having brake problems. If the road was wet the consumer had to push on the brakes three times to get the vehicle to stop. The consumer took the car back to the dealership three times. The problem was when the weather condition was bad/wet weather.. The salesman drove the car once when it was wet, but the dealer said nothing was wrong. The consumer contacted GM and the bbb. Gm sent a letter back to the consumer. The consumer claimed that the heat did not work in the fall. The heat will go for 3 or 4 days and not work , and then it will. . …”
NHTSA complaint #10133179, filed 2005-11, 200 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10208027Jan 14, 2022This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester…
Brakes: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | 12% |
| 2004 | 7 | 4% |
| 2003 | 14 | 9% |
| 2002 | 18 | 6% |
| 2001 | 13 | 4% |
| 2000 | 44 | 7% |
| 1999 | 20 | 10% |
| 1998 | 26 | 7% |
| 1997 | 36 | 9% |
| 1996 | 13 | 13% |
| 1995 | 19 | 11% |
| 1994 | 33 | 21% |
| 1993 | 70 | 36% |
| 1992 | 72 | 38% |
| 1991 | 7 | 23% |
| 1990 | 7 | 15% |
| 1989 | 3 | 11% |
| 1988 | 1 | 5% |
| 1987 | 3 | 8% |
| 1986 | 2 | 13% |
| 1985 | 1 | 20% |
Other parts of the 2002 Buick Lesabre
118 complaintsBody and structure
51 complaintsAir bags
37 complaintsElectrical system
24 complaintsEngine cooling
18 complaintsEngine
16 complaintsSteering
13 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
13 complaintsFuel system
11 complaintsOther or unknown
11 complaintsTires
9 complaintsVehicle speed control
8 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2002 Buick Lesabre
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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