2001 Buick Lesabre: airbag warning light

Filed Nov 27, 2010 · Body · 106,000 miles · MI

Earlier this summer, june or july, I took my lesabre in to my dealer where I purchased the car used (in 2006) because my dash had been separating for quite some time. I thought there may have been some sort of recall or technical bulletin for the dash problem, only to find out that they had never seen a problem like mine before. Their suggestion was to replace the dash at a cost of nearly $900 and they couldn't be certain that it wouldn't happen again. I had posed the question about the separation causing problems with the air bag system since I had read something about it online. The dealer said they didn't think it would cause a problem. They finally had a service tech come look at the dash and he said he would just "glue it down", put a couple screws through the dash and buy an aftermarket dash cover "if it were him" and sent me on my way. The dash has continually been separating more and more since then. Finally, on the 24th of november 2010, as I was driving down a local highway, my air bag dash light came on and the audible alarm sounded. I immediately moved my seat back and went home asap. I looked at the manual to find out that when the air bag light was on it meant that the air bags could 1) not deploy during an accident or 2) depoly at any time without reason. This is a major safety concern and should be dealt with by the factory / dealer / carmaker / etc. This is, in my opinion, no doubt caused by the separating of the dash panel from the rest of the vehicle. Please consider this dash separation as a legit problem and something that needs to be taken care of. I can't understand having to pay nearly $900 to fix a problem that many, many people are having due to poor design on the part of buick / general motors. An air bag deployment during normal driving will most certainly lead to an accident and possibly a fatality...unacceptable!!!

Filed Sep 15, 2010 · Airbags · 71,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 buick lasabre. While examining the vehicle the contact noticed that the airbag light had appeared on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the airbag module was replaced, however the contact was still experiencing the failure. While traveling 45 MPH the frontal airbags exploded without warning. The vehicle has not been diagnosed. The failure mileage was 71000 and the current mileage was 80000.

Filed Apr 27, 2009 · Airbags · LA

Air bag lights come on for weeks at a time, then go back off. My mechanic said it would cost a lot of money just to get it checked.

Filed Oct 25, 2005 · Airbags · 72,000 miles · IN

Dt: the contact stated that the airbag light illuminated without incident. He took the vehicle to a dealer, who suggested resetting the airbag. The dealer reset the airbag, and the airbag light later illuminated. He took the vehicle back to the dealer. The dealer determined the airbag was not working properly ,and could not offer any explanation. No further repairs or corrections have been made.

Filed Jun 14, 2004 · Airbags · 38,000 miles · IN

The air bag warning light came on and stayed on while driving. This rendered the air bags inoperative. A diagnostic test was performed, but no failure code was found. *ak after two tries, the dealer found no problem in the system. *sc

Filed Jul 19, 2002 · Airbags, Electrical · IA

Airbag light appears on dashboad and alarm system came on. While traveling on highway consumer hit horn and center piece popped up. Dealership was aware of problem.*ak