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Buick Lesabre 2000–2004technical service bulletin

Bulletin 030849016 · NHTSA communication 10004746 · issued Jan 1, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2000–2004
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Ashtray difficult to open or will not stay closed. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.