2000 Buick Lesabre

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS ALL FOUR POWER WINDOWS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE AUTOMATIC WINDOW CONTROLS WERE APPLIED THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT MOVE. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED ALL FOUR POWER WINDOW REGULATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 6/19/2006 - THE CONSUMER HAD THE FOUR BROKEN REGULATORS IN HIS POSSESSION. *NM

2000 BUICK LESABRE ALL FOUR WINDOW REGULATORS ON MY PARENTS CAR HAVE FAILED BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST ONE IN 2002 (REPAIRED BY THE DEALER UNDER THE WARRANTY). TWO OTHERS FAILED IN AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN FEBRUARY 2004 AND OCTOBER 2004 RESPECTIVELY (REPAIRED BY A REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP BUT NOT A BUICK DEALER). THE FOURTH WINDOW FAILED RECENTLY BUT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. MY MOTHER COMPLAINED TO BUICK SEVERAL TIMES AND AFTER BEING PROMISED FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TWO FAILURES IN 2004, WAS SENT A CHECK FOR ONLY HALF THE PROMISED AMOUNT AND ADVISED NOTHING ELSE WOULD BE COVERED. BECAUSE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN NEW JERSEY BUT HAD BEEN RELOCATED TO FLORIDA - NEITHER STATE WOULD COVER ANYTHING UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE LEMON LAWS. GM INSISTS THIS IS NOT A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM ALTHOUGH IN A QUICK 15 MINUTE SEARCH OF THE WEB I FOUND OVER 175 COMPLAINTS (ALL OF WHO SAID GM STATED THE SAME THING). *JB

POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME AS THE CABLES BECOME ENTANGLED AND CAUSE THE MECHANISM TO BEND TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL NO LONGER LIFT THE WINDOW. THIS HAS HAPPENED AN ALL OF THE DOORS (4) AND NOW ON THIS DOOR FOR THE SECOND TIME. IT COSTS A MINIMUM OF $300.00 TO $400.00 TO FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO GET THE WINDOW BACK IN WORKING ORDER. I HAVE NOW SPENT OVER $1200.00 AND AM LOOKING AT ANOTHER $300.00 TO $400.00 FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY THE BODY SHOPS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BUICK LESABRE'S. IT IS NO WONDER GM IS NOT SELLING THE VEHICLES THAT THEY USED TO HERE IN THE STATES. THIS IS TOTALLY DISGUSTING AND FRUSTRATING.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULES FOR THREE OF THE POWER WINDOWS FAILED. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WERE REPLACED TWICE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IF THE WINDOW IS SELDOM USED IT WILL BREAK WHEN USED BECAUSE THE WIRE IS THIN AND JUMPS OFF THE TRACK, CAUSING IT TO SNAP. *AK

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED. THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE WINDOW SLID DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. I TALKED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED QUITE OFTEN RECENTLY. HE SAID THE CABLE BROKE. IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE TENSION AND POP, IT HAPPENS! I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID A NEW PART COSTS $315! I CALLED TO SEE IF THERE IS AN AFTER MARKET ON THIS PART AND THEY SAID THAT YOU CAN GET IT FOR THE FRONT BUT NOT THE REAR DOOR! IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BUICK KNOWS THAT THIS POWER WINDOW PART IS FAULTY AND CANNOT LET OUT THE RIGHTS TO OTHER MANUFACTURERS TO PRODUCE THIS! THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED ON ALL 2000 TO 2005 BUICK LESABRES. *NM

I PURCHASED MY 2000 BUICK-LESABRE IN 2002. SHORTLY AFTER I HAD TO REPLACE THE BACK LEFT WINDOW MOTOR, THEN I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT RIGHT WINDOW MOTOR, THEN A SHORT TIME LATER I HAD TO REPLACE THE RIGHT BACK WINDOW MOTOR AND JUST LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR. I FEEL THAT WITH ONLY ONE PERSON DRIVING THIS CAR AND NOT USING THE WINDOWS THAT MUCH I HAVE HAD AN UNUSUAL BREAK DOWN OF WINDOWS. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE OWN THREE BUICKS BEFORE AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. *JB

2000 BUICK LESABRE. POWER WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE FAILED ON ALL DOORS, AND NOW DRIVERS DOOR REGULATOR HAS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME. WINDOWS EITHER DROPPED, OR WHEN ROLLED DOWN WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. NEARLY $400/INCIDENT TO REPAIR. DID NOT SAVE OLD PARTS, WILL SAVE THIS ONE. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF THESE FAILURES. *JB