2000 Buick Lesabre

7/17/2000: STALLED 2X IN TRAFFIC W/315 MILES ON IT; REPLACED WIRE HARNESS & FUSES; 4/9/02:LEAK-REPLACED UPPER MANIFOLD @ 23,184 MILES 5/3/02: NOISY,UNEVEN-DEFECTIVE TIRES-REPLACED @ 24,161 MILES; 8/20/03: RECALL - HEATING & COOLING @ 39,226 MILES; 10/28/03: RATTLING-CATAL.CONV.ASSEMBLY @42,892 MILES; 7/8/05: MOTOR NOT RUNNING PROPERLY - REPLACED WIRES,COILS,ETC.@ 55,385 MILES 10/28/03: RATTLING-REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER ASSEMBLY; 10/13/04-ECALL. *JB

BASICALLY THE SAME ISSUE AS THE 71 OTHER COMPLAINTS. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, THEN FELL HALFWAY DOWN. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. THEN LAST NIGHT THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW DID THE SAME. OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE AUTOMATIC WINDOW ASSEMBLY. ALMOST NO POINT IN PAYING TO GET IT FIXED AS IT SEEMS ANYONE THAT HAS HAD IT FIXED JUST HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. *JB

BOTH FRONT AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTORS HAVE FAILED 3 DAYS APART FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. REPAIRS TO BOTH WINDOWS HAVE TOTALED $1000 COMBINED. OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED AT A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP. BASED ON OTHER PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, I HAVE SEEN A TREND THAT THIS IS OCCURRING COMMONLY ON THIS VEHICLE, AND REPEATED FAILURE OF THIS PART IS OCCURRING WITH MANY OWNERS. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THREE OF THE FOUR POWER WINDOWS, AND NOW THE FOURTH WINDOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . THE WINDOWS HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THEY COULD NEVER DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE POWER WINDOWS AND THE REGULATOR. THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. THE THREE WINDOW REGULATORS HAD TO BE REPLACED OUT OF POCKET BY THE CONSUMER THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COST OF REPAIRS. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WHEN THE PROBLEMS FIRST STARTED THE WINDOW WOULD GO UP SLOWLY AND THEN IT WOULD GO OUT. *AK

DT: 2000 BUICK LE SABER. THE CAR STALLED AT 10751 MILES IN FEBRUARY 2003 AT ANY GIVEN TIME NO MATTER WHAT THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE. THIS HAPPEN AGAIN ON AUGUST 15, 2003 AND ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2004. THE CONSUMER CALLED GM AFTER THE THIRD TIME, THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THE RECALL WAS ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY PERFORMED RECALL REPAIRS. THE CAR STALLED AGAIN AROUND AUGUST 5, 2005. TOOK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY KEPT IT FOR 4 DAYS, THEY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM, AND THEY FIXED IT AGAIN. THIS WAS ON AUGUST 12, 2005. DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 3 BLOCKS FROM HOUSE AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. HAD TO SIT FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE CAR WOULD START. THE CAR DID START AND WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. FINALLY GOT THE CAR HOME AND MOW IT IS IN THE DRIVEWAY, TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL CONSUMER THIS EVENING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.*AK

DT: LAST YEAR WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOW. THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND FIRST ,AND THEN THE WINDOW FELL DOWN. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THE WHOLE WINDOW MECHANISM. THERE WAS A WEB MADE OF PLASTIC THAT HOLDS THE END OF THE CABLE AND KEEPS WINDOW UP. THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC FAILED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN WHO COULD BE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND GET COLD WHEN THE WINDOW WAS DOWN. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED TO THE CONSUMER AGAIN THIS WEEKEND WHILE DRIVING AT A SHOPPING CENTER, AND HIT A BUMP. THEN HEARD A POPPING AND THEN THE WINDOW CAME DOWN AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WAS GOING TO REPAIR IT HIMSELF.*AK

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED. THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE WINDOW SLID HALF WAY DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. I TALKED TO MY MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS A CABLE THAT BROKE. HE KNEW INSTANTLY BECAUSE HE HAD REPLACED MANY OF THEM IN SIMILAR BUICK LESABRES. WE KNOW OF TWO FRIENDS PERSONALLY WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FOR ONE FRIEND, IT HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE WINDOW IN HER CAR. TO GET IT FIXED AT THE DEALERSHIP COST NEARLY $500. IT APPEARS TO US THAT THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND THAT THE AUTO MAKER SHOULD RECALL AND REPAIR IT AT THEIR COST.