2001 Buick Lesabre

POWER WINDOWS ON 2001 BUICK LESABRE KEEP FAILING. I GO TO ROLL A WINDOW DOWN, I HEAR A "CRUNCHING" NOISE, AND THE WINDOW WILL NOT EITHER GO BACK UP, OR IT GOES HALFWAY UP AND STOPS. I HAVE REPLACED 3 WINDOWS TO DATE ON A CAR THAT ONLY HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT. IT COSTS 400-600 TO REPLACE EACH WINDOW. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WINDOWS IN THE LESABRES. GM NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP AND WHEN PUSHED UP CONTINUE TO ROLL BACK DOWN. THIS HAS BEEN REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS ENOUGH COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS DEFECT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND THE SOURCE OF THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE SOLVED INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED TO LAST. I THINK THIS IS A DISGRACE AND WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER GMC AUTO AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE GOVERNMENT. HERE IS WHAT THEY SAY: BUICK POWER WINDOWS DROP / BROKEN POWER WINDOWS MOST BUICK CARS, AND IN FACT MOST OTHER GM CARS, HAVE THIS DEFECT. THE POWER WINDOW MECHANISM BREAKS - USUALLY CHEAP PLASTIC PARTS BREAK IN THE POWER WINDOW PULLEY ASSEMBLY. GM DEALERS WILL ONLY REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY, TO THE TUNE OF $450 PER WINDOW. MANY, MANY BUICK OWNERS HAVE WRITTEN TO SAY THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MOST OR ALL FOUR POWER WINDOWS ASSEMBLIES, AND SOME EVEN HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY MULTIPLE TIMES. GM HAS NOT CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE REPLACEMENT PARTS, SO ONCE FIXED BY THE DEALER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THE POWER WINDOW FAILURES IS TO GET THE POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY FROM A SALVAGE YARD. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET SICK & TIRED OF REPLACING THESE AGAIN & AGAIN, & TAPE UP THE WINDOW PERMANENTLY. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE POWER WINDOWS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE (ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA). SO FAR, A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS NOT BEEN FILED. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS MY WINDOW HAS GONE DOWN WHEN I AM IN THE STORE ETC. SOMEONE COULD EASILY GET IN THE CAR OR STEAL SOMETHING OUT OF IT. I THINK THIS IS INDEED A SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO WHEN GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND THE WINDOW DROPS SUDDENLY, IT CAN BE STARTLING AND COULD CAUSE A WRECK. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW REGULATOR MALFUNCTIONED. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN HER CHILD SEAT AND IT WAS POURING RAIN. I HAD TO PULL OVER, MANUALLY PULL THE WINDOW UP AND FROM THERE I HAD TO GET A NEW WINDOW REGULATOR ONLINE AND INSTALL IT MYSELF. I'VE READ ABOUT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE BUICK LESABRE (MINE IS 2001) WINDOW REGULATORS AND APPARENTLY THERE'S NEVER BEEN A RECALL. I HAVE THE RECORDS FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND SURE ENOUGH SHE HAD AT LEAST ONE FIXED ALSO. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 BUICK LASABRE THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATOR IN TWO WINDOWS AND NOW THE THIRD WINDOW IS BROKEN. IN JULY 2006 THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW QUIT WORKING, AND IN APRIL 2007 THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER WINDOW QUIT WORKING. EACH OF THESE WINDOWS COST OVER $500 TO REPAIR. NOW THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW IS BROKEN AND I AM ASSUMING THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDOW WILL BREAK IF I DO NOT GET RID OF THE CAR SOON. I AM GOING TO GET A NEW CAR, BUT YOU CAN BET IT WILL NOT BE A GM. *TR

LIKE DOZENS OF OTHERS REPORTING ON CARSURVEY.ORG MY 2001 (2000-2005) BUICK LE SABRE POWER WINDOWS ARE DEFECTIVE. A PLASTIC PART BREAKS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MOTOR. DEALERS CHARGE $500 PLUS LABOR FOR EACH UNIT. I HAD A DEALER REPLACE THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW UNIT AFTER THE FIRST TIME I USED IT. A LOUD CRACK UPON ACTIVATION AND THE WINDOW FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. SIX MONTHS LATER I HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT REAR WINDOW UNIT. IT TOOK HOURS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE IT WITH DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS I FOUND ONLINE (SO MANY OTHERS HAD THIS PROBLEM ONE PERSON DOCUMENTED WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW INCLUDING DIAGRAMS). AFTER MARKET PARTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE ALSO. SO FAR THEY ARE HOLDING UP (2 YEARS). NOW MY DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW HAS SNAPPED BUT IT DID SO WHILE RAISING IT THE FEW INCHES IT WAS OPEN SO IT IS CLOSED AND STAYING UP FOR NOW. THAT MAKES THREE OF THE FOUR WINDOWS. I'M SURE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WILL FAIL AS WELL. GM SHOULD HAVE RECALLED 2999-2005 BUICKS FOR THESE DEFECTIVE WINDOWS. YOU CAN EASILY FIND DOZENS OF SIMILAR REPORTED CASES ONLINE. OTHERWISE THIS IS A FINE, ECONOMICAL, RELIABLE CAR. TOO BAD THE WINDOWS RUIN THE EXPERIENCE. *TR

BOTH REAR WINDOWS FAILED TO GO UP. ONE WINDOW BROKE LAST SPRING AND THE OTHER BROKE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WE INQUIRED FROM A LOCAL DEALER THE COST TO HAVE THE REGULATORS REPAIRED AND WERE TOLD THE PRICE WOULD BE APPROX. $400 PER WINDOW THEREFORE WE HAVE NOT HAD THEM REPAIRED. THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW HAS RECENTLY BEGUN TO HESITATE WHEN OPERATING IT SO WE CHOSE NOT TO USE THE WINDOW FEARING IT WOULD ALSO BECOME STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. AS OF MARCH 27 I BEGAN PERFORMING SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND LEARNED THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THEREFORE I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED AND GM SHOULD REPLACE THE REGULATORS FREE OF CHARGE. *TR