2001 Buick Lesabre

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 6, 2006, THE WINDOW SUDDENLY DROPPED WHEN IT WAS BEING ROLLED UP. ON EACH OCCASION, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR. THE FIRST REPAIR TOTALED $318 AND THE SUBSEQUENT REPAIRS WERE $270 EACH. IT HAS CURRENTLY BEEN ELEVEN MONTHS AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE VIN AND PURCHASE DATE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UPDATED 12/11/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED TO CLOSE AFTER THEY WERE OPENED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR CAUSED THE FAILURE AND HE MADE THE REPAIR. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR POWER WINDOW. THE MECHANIC STATED ONCE MORE THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR CAUSED THE FAILURE AND HE MADE THE REPAIR. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,271 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,771. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

NOTICED DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS DOWN ON THURSDAY 11/1/07. TRIED TO CLOSE IT, BUT CONTROL DIDN'T WORK AND WINDOW KEPT SLIDING DOWN INTO THE DOOR. WAS ABLE TO PULL UP AND TAPE SHUT UNTIL REPAIR. ON SUNDAY 11/4/07 THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WAS DOWN AND WOULDN'T GO UP. THE REAR WINDOWS ARE NEVER LOWERED. LOCAL MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO REPAIR AT A COST OF $443 FOR BOTH WINDOWS. DEALER WAS GOING TO CHARGE AROUND $500 A WINDOW. AFTER SEEING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THESE PLASTIC REGULATORS FAILING, GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL OR REIMBURSE OWNERS FOR THIS REPEATED FAILURE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. *TR

BACK REAR WINDOW ON DRIVERS SIDE OF BUICK LASABEL 2001 JUST DROPPED DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD BY MECHANICS AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO HAVE BUICKS THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH BUICKS AND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ODD OCCURRENCE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT I HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH THE REMAINS OF A HURRICANE GETTING EVERYTHING WET IN THE BACK. I MANAGED TO GET PAPER AND CARDBOARD PUSH UP AGAINST BOTH SIDES OF THE WINDOW WHILE HOLDING IT UP TO KEEP IT UP TILL I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TAPED AND FIXED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE SMALL CHILDREN. GM SHOULD ADVISE OWNERS OF THE PROBLEM AND NOT LET OWNERS HEAR THIS FROM THEIR DEALERS. ADDITIONALLY SOME SORT OF REIMBURSEMENT SHOULD BE MADE ESPECIALLY WHEN GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE POWER WINDOWS FAILED AND WERE REPAIRED AT HIS EXPENSE. THE REPAIR COSTS FOR EACH WINDOW RANGED FROM $450 TO $500. ON JUNE 1, 2006, THE CONTACT OPENED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. ON JULY 1, 2006, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. ON AUGUST 23, 2007, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FOLLOWED SUIT. THE MOTORS AND LINKAGES WERE REPLACED ON EACH WINDOW THE SAME DAY THEY FAILED. THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS ARE CURRENTLY MAKING A NOISE WHEN THEY ARE OPENED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD GIVE THE CONTACT $500 TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VEHICLE. CASE NUMBER 71-550213555 WAS FILED WITH BUICK AND HE IS AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM A REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000. *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE CONTACT SUDDENLY HEARD A SLIDING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW SLID DOWN AND WAS UNABLE TO ROLL BACK UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE STEEL CABLE OF THE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. THE CONTACT PAID FOR THE WINDOW TO BE REPLACED. THREE MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THIRTEEN MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW. THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.