2001 Buick Lesabre

2001 BUICK LESABRE, WINDOW REGULATOR ON FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE BROKE, CAUSING WINDOW GLASS TO DROP RAPIDLY. ON INSPECTION SAME PIECE BROKE ON BOTH, THE TOP PLASTIC GUIDE FOR THE REGULATOR MOTOR CABLE. INSTALLED AN AFTERMARKET PART AFTER FINDING OUT BUICK REPLACES REGULATOR WITH IDENTICAL FAULTY COMPONENTS. AFTERMARKET HAS BEEFED UP GUIDE ON REGULATOR. BOTH FAILURES WERE CAUSED BY NORMAL USE. WINDOW GLASS CANNOT BE SECURED AFTER REGULATOR FAILURE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT. PARTS WERE EXCHANGED DURING PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT. *JB

I FOUND THE REAR DRIVER'S WINDOW OPENED ON MY 2001 BUICK LASABRE AND I TRIED TO CLOSE USING THE ELECTRIC CONTROLS - IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT VANDALISM BECAUSE I RARELY USE THAT WINDOW. I COULD PULL THE WINDOW UP WITH MY HANDS BUT IT WOULD SLIDE DOWN. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE WINDOW WITH ELECTRIC CONTROLS. CALLED MY DEALER NOECKER BUICK-PONTIAC INC WHO TOLD ME TO FIX THE WINDOW THE REGULATOR (GM#15231245) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REGULATOR COST ME $301.80 PLUS TAX (NOT INCLUDING LABOR). I HAD IT FIXED ON JUNE 20, 2005. THE MILEAGE ON MY CAR THAT DAY WAS 50170 MILES. TWO DAYS AGO ON MARCH 21, 2006 I FOUND THE PASSENGER'S REAR WINDOW OPENED. THE WINDOW WAS INOPERABLE USING THE ELECTRIC CONTROLS. I CAN SLIDE THE WINDOW UP USING MY HANDS AND DUCT TAPE IT SHUT UNTIL I GET THE WINDOW REPAIRED. THE MILEAGE ON MY CAR TODAY IS 57350 MILES. MY FRUSTRATION IS BOTH REAR WINDOWS ARE RARELY USED AND BOTH NEEDED THE REGULATOR REPAIRED. I JUST CALL NOECHER AGAIN AND THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY RECALLS OR "SPECIAL" INSTRUCTION FROM BUICK TO HELP US OWNERS IN THIS SITUATION. AGAIN, THE PERSON ON THE PHONE SAID MOST LIKELY IT WOULD BE THE REGULATOR BUT WILL NOT KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL THEY INSPECT THE WINDOW. I ANTICIPATE ANOTHER $439.99 BILL COMING (INCLUDING PARTS, LABOR AND TAXES). I SEARCHED THE INTERNET INCLUDING THE NHTSA.DOT.GOV WEBSITE AND NOTICE THIS WINDOW/REGULATOR PROBLEM IS COMMON. I FEEL BUICK SHOULD COMPENSATE THE OWNERS OF 2001 BUICK LASABRE FOR THE FAULTY REGULATORS. *NM

WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH I HAD THREE WINDOW FAILURES CAUSE BY A PLASTIC PART BREAKING LEAVING THE WINDOWS IN A DOWN POSITION AND UNABLE TO RAISE THEM. IT APPEARS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND REQUIRES REPLACING THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY AT APPROXIMATELY $500 A WINDOW. THE PART SHOULD NOT BE PLASTIC AND/ OR SHOULD BE SOLD AS A SEPARATE PIECE NOT REQUIRING THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. *JB

BUICK LESABRE 2001. POWER CONTROL FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS. DEFECT IN THE POWER CONTROL FOR WINDOWS. CANNOT GET WINDOWS TO GO BACK UP ON RIGHT AND LEFT REAR WINDOWS. WAS REPAIRED 1 TIME IN 2002 BY DEALERSHIP WEISNER BUICK. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED BECAUSE IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRENTY NOW AND I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT THAT WAS WITH THE CAR WHEN PURCHASED. THERE IS SOMETHING ELECTRONICALLY WRONG WITH THE POWER WINDOW CONTROL AND I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE EXPENSE OF THIS. THIS IS DEFINATELY A DEFECT IN THE CAR. *NM

EARLIER TODAY I REPORTED PROBLEM WITH BOTH MY 2001 BUICK LESABRE REAR WINDOWS MALFUNCTIONING WHEN REGULATORS FAILED CAUSING WINDOWS TO DROP OPEN AND STAY THAT WAY. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND 21 OR 29 OWNERS OF 2000-2001 LESABRES IN ONE ONLINE SURVEY REPORTED ONE OR MORE WINDOWS DROPPING OPEN. THIS IS A CHILD SAFETY HAZARD, AS THE DRIVER MAY BE UNAWARE THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAS DROPPED AND A CHILD MAY FALL OUT. *NM

ALL FOUR WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED, AND WHEN THE TWO REAR REGULATORS FAILED THE WINDOWS DROPPED INTO OPEN POSITION AND COULD NOT BE RAISED. THIS EXPOSED THE PASSENGERS TO PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS AND THE ELEMENTS AND AT SPEED COULD DISTRACT A DRIVER AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AT WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG, 21 OUT OF 29 OWNERS OF 2000 & 2001 BUICK LESABRES REPORTED EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH AT LEAST ONE AND USUALLY SEVERAL WINDOWS! *NM

2001 BUICK LESABRE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT SET, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD NO REVERSE ABILITY, WATER LEAKING FROM THE COOLANT PUMP, SES LIGHT ILLUMINATED, LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *MR THERE WAS A WHISTLING SOUND COMING FROM AROUND THE WINDOW AREA DUE TO A REVEALING MOLDING PIECE, THE STEERING FELT FUNNY AND WAS NOISY WHEN TURNING, THERE WAS ALSO A CLUNK IN THE STEERING, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT TIE ROD END, THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT, THE RIGHT REAR CENTER BULB WAS OUT, THE ORIGINAL BATTERY HAD LEAKED ACID CAUSING A HOLE IN FLOOR UNDER THE BACK SEAT, THE LIGHT SWITCH STUCK IN THE ON POSITION, AND THE RIGHT FRONT MARKER LIGHT OUT. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. *SC *JB