2000 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AND CAME TO A RED LIGHT. UPON PRESSING MY BRAKES, IT MADE A LOUD CRUNCHING/GRINDING NOISE AND THE CAR STARTED SKIDDING AS IF I WAS DRIVING ON ICE, BUT THERE WAS NO ICE ON THE GROUND. MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON. I ASSUMED IT WAS THE BRAKES THAT NEEDED CHANGING. TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND PUT NEW BRAKES ON THE CAR. ABS LIGHT STILL COMES ON AND IT IS NOT STOPPING CORRECTLY. I HAVE TRIED RESETTING THE BATTERY, AS SUGGESTED ON THE BUICK WEBSITE. THAT DIDN'T HELP THE SITUATION. LIGHT STILL IS ON, AND CAR IS NOT STOPPING CORRECTLY. *TR

2000 BUICK LASBRE REAR WINDOWS BREAK REQUIRING REPEATED REPAIRS. EVIDENT FROM COLLECTED POST ON INTERNET. COST TO REPAIR IN THOUSANDS EVEN THOUGH PART COST $75. *TR

JULY 2007 MY REAR WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. I OPENED THE DOOR PANEL AND ONE OF THE PARTS WAS COMPLETELY OFF AND BROKEN IN HALF. 3 MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW. THEN 1 WEEK AGO, MY REAR PASSENGER WINDOW DID THE SAME EXACT THING. I'VE OWNED A BUICK LESABRE BEFORE AND IT WAS OVER 10 YEARS OLD BEFORE THE MOTOR WENT OUT ON ONLY ONE WINDOW. I'VE SPOKEN WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEIR WINDOWS. I'D UNDERSTAND IF IT WERE ONE WINDOW, BUT THREE WINDOWS AND THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM ISN'T RIGHT. IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO FIX IT? *TR

I HAVE A 2000 BUICK LESABRE WITH 71,000 MILES. THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS PARTIALLY DOWN AND I ATTEMPTED TO ROLL IT UP WHEN A LOUD POP SOUNDED FROM THE DOOR AND THE WINDOW STARTED TO SLOWLY CREEP FURTHER OPEN. THE PLASTIC TAB THAT HOLDS THE CABLE IN PLACE BROKE. THE GM DEALER WANTED OVER $400 FOR THE REGULATOR, MINUS INSTALLATION. I FOUND A REPLACEMENT FOR $125 AND INSTALLED IT MYSELF. AFTER LOOKING AT THE REGULATOR, I KNOW THE OTHER THREE WINDOW REGULATORS WILL ALSO BREAK. IT IS TIME FOR GM TO ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND FIX THESE DEFECTIVE WINDOW REGULATORS. *TR

BUICK LESABRE 2000 WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURE ON THE REAR DRIVERSIDE PASSENGER WINDOW. CAR HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT. DRIVING CAR AND WENT TO PUT UP REAR WINDOW AND IT MADE A STRANGE GRINDING NOISE. WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP. LUCKILY THE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR AT HIGH SPEED OR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. UPON RESEARCH OF PROBLEM IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS MODEL VEHICLE HAS CONSTANT FAILURES DUE TO POORLY MADE PLASTIC PARTS. CONSUMERS HAVE REPORTED MULTIPLE FAILURES, SOME DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. NHTSA AND GM REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ISSUE. BUICK REFUSED TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. A SEARCH ON GOOGLE FOR 2000 LESABRE WINDOW COMES UP WITH OVER 97,000 RESULTS, MOST OF THEM COMING FROM AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS WITH PEOPLE HAVING REPEATED ISSUES WITH THIS FEATURE. THE DEALERSHIPS CHARGE CUSTOMERS $300 TO $500 EACH TIME A FAILURE OCCURS. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A RECALL. LIVING IN COLORADO IF MY WINDOW FAILS DURING A BLIZZARD OR ADVERSE WEATHER EVENT IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE DEATH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

REAR POWER WINDOW FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. REAR WINDOW MECHANISM MADE LOAD POPPING SOUND AND WINDOW FELL INTO DOOR. DEALER ADVISES IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS MODEL BUT WILL NOT BE COVERED BY BUICK $400 PLUS REPAIR. BASED ON RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TOP BE A KNOWN DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ADDRESS. *TR

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOWS WILL NOT COME UP AFTER BEING LOWERED. THEY ARE BINDING IN CHANNELS AND THE REGULATOR IS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. HAVE TO BE RAISED BY HAND TO CLOSE WINDOW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FALLS DOWN AND REMAINS IN THE DOOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REGULATOR WAS FAULTY. THE WINDOW HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT IS DISSATISFIED WITH GM. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,700 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK LESABRE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WAS DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, BOTH OF THE REAR WINDOW REGULATORS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.