Tl*- the contact stated that the windows on the 2000 buick lesabre would not work when he depressed the window switch. The contact stated there was no particular time of the day when this occurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealership, and the contact was informed that the window motor assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic to have the window motor assembly replaced on the driver's side rear window. The passenger's side front window motor assembly was also replaced approximately a year later. In addition, the driver side front window motor assembly had to be replaced. The contact stated that once the window motor assembly was replaced he never had a problem with that window again. The vehicle currently has 55000 miles. *ak updated 04/05/07.
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All four (4) window regulators in my 2000 buick lesabre custom have failed, driver's side first, then front passenger, then left rear, then right rear, and now the front passenger has failed again. I bought the car new in 2000, and have been very satisfied with everything else. All of these have been outside of the warranty period.
Power window mechanisms will fail causing the window to drop and shatter. Type of car is 2000 buick lesabre. This has happened 3 times on different windows in the same vehicle. The car currently has less than 12,000 miles on it. The third occurrence was the most serious and occurred while driving on the highway when the drivers side window dropped on its own and shattered. It seemed like the window was shot out. Buick said it was normal ware and charged $450 to repair.
Tl*- the contact stated that while driving her 2000 buick lesabre, the power window was opened and could not be closed. The contact has had this problem happen to all four (4) of her windows. First, the front two (2) windows were repaired. Then the two rear windows failed, but had not been repaired. The mechanic had stated that the window actuator was damaged. The failure mileage was 4000 and the current mileage was 98000.
Bought 2000 model buick lesabre in 2003 with 32000 miles on it. I have had 3 power window regulators fail (two back windows and now the front passenger side window). Both rear failures caused window to drop down into door. Regulator replaced with oem part at $375 each. The front window regulator failed with the window in the up position so I have not had it repaired yet.
Owner of a 2000 buick lesabre. All four electric windows has been replaced several times and continues to stop working. Is the federal safety agency doing anything about it ?
Tl* - the contact owns a 2000 buick lesabre. The contact complained that the power windows failed. While driving at 55 MPH he heard a snap in the doors and the windows came down, he tried to power them back up but it did not work . The contact stated that this happened to all four windows at different times. *ak the serpentine belt was replaced due it squealing. Updated 01/31/07.
I have owned a 2000 buick lesabre for 2 1/2 years. I have now had (3) door window motors fail during this time period. The cost for repair is over $400 each!
Window regulator failure on all four windows, and again for each front window, resulting in inoperable window, the latest failure was today. All other failures were within the last two years.
Left passenger window dropped down, regulator needs to be replaced; this is a pretty obvious malfunction of the regulators since what it holds the glass is a very delicate plastic part. I have done so much research about the same problems with this type of issues from model's years ranging 2000-2004. Nothing seems to be done to solve or better improve the part that causes the window glass to drop down.
Front passenger window does not operate. Rear driver's side window does not operate. Safety issue with children in car etcetera. Window dropping down without warning. Dealer stated there is a "wide range" of window issues with the buick lesabre model 2000-2005. No dealer recall issued. $600 for repair - many complaints all over the internet. Gm/buick should recall parts.
2000 lesabre rear window regulator malfunctioned. *ts
Power window failure. Back driver's side window would not close after being opened. This is the fourth window regulator which had to be replaced on this vehicle. Every window regulator has been replaced at the buick dealership. The cost for each incident is over $300. Asked service technician if a redesigned part or the same parts were being used. They stated the same parts were being used and this is biggest problem with these vehicles. What upsets me the most is the regulators over time will have to be replaced again. The same defective parts are being used. Buick knows this is an issue but has done nothing about it.
I have had to replace the power window mechanism in all 4 windows of my 2000 buick lesabre, and now starting again.
Power window failures.
2000 buick lesabre, automatic window regulator/motor failed on two windows and was replaced for cost of 400. Per window. Understand that this defect is known by buick but was never recalled. It's a shame that an otherwise good vehicle has this fault which is quite costly and widespread. We got vehicle from relatives estate, when we got the car we found out that a window motor had been previously replaced. Could be hazardous if children are in back seat and window drops down unexpectedly, which is what happens.
I have a 2000 buick lesabre that has had window regulators failures on the drivers side window and right-hand rear window in the past two months. The car has 65,000 miles on it. I have had to have them replaced.
Power window problems. Noise was heard when lowering and one knew something was wrong. Window would not raise back up. One window would jerk when lowering; it would not lower smoothly (rear passenger window). *jb driver and passenger front window regulators and rear passenger regulator had to be replaced out of original manufacturer warranty. In both front window incidents on repair order it was stated that the regulator cable was broken not allowing window to move up. Incidents did not all happen at the same time.
Both rear windows drop for no reason and do not come back up. They must be manually pulled up and secured. Repair is $400 per window.
Defective window regulator in buick lesabre (yr. 2000). 2 replaced and 3rd is popping. Gm will not reimburse for defective parts.
I have owned my 2000 buick lesabre limited for about 6 months and I have had 3 window regulators go out and I don't hardly use the power windows. It's a cheap plastic part in the assembly that causes the problem. An estimated price of 500.00 to fix I've decided to let them stay up as to getting them fixed with the same faulty parts does not guarantee they will not break or fail again.
Twice in 6 months the window regulator has broken.
Rear passenger driver's side window failed in down position. It seems that I'm not the only one.
Power window controls: all 4 windows failed between aug 2004 and may 2006. There are already 104 registered complaints in this database for this issue on this car model. The manufacturer has issued tech bulletins to dealers but will not acknowledge the publics' requests for remuneration. Dealerships charge between $400-$600 to repair each window, and the repair may also fail.
Purchased new 2000 buick lesabre. On oct 4, 2001 the front right and left windows got stuck. Both window regulators were replaced under factory warranty. On mar 03, 2003 the right front window regulator and locking rod had to be replaced again. After warranty expiration, both rear windows got stuck on same day and both window regulators had to be replaced, this time at my expense. Currently the right front window is again getting stuck intermittently. This window has not been repaired again at this time.
Bought 2000 lesabre new in oct 1999. Wife's car and only has 69000 mi on it now. No children using the car. No children at home, rarely any passengers in the car. Now..to date all four window regulators have been replaced at a total cost of over $1,600.00. The driver's side window went first in 2003, in 2006 all three remaining window went out within months of each other, these windows almost never were used! It is hard for me to believe that there aren't more incidents of these regulator failures. I can't be the one that got all the bad regulators.
Last friday when I was trying to roll up my rear passenger side window I heard a pop and it stopped working. I tried pulling the window up by hand for safety reasons and it will not stay up. After doing some research on the internet it seems to be a common problem with buick lesabre's. It's a very expensive problem...about $600 to replace!! If you do a search on the internet for "buick lesabre window problems" you can read how common this is and I think this is definitely a recall issue.
Window fell to inside of door and could not be brought up. Found to be regulator/motors for electric windows on buick lesabre failed. Had to be brought to dealer for new regulator/motor. Also, not an uncommon problem.
2000 buick lesabre 38000 miles. Window rolled down and heard a pop. Window will not roll up anymore. Looked it up online. I looked up this problem online and it is a very common very known problem. It costs about $400 dollars to repair. For many different people who have had this problem please see this web page. Http://www.carsurvey.org/viewcomments_review_52823.html needs a recall very badly.
Dt*: the contact stated the rear passenger power window motor regulator failed to operate while the window was half open. The window would not close. This was the 3rd time, the power window regulator motor had failed. The service dealer and manufacturer were notified. Updated 9/13/2006 - the driver's side window regulator failed twice and the rear driver's side window regulator failed once.
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