2000 Buick LeSabre Limited from North America - Comments

I have a Buick LeSabre 2002. 3 of 4 window are broken, no up or down. All 3 window broke within a 4 month time frame.

Just remember #57. That is the fuse you pull so your windows don't go up or down anymore.

I own a 2002 Buick LaSabre, which both rear window regulators went bad. Cost of $503.30 each to repair. I rarely ever use the rear windows. Buick needs to recall this defective part now, or this is the last GM auto I will ever own.

We bought a 2001 La sabre in May 2001. The inside dash illumination went out while under warranty and then again after warranty expired. All four windows have broke after warranty expired; only fixed two of them at $400 each. The transmission always seemed to be not quite right. It was serviced under warranty, and we were told there was nothing wrong with it. Two weeks ago, with 78,000 miles on it the transmission locked up in the middle of the road. It would not move forward or backward. The mechanic said he had never seen such a mess. We out in a used transmission for $1,500. A refurbished transmission from GM was going to cost $4500. We will never buy another Buick.

I guess I should consider myself lucky. My 2000 Le Sabre has 63K miles, and this is my first window regulator failure. It happened when we tried to put up the window after opening it. The window has been used maybe 15 times in its whole entire lifetime. I was eventually able to close the window by pulling it up by hand, but when I slam the rear door, it wants to drop down again. Thank you for your comments and instructions here. I will try to repair it myself, even though we are pretty inexperienced with this kind of stuff. I'm afraid we are more brave than wealthy, and we want to learn how to fix something that may need fixing again in the near future.

I just returned from the dealer that repaired the third window in my 89 year old Mother's car. She had given up on good service from the GM dealer and now goes to the Honda dealership for all her service needs. Needless to say, her next car will not be a GM.

I too have had only one window regulator go and I was able to fix it myself fortunately. No more needs to be said. Thanks for the comment on fuze #57, I'll disconnect that very soon. I would never buy another Buick Le Sabre ever again. How such a simple little part could ruin a company. Just think, some engineer saved the company millions by replacing a part with plastic, but in the end it will cost them billions in lost revenue. Thank god I drive a Honda. No problems to date and over 300K on it!

I wish I'd Googled this before I took the car to the Buick dealer yesterday. My father is no longer driving his 2001 Century, and is going to give it to our son. It's got about 55,000 miles on it, and has been sitting for about a year with the driver's window down. Started it up the other day to now find that the front passenger and rear driver window also will not work. Off to the Buick dealer yesterday for repairs. They just called back to let me know that to repair all the windows it's going to be about $2,300. That's insane!

My wife had a Chevy Cavalier several years ago--also a fine GM product. She had the exact same problems with the windows in it that we're having with my Dad's car. It was only a two-door, so we only got taken for half the amount!

I'd like to buy American, but after reading this, it reinforces all the reasons why I like my 12-year-old Isuzu Trooper. It's still going strong at 130,000 miles, and no power window problems.

My mother owns a 2001 Buick Le Sabre. In Nov. 2006, with 14,000 miles on the car, we paid $465.60 to a Buick dealership to repair the right rear power window. Today, we've been given an estimate of $490 to repair the right front window. The current mileage is only approx. 15,600. This is absolutely ridiculous and unconscionable!

I wrote the comments above about the 2001 Le Sabre with 15,000 miles on it. I then searched the maintenance records for the car and discovered that the left rear window was also repaired under warranty in 2005. Thus, three out of the four windows have been repaired on a car with only 15,000 miles on it! When the service assistant from the dealership called today to say the car was ready, I informed him that I had researched this problem and determined that it is a well known, common defect. I politely, but firmly ranted and raved, mentioned that I could get the part they were charging $300+ for for $100 or less on the Internet, yada, yada, yada, and after he spoke with the service manager he called me back and they lowered the price to $200 even, tax included. As they say, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. :) When I went to pick the car up, I also asked him to show me how to get the door panel off so I can fix the next one myself. Best of luck to you all.

Stop going to the dealership to repair your windows. They will cost $$$$! more in labor alone and then you will be replacing the same defective part. Try to find a after-market window regulator and get someone else to install it.

Yes, just more of the same. My 2000 Le Sabre (bought new) had its first window (drivers) failure at 3 months old. Dealer fixed it. Six months later, the passenger front went. Dealer fixed it. Now the drivers window is broken again. Also the rear passengers window. From what I can see on these posts, 4-5 hundred apiece is ridiculous, and I think I'll just pull the fuse, and not use them ever again. I think I've used my windows maybe a dozen times (I love air conditioning, and no road noise). Buick is hanging themselves by not addressing this issue. My 1985 Le Sabre Collectors, with 225k on it is still running strong. Will probably outlast the 2000. I've always bought GM. It's sad to see America's industrial base melt away. Greed at the top. I guess it's time to "move on". God bless America. PS! An earlier post complained about the 'cruise control' switch. My local dealer gave me the typical dumb look when I asked about mine (failed, wouldn't come on). I dug around the 'net, and discovered the crummy switch can EASILY be pryed (that's right, it's held in by FRICTION!) out of the steering wheel, and the connector pulled off, and the new one (about $35 at your dealer) simply pushed back into place, along with the connector. Voila! Back in business. Took the old one apart to see what failed.....yep, another piece of crummy plastic broke. It 'latches' in the down position to start the cruise control, and you press it again to 'release' it. Dealer didn't even know this! Moral of the story. Try to fix it yourself.....it may take you a couple of hours, but at least you won't have to pay the 'dealer'.

I have a 2002 LaSaber and really like, but am having to replace the second power window both rear ones. The Passenger side one has, on occasion, failed to go down, but is working at the present time.

Odell Henderson

I recently purchased a 2000 Buick Lesabre. I have had nothing, but problems with it. Just last week my rear driver's side window stopped working. I once owned a 1986 Buick Century. The car was wonderful and I had no problems out of it. I wish I would've bought the Chevy Impala instead!!

And here is yet another story about a broken window regulator on a 2002 LeSabre. It is the left rear, probably used 20 times total. My last car was a 94 LeSabre with almost 180,000 miles. I had repaired a couple of window problems on it, but the mechanism was built to last. I couldn't believe GM had put such a shoddy piece of engineering into the modern windows. The manager responsible probably got a huge promotion for the cost savings.