Problems with 2002 Buick LeSabre VISIBILITY

Dt: the consumer stated that while traveling 20 mph on the 2002 buick lesabre the window in the back passenger's door shattered. the consumer had the window repaired. three weeks later the other side broke. the consumer consulted with his dealership, and they said that the cable loosened from the window motor. the consumer called gm. the first window they fixed for free, and they charged the consumer for the next window repair. both of the windows were operating correctly now. the consumer stated that there was never anyone riding in the back seat that would have caused this to happen. the first window shattered on 9-7-2005, and the second one was on 10-3-2005. there were no injuries reported. *ak (11/08/05) the left rear power window was inoperative. the regulator was replaced. on the second occasion, the passenger rear window fell down due to a loose regulator cable. *sc

Dt: the rear driver's side window will go all the way down when it should only go half way down for child safety. it will not come back up. one end of the cable inside the window came loose. contacted he dealer, and the consumer was taking the vehicle in today. noticed this on september 4, 2005. *ak the dealer removed the regulator however he was unable to put back. the dealer wanted to charge the consumer $600.00 the consumer purchased the regulator from another dealer for a lesser charge and installed it himself. *jb

2002 buick lesabre. letter on behalf of constituent, expressing concern about the regulator that controls the window glass. *kb the rear door regulator on the drivers side failed. the consumer stated in september 2007, the regulator on the rear passenger door failed. *jb

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 buick lesabre. on two different occasions, the front driver side window and then the rear driver side window came down and would not go back up. both were repaired by gm. the rear passenger side window rolled down in november of 2007 and would not go back up. the contact was informed that the repair was her responsibility. gm wanted $673 for the repairs. the current mileage was 43,000 and failure mileage was 26,149. updated 01/24/08 *bf updated 01/24/08 *tr

Dt: the rear passenger's side window broke inside the door on july 13,2005. the rear driver's window broke on september 12, 2005. contacted the dealer, they were going to charge the consumer for repairs. there was no warning when this happened. *ak

While driving in inclement weather, the windshield wiper blades separated. this caused the windshield wiper blades to scratch the windshield, resulting in poor visibility. the consumer contacted the dealer, but there was no response from theem. *ak *sc *jb

Regarding my 2002 buick la sabre, limited edition i am in ottawa canada - the window regulators on this car are all faulty and i have heard this same complaint from countless other owners of this model. i bought this car august 2002 in good faith and did not expect this kind of trouble. when i first bought this car the front and back windows started having issues in putting the windows back up after being opened. after many investigations in oleans , canada the dealer came to the conclusion that it was the window regulators and it would cost me $400 to replace just one window regulator alone this complaint has been going on ever since i bought this car and it is well know in the car industry that this particular 2002 buick la sabre, ltd edition has had a lot of problems mainly in this area (regulators) but gm is avoiding any recalls on this and to me this is totally irresponsible on gm's part not to do a recall on these regulators, it is actually a complete avoidance of there responsible, they have just been totally derelict in their duty as a manufacturer and just letting the customer take the full financial brunt of gms ineptness to supply quality parts in their window mechanisms,,,,,,,,,,, namely the cheap regulators! will anyone do anything about this irresponsible and troublesome safety issue??????????????????? *tr

Reduced & impaired visibility through front windshield due to reflection of dash/slope of windshield. causes loss of clarity, especially during bright daylight driving.*ak

The mirrors on the driver and passenger side fell down while closing the door. *ak *sc

While driving and with no warning the left windshield wiper stopped working. *ak it was raining hard when the left wiper failed, but the right wiper continued to work, and then the left wiper arm nut had come off. the dealer replaced the nut with a nylon insert so that it would not come off. *scc *jb

Window motors on all windows in the vehicle have been replaced multiple times. if a crash had occurred i would be unable to open window to escape if unable to open door. talked to buick and they refuse to acknowledge the problems with the window motors, i have been in contact with other buick lesabre owners (at least 100) and they have had the same issues with the window motors failing and needing replacement multiple times with a few owners stating being unable to exit the vehicle after a crash because they could not open the vehicle windows. again buick has not offered any help in this matter nor have they even acknowledged there was a problem. *tr

Consumer was unable to see out of the front windshield, a reflection from the windshield caused a glow. *jb

Dt: the consumer stated that the 2002 buick lesabre was having brake problems. if the road was wet the consumer had to push on the brakes three times to get the vehicle to stop. the consumer took the car back to the dealership three times. the problem was when the weather condition was bad/wet weather.. the salesman drove the car once when it was wet, but the dealer said nothing was wrong. the consumer contacted gm and the bbb. gm sent a letter back to the consumer. the consumer claimed that the heat did not work in the fall. the heat will go for 3 or 4 days and not work , and then it will. *ak. the consumer believed the pdas were faulty. *jb

Defroster vent on dash is designed in such a way that it reflects off the windshield even on a cloudy day. consumer is unable to drive vehicle due to this reflection. dealer admitted it was a design flaw, but has no remedy.*ak