NHTSA Complaint #10230117 — 2001 BUICK LESABRE

POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP AND WHEN PUSHED UP CONTINUE TO ROLL BACK DOWN. THIS HAS BEEN REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS ENOUGH COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS DEFECT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND THE SOURCE OF THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE SOLVED INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED TO LAST. I THINK THIS IS A DISGRACE AND WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER GMC AUTO AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE GOVERNMENT. HERE IS WHAT THEY SAY: BUICK POWER WINDOWS DROP / BROKEN POWER WINDOWS MOST BUICK CARS, AND IN FACT MOST OTHER GM CARS, HAVE THIS DEFECT. THE POWER WINDOW MECHANISM BREAKS - USUALLY CHEAP PLASTIC PARTS BREAK IN THE POWER WINDOW PULLEY ASSEMBLY. GM DEALERS WILL ONLY REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY, TO THE TUNE OF $450 PER WINDOW. MANY, MANY BUICK OWNERS HAVE WRITTEN TO SAY THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MOST OR ALL FOUR POWER WINDOWS ASSEMBLIES, AND SOME EVEN HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY MULTIPLE TIMES. GM HAS NOT CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE REPLACEMENT PARTS, SO ONCE FIXED BY THE DEALER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THE POWER WINDOW FAILURES IS TO GET THE POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY FROM A SALVAGE YARD. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET SICK & TIRED OF REPLACING THESE AGAIN & AGAIN, & TAPE UP THE WINDOW PERMANENTLY. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE POWER WINDOWS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE (ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA). SO FAR, A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS NOT BEEN FILED. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS MY WINDOW HAS GONE DOWN WHEN I AM IN THE STORE ETC. SOMEONE COULD EASILY GET IN THE CAR OR STEAL SOMETHING OUT OF IT. I THINK THIS IS INDEED A SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO WHEN GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND THE WINDOW DROPS SUDDENLY, IT CAN BE STARTLING AND COULD CAUSE A WRECK. *TR