General Comments:

I have already replaced 3 of the 4 windows on my 2001 LeSabre because of some regulator that fails - it cost me 400-500 per window. The 4th window just went out 3 days ago. I hear this constantly from LeSabre owners. I am sure the company has heard about it by now.

Nobody is taking any action to remedy the problem.

It is very shameful for the company to just let all of these people be burdened with this cost; having to spend large amounts of money for some defective part. Why don't the officials of our cities and states do something about it? Why are consumer groups and government entities not getting involved?

When will they get involved? What do we need to do to get them to move, because I am positive the company is not going to do a recall without pressure from government officials. I think I am wasting my time and breath. Others have tried to no avail.

Faults:

I bought my LeSabre used from a Buick dealer about 2 1/2 years ago. I had wanted a later model, but this one had very low mileage and was in excellent shape.

One thing that has not happened yet is the window regulator failure, although one window has gotten stuck on the way up, and had to be manually coaxed into the "up" position. I assume that replacing the regulators is inevitable at some time.

I discovered the coolant leak problem after needing to refill the overflow tank every 3 months or so. I spent $700 to have it repaired since I was concerned that the coolant was leaking into the engine.

This week the engine failed on a return trip from Florida. It made a really nasty metal-to-metal hammering noise, but I was able to get it to the Buick dealer. They called later in the day to tell me that they found that the oil filter was full of metal shavings and pieces, and that the engine could not be repaired.

I now assume that coolant did get into the engine, and caused some sort of damage that led to this failure.

I'm going to try to get Buick to help with the $3000+ engine replacement (for a "used" one), but I don't hold out much hope.

Like the others, no more GM products for me.

General Comments:

I really liked the quiet, smooth ride and the great gas mileage, especially on the highway. The interior is very comfortable and well laid-out.

Too bad Buick skimped on the window regulators and the coolant system. Also too bad that I got the "one" bad 3.8 L V-6 that had ever been produced!