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2001 Buick Lesabre wipers, windshield & visibility problems

104 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2001 Buick Lesabre, which is 23% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
104 23% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
55,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2001 Buick Lesabre Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 55,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 27 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 12 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 55,000 miles
Based on 70 complaints that include mileage. 57% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles27
60k to 80k miles12
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 70 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles, and 57% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Vehicle was involved in a lateral collision; upon impact, side air bags did not deploy. Three people were injured in the accident. The windshield was not properly installed at the time the consumer purchased the vehicle. All four doors were leaking and were repaired three times.

November 2001 CrashInjury

Defective window regulator. Will not power window back up after it is powered down. GM should be forced to fix this problem with a redesign of cheap plastic part causing the problem and then issue a recall. This is a $400 repair for each window and all four windows are likely to fail weather they are used or not.

Reported at 51,230 miles, March 2010

Other problems reported for the 2001 Buick Lesabre

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Wipers, windshield & visibility problems across all Buick models