Buick Regal Complaints

3,261 consumer complaints on file.

#890320June 13, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
RECEIVED RECALL #00V171000 AND CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS FOR AIR BAG. DEFECT WAS REPAIRED. ONCE COMPLETED, AND OWNER RETRIEVED VEHCLE, NOTICED HORN FAILED TO WORK WHEN IT DID PREVIOUSLY. MECHANIC INDICATED HORN NOT WORKING AT TIME OF REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890223June 12, 2001
STRUCTURE
WHILE IN REVERSE ENGINE CRADLE COLLAPSED DUE TO RUST RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561508June 7, 2001
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING RENTAL CAR FROM ALAMO RENTAL, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE, AN INSPECTION OF THE OTHER 3 TIRES WAS DONE AND NOTED THAT THEY WERE IN VERY POOR CONDITION, TIRES WERE WORN AND WEAR INDICATORS WERE SHOWING, TIRES WERE 3 FIRESTONES AND 1 GENERAL AMERIA, NO OTHER SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889821June 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES WERE RUSTIED. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT BRAKES WERE RUSTED BECAUSE OF ATMOSPHERE.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561409May 31, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
REAR ROTORS RUSTED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889416May 30, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS IN VOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A 1989, ASTRO VAN AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH OR LESS. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WAS UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561283May 22, 2001
STRUCTURE
THE REAR CRABLE BOLTS SHEARED OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE TO FALL TO THE GROUND WHICH ALSO DAMAGED THE OIL PAN AND SEPARATED THE STEERING SHAFT, THE DRIVER LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER AND BRAKE, THE CRADLE BOLTS WERE PREVIOUSLY RECALLED AND REPLACED IN 1997 (97V-058).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745570May 20, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
AFTER CAR WARMS UP AND WHEN STARTING TO MOVE FROM FULL STOP CAR WILL NOT TURN TO THE LEFT EXCEPT WITH EXTREEM FORCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745493May 18, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#888520May 17, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
EVERY EIGHT MONTHS REAR BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745449May 17, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATION APPEARED ON ALL 4 TIRES ALMOST TO THE SAME DEGREE. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M6X0BMWR 2 TIRESIZE: P2256016)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888333May 16, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL ON PASSENGER'S AIR BAG IN MAY 2OOO. MADE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER AND HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. TECHNICIAN STATED CONSUMER WILL RECEIVE CALL WHEN PARTS COME IN. TWO WEEKS HAVE PASSED, NO CALL RECEIVED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888097May 14, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
WHEN CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD BANG THAT CAME FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD, AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT WAS THAT THE FUEL DID NOT GO INTO FUEL RELAY SYSTEM, AND INJECTOR SPRAYED FUEL BACKWARDS ONTO INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH IGNITED THE FUEL. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE JULY 28, 2000 AND AGAIN ON MAY 13, 2001. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745209May 11, 2001
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887606May 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY. HE PARKED VEHICLE ON AN OVERLOOK. WHEN HE CAME BACK TO VEHICLE TO START HIS WIFE STATED THAT SHE SMELLED SMOKE. WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE IDLED ROUGHLY, AND STARTED GOING DOWN HILL AT BOTTOM OF HILL. ALSO, THERE SMOKE AND FLAMES ERUPTED FROM CONSOLE. HE APPLIED BRAKES AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. VEHICLE WENT INTO MECHANICAL BRAKES, CAUSING HIM TO STOP 100 FEET. *AK CONSUMER AND WIFE EVACUATED VEHICLE AFTER STOPPING, ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *JB REFERENCED IN EA02-030
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887368May 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL NOT TRAVEL TO FLOORBOARD. CONUMER HAS TO APPLY FORCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887297May 2, 2001
AIR BAGS
AFTER ONE YEAR BUICK HAS NOT MANUFACTURED RECALL PART FOR AIR BAG. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744819May 1, 2001
STRUCTURE
BOTH ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS CORRODED, CAUSING CRADLE TO DROP AND PULL STEERING ASSEMBLY LOOSE, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ENGINE COMPARTMENT PARTS. COST TO REPAIR-$895.00.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887032April 30, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
RECALL 00V171000. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED , INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED REPAIRING VEHICLE WILL TAKE A WEEK TO COMPLETE. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT OFFER A RENTAL CAR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744650April 27, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
STEERING RACK LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING RENDERING VEHICLE UNSTABLE WHILE TRAVELING APROX. 35 MPH AND CREATING A POTENTIALLY LETHAL SITUITION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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