Buick Regal Complaints

3,261 consumer complaints on file.

#10209421November 15, 2007
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
1990 BUICK REGAL HAD EQUIPMENT FAILURE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER UNDER CONTROL WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. *KB ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, UPON INSPECTION OF THE HOOD LATCH AND BRACKET, THE OFFICER DISCOVERED PART OF THE BRACKET AT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE BAY WAS MISSING. THE BOLT WAS MISSING AS WELL. THE CRASH WAS DUE TO THE HOOD LATCH AND BRACKET COMING APART, WHICH CAUSED THE HOOD TO OPEN AND SLAM AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10208793November 13, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE DASHLIGHTS HAVE FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS INDICATES THAT THERE IS AN INHERENT SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE DASH CLUSTER ON THIS VEHICLE. THE INABILITY TO SEE ONE'S SPEED OR GAUGES ARE POTENTIAL RISKS FOR CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10208387November 9, 2007
WHEELS
1999 BUICK REGAL HAD TIRES REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE TIRES DO NOT HOLD AIR PRESSURE SO THE WHEELS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE WHEELS WERE MANUFACTURED OUT OF ALUMINUM WITH DEFECTIVE CHROME COATINGS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WOULD NOT ADHERE TO THE CHROME PROPERLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10207935November 5, 2007
STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE GARAGE. THE BELT AND PUMP WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY AT THE COST OF $475.57. THE THIRD TIME, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AS AN OIL LEAK. THEY REPLACED THE SEAL PUMP AND HOSES AT THE COST OF $588.98. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,286 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,729. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF THE DEALER STATED AIR BAG LIGHT ON. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10207389October 30, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
OCCASIONALLY DURING COLD WEATHER STARTS AT 10 DEGREES F OR COLDER STRONG ODOR OF FUEL IS NOTICED. REVIEWED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA02030. CAR STARTS WITH NO PROBLEM NO ROUGHNESS. ENGINE RUNS FINE. NO CAUTION LIGHTS ON DASH INDICATORS. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. FUEL LEAKS AND POSSIBLE FIRES CAN BE DEADLY. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10207119October 28, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
1999 BUICK REGAL FRONT TURN SIGNALS KEEP BURNING OUT, I BELIEVE IT IS FROM THE HOUSING THAT HOLDS THE BULBS. IT SEEM LIKE THE PLASTIC AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BULB THAT SNAPS IN TO THE HOUSING SPARKS AND BURNS IT CAUSING THE BULBS TO FAIL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10205971October 17, 2007
WHEELS
ALUMINUM WHEELS CAUSED THE TIRES TO LEAK, DUE TO CRACKING & PEELING. BOTH BACK TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $400. DEALER REFUSED TO COVER REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10205849October 16, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY MOTHER'S 2003 BUICK REGAL CAUGHT FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10205559October 13, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WELL FRIDAY, I WENT TO WORK IN THE REGAL, LIKE ALWAYS, ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER PUNCHING IN AT WORK SOMEONE CAME RUNNING IN AND SAID THERE'S A BLUE REGAL OUT THERE WITH SMOKE POURING OUT THE HOOD, SO I WENT OUT AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS ME, I POPPED THE LATCH FROM THE INSIDE, WENT AROUND THE FRONT AND PEERED IN * WITHOUT OPENING IT* AND SAW FLAMES, I GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, OPENED THE HOOD AND DOWSED IT, MEANWHILE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. SINCE I GOT TO IT SO QUICK THE DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT SOMEHOW STARTED ON THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE OR POSSIBLY BY THE FUSE BOX, I DON'T KNOW... BASICALLY ALL THE WIRES WERE ON FIRE!, THEY MELTED THE COOLANT BOTTLE, SOME OF THE FUSE BOX, THE FRONT VALVE COVER AND OIL CAP, PASSENGER ENGINE MOUNT, WINDSHIELD WASHER RESERVOIR CAP, BOOST BYPASS VALVE AND THE BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER,..SPARK PLUG WIRES WERE TOAST AS WELL. THE HOOD HAS TWO SMALL SPOTS WHERE THE PAINT JUST STARTED TO BUBBLE AS WELL. I'M SO BUMBED OUT. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS BEING INVESTIGATED ON 99-02 CARS WITH THE L67, AFTER DRIVING AND PARKING THE VEHICLES.. THEY CATCH FIRE!!!! WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. MINE IS A 99 BUICK REGAL GS WITH THE L67 WHAT DO I DO, IS GM GOING DO ANYTHING OR AM I JUST SCREWED????? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10206104October 11, 2007
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
1999 BUICK REGAL WITH A DEFECTIVE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR. CUSTOMER STATES SOMETHING MELTED INSIDE THE REARVIEW MIRROR CAUSING IT TO DRIP ONTO THE CONSOLE. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE DAMAGES. THE CONTACT HAS THE PARTS AVAILABLE AS PROOF IF NHTSA WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THEM. *KB THE DEALER STATED A LIQUID CRYSTAL INSIDE THE MIRROR COULD HAVE POSSIBLY LEAKED OUT. *JB AS A RESULT OF THE LIQUID CRYSTAL LEAKING, IT CAUSED THE REAR VIEW MIRROR NOT TO OPERATE PROPERLY. UPDATED 06/16/09.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204394September 28, 2007
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKS ONTO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. WHEN THE WATER ENTERS THE VEHICLE, IT SATURATES THE ENTIRE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,400.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10203355September 18, 2007
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
BUICK REGAL..99 ELECTRIC WINOWS FAILING 3 NOW....VERY EXPENSIVE FIX 600 EACH TIME FOR A VERY MINOR PLASTIC PART..GM MAKES YOU BUY 300 DOLLAR ASSEMBLY AND A 200 TO 300 DOLLAR INSTALLATION BECAUSE A VERY COMMON PLASTIC RAINIER FAILURE....THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO DO A FIX AS DESCRIBED ON WEBSITES.... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202176September 7, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB
1. I HAVE A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES ON IT. ONE MONTH AGO THE SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHT/ABS/TRACKING OFF LIGHTS KEPT COMING ON. I JUST BOUGHT BRAND NEW TIRES IN MAY 2007 AND APPROX ONE MONTH LATER I HEARD A BAD ROARING NOISE COMING FROM WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE TIRES. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE BRAND NEW AND WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEWHAT NOISY. THEN THE LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON. THE BRAKES GRIND ALSO SOME OF THE TIME AND IT SEEMS TO FEEL LIKE A CAR SLIPPING ON GRAVEL. I TOOK THE SUV TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE LEFT FRONT ABS JUMPER HARNESS IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS REPLACED AND ALSO THE HUB BEARINGS BOTH NEED REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $1030.00. MY WARRANTY RAN OUT JUST THIS YEAR AND THERE IS NOT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT NOT EVEN SURE IF THIS TYPE OF THING WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING GOING WRONG WITH A CAR. I HAVEN'T HAD THIS VEHICLE VERY LONG, NOR HAVE A EVER ABUSED IT OR HAULED ANYTHING WITH IT. I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. I READ ON A WEBSITE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS A BUICK RENDEZVOUS REGRETS PURCHASING THIS LEMON OF A CAR AND HAVE ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I AM HAVING. GM WAS CALLED AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME WITH THIS, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE MOUNTAINOUS PROBLEMS THEY HAVE HAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10201387August 22, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
2003 BUICK REGAL WITH DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH CUSTOMER STATES THAT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE**CC THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER STATED THIS DEFECT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH AND IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD. THE CONSUMER STATED A FAULTY FUEL PUMP WAS BAD ENOUGH WITH NO WARNING SIGNS BUT A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT AND FURTHER STATED HE WOULD LIKE THE DEFECT RECALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10199638August 15, 2007
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
I WAS LEAVING A PARKING LOT WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO ASSIST WHEN TURNING RIGHT, TURNING LEFT WAS O K. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR HOME, IT WAS A SHORT DISTANCE. THIS OCCURRED ON OR ABOUT 8/2/07. ON 8/13/07 I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR WITH A MIRROR AND WAS ABLE TO FIND A OPEN CAVITY ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING UNIT. THERE WAS A SHAFT AND NUT IN THE CAVITY BUT COULD NOT DISCERN A BEARING. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR RELEVANT INFORMATION AND FOUND THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND FOUND OUT THAT THE DEALER HAD ACCOMPLISHED THE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. I CAME HOME AND FOUND THE INVOICE FOR THE RECALL, IT INDICATES A DATE OF JULY 27, 2004, A MILEAGE OF 58,373 AND THAT THE POWER STEERING GEAR LOWER BEARING WAS REPLACED. THE CAR NOW HAS 96,644 MILES ON IT. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER ON 8/17/07 TO ASCERTAIN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10199425August 13, 2007
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
LOST POWER STEERING FLUID IN MY 2003 BUICK REGAL DUE TO A HOLE IN THE POWER STEERING RETURN LINE. THE HOLE DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE LINE RUBBING AGAINST TRANSMISSION FILLER TUBE. THIS IS DESIGN FAULT AND IS CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. THE ODOMETER READING AT THE TIME OF THIS FAILURE WAS 5905. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10197436July 25, 2007
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BUICK REGAL. IN 2004, THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 03V527000 (STEERING:RACK AND PINION). THE VEHICLE HAD 48,721 MILES AT THE TIME. SHE WENT TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE RECALL REPAIR PERFORMED. THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED AGAIN AND SHE BELIEVES THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED SO QUICKLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10196049July 11, 2007
WHEELS
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE 1996 BUCK REGAL ON I-77 NORTH NEAR CHELYAN, WV ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL BROKE FROM THE HUB, CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER AND EVENTUALLY HIT THE CONCRETE MEDIAN. THE CRASH SEVERELY DAMAGED THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR; IT WA STOTALLED. THE CRASH RESULTED IN INJURIES TO BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS - THE DRIVER SUSTAINE D A BUMP ON HER FOREHEAD, AND THE PASSENGER HASD A SWOLEN LEFT ANKLE - PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE FOR A BREAK/FRACTURE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10195488July 6, 2007
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE COLD WEATHER. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE IN THE WINTER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAN WITH THE POWER STEERING SHORT RACK. AS OF JULY 6, 2007, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 65,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CONSUMER STATED DEALER REFUSED TO ADMIT THERE WAS A DEFECT BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER STATED TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER TO BE REPAIRED AND THE CONSUMER HAS THE ORIGINAL PART. UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10193311June 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED ON CAR WITH ONLY 38,000 MILES ON IT. CAR STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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