Buick Regal Complaints (1998)

302 consumer complaints on file.

#10055814January 26, 2004
STEERING, SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND MAKING LEFT TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE AL;SO PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055347January 22, 2004
STEERING
INQUIRY WHETHER OR NOT INVESTIGATION AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS LED TO A RECALL.*MR CONSUMER LETTER WAS SENT BY DOMINICK GRAZIANO IN REFERENCE TO THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT # 10042719 CONCERNING A 1998 BUICK REGAL STEERING DEFECT. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF INVESTIGATIONS AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS HAVE LED TO A RECALL.*MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057318January 21, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
DEFECT WHICH CAUSED THE WHEELS TO TURN TO THE RIGHT WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. *PH THE VEHICLE WAS INTERMITTENT WHEN TURNING LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CONSUMER'S WIFE CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. RECALL#03V527000 *SC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055557January 21, 2004
SUSPENSION
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE WOULD TURN TO THE RIGHT ON ITS OWN. *PH WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. * CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055463January 15, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
FAILURE IN STEERING SYSTEM. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT, BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE, HOWEVER HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT A BEARING IN THE RACK AND PINION HAD FAILED. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053060January 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HEAD LIGHTS TURN OFF WHEN BLOWER FAN IS TURNED ON. BLOWER FOR AC/HEATER TURNS OFF, OCCASIONALLY WILL WORK WHEN TURNED TO HIGH. REAR DEFROSTER WON'T WORK WHEN BLOWER FAN IS ON. MONOCROMATIC REAR VEIW MIRROR ADJUSTMENT WON'T WORK WHEN BLOWER IS ON. LEFT REAR TURN SIGNAL NOT WORKING, BULB IS OK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053090January 13, 2004
STEERING
C/S STEERING COLUMN STICKING WHEN TURNING. FOUND RACK AND PINION GEAR BINDING CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO TURN LEFT. REPLACED RACK AND PINION WITH SHOR GEAR AND RESET TOE IN TO CORRECT CONCERN. TEST DROVE TO VERIFY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052918January 12, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
HAVE 1998 BUICK REGAL WITH SYMPTOMS IDENTICAL TO RECENT SAFETY RECALL 03V527000 FOR STEERING DEFECT. HOWEVER, SINCE CAR WAS BUILT IN FEB 1998 IT APPEARS TO BE OUT OF THE RANGE OF THE GM RECALL (ENDS FOR CARS BUILT PRIOR 10/97). SUGGEST RECALL BE EXTENDED TO RECALL CARS WITH SAME SYMPTOMS THAT WERE BUILT IN MONTHS SURROUNDING TIME FRAME SINCE GM PARTS TRACKING NOT THAT EXACT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052833January 11, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR USED EXACTLY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD CAME ON FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND WENT OFF. THEN NEXT DAY AFTER THE BRAKE LIGHT SITUATION THE CHECK ENGINE AND ENTIRE DASHBOARD CAME ON WHILE DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL. WHICH THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE DID START BACK UP. AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ON THE CODES FOR THE BRAKE OR ENGINE PROBLEM ( WHICH I HAD TO PAY $112) . I SAID THERE HAS TO BE A REASON EVEN THOUGH THE CODES AREN'T SHOWING. SO THEY LOOKED AT THE FUEL PUMP SYSTEM, FLUIDS, AND CHECKED MY BRAKE PADS. AND STILL FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THEY COULD NOT OFFER ANY OTHER SOLUTION. SO THE NEXT DAY I DROVE THE CAR IN THE SAME AREA AND THE CAR ONCE AGAIN STALLED AND GOOD THING I DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. SO THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS STALLING SITUATION I DO BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A DEFECT FOR INVESTIGATION IN ORDER TO RECALL. AS IT IT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052845January 11, 2004
STEERING
CLUNK NOISE OCCURS WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT AND WHILE GOING IN REVERSED. ESPECIALLY NOTICED AFTER CAR PARKED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED IT IS A COMMON NOISE AND NOTING TO REPAIR. BUT DEALER NOTICED THE STABILIZER LINKS WERE CRACKED. AND WAS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052088December 30, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE TURN SIGNAL THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051653December 12, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END WHEN VEHICLE IS BACKING UP. *LA THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE NOISE APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE ABS. DURING A TEST DRIVE THE TECHNICIAN ALSO HEARD THE NOISE BUT WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER CONTACTED THE REGIONAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN WHO INDICATED THAT THE ABS NOISE WAS NORMAL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050361December 9, 2003
STEERING
PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING MECHANISM. *MR THERE WAS A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE STEERING MECHANISM. MECHANICS BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RACK AND PINION. THE STEERING STARTED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY IN MOVEMENT AS WELL AS ALMOST LOCKING WHEN SLOWING OR TURNING. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042878December 3, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE TRAVELING AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THAT POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. *AK VEHICLE ROLLED AFTER A STOP AND POWER STEERING LOCKED UP FROM THEN ON. HARD STEERING AND CLUNKING NOISE ON LEFT TURNS. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046203December 2, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER AND THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER SWITCH AND THE RESISTOR. *AK WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH WITH THE BLOWER ON AT A LOW SPEED, WITHOUT WARNING IT WOULD SHUT OFF ALONG WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. THIS PROBLEM REPEATED. THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER HAD THE SAME VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. GM STATED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER INSTANCES REPORTED. *SCC THE CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE BLOWER RESISTOR BURNED UP, WHICH CAUSED OTHER COMPONETS TO FAIL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042810November 12, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT TURN LEFT. *AK THE VEHICLE GAVE NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG IT HAD GONE OUT AT ONCE. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIRS. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040548November 5, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING WHEEL HAS GOTTEN HARDER AND HARDER TO TURN OVER A 8 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME. STEERING WHEEL FINALLY LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. HE REPLACED A STEERING MECHANISM. *AK CONSUMER NOTED THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED THE DEALER WHO SOLD THE VEHICLE TO THE CONSUMER. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044076October 12, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
PROBLEMS WITH RACK AND PINION CAUSED THE STEERING ON VEHICLE TO BECOME HARD WHILE TURNING.*MR *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041063October 1, 2003
STEERING
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THIS CAR. WHEN SHE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING LOCKED OR APPEAR TO LOSE POWER. SHE THOUGHT THE CAR SHUT OFF, SO SHE STEPPED ON THE ACCELEATOR AND THE CAR WENT INTO A MIS-DIRECTED DIRECTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER BY TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038424October 1, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT BE TURNED TO THE LEFT. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MAKE RIGHT TURNS. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. THE DEALER TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLE. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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