Buick Regal Complaints
3,261 consumer complaints on file.
- #601896November 1, 1996STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
HEADLINER CAME OFF. (2ND VEHICLE ON 601895)
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #804282October 30, 1996ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DIGITAL DISPLAY CONSOLE; INSIDE THE DASH LOCATED AT TOP WHERE DISPLAY CONSOLE IS DRIVER HEARD A POP, THEN SMOKE APPEARED. OWNER OPENED WINDOW AND SMOKE CLEARED BUT RETURNED ABRUPTLY FOLLOWED BY FIRE. DASH BOARD HAD TO BE DESTROYED DUE TO FIRE RESTARTING.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- Yes
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #510697October 30, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS, CAUSING VIBRATION; ALSO, FRONT BRKES WARPED CAUSED BY OVERHEATING AND CALIPERS FAILED. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #602001October 25, 1996FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP FAILED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #510569October 25, 1996POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #986451October 25, 1996VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:SPRINGS
GAS PEDAL SPRING TENSION HAS LITTLE SPRING, BARELY TOUCHES PEDAL, VEHICLE WILL GO EXTREMELY FASTER THAN INTENDED, HAVE TO HOLD BACK FOOT TO AVOID ACCIDENT. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #803155October 25, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE REAR DISC BRAKE ROTORS GET HOT AND WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, SOMETIMES NEED TO PUMP THE BRAKES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP.*AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #510368October 21, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
BRAKE ROTORS RESURFACED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #510294October 21, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #803779October 21, 1996VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #510239October 18, 1996STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #509989October 16, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES REPAIRED/REPLACED TWICE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #509995October 16, 1996ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- Yes
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #801573October 16, 1996STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
POWER DOOR LOCKS AND TRUNK RELEASE HAVE ELECTRICAL SHORT, TRUNK DOOR OPENS DURING OR WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #803320October 8, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
CONSUMER HAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THE REAR BRAKE CABLE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO REMEDY.*AK DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, CALIPER SLIDES, ETC, AND BRAKES STILL DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, DEALER ALSO FOUND THE PARKING BRAKE CABLES CORRODED. WINDOW WOULD NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN. *SLC
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #802299October 4, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, CORROSION OF DISC CALIPERS ON THE REAR, CAUSING BRAKE LOCKUP AND EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT BRAKES, REPLACEMENT OF DISC PADS AND ROTORS. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #803177October 3, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED AFTER APPLYING PRESSURE . *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #803075October 1, 1996VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AUTO TRAN: INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM 5 TO 10 MPH ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE, ACTS AS IF OUT OF FUEL/NO RESPONSE, HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS AND FREEWAY, NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #802249September 30, 1996STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES ARE CORRODED (RUSTED) AND PASSENGER'S SIDE CAN'T OPEN BECAUSE OF THE RUST . *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #802957September 30, 1996SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
THE REAR CALIPER IS WEARING OUT TO OFTEN. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0