Buick Regal Complaints (2001)

187 consumer complaints on file.

#10055437March 23, 2004
STEERING
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A POWER STEERING PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING LEFT. *AK THE WHEEL LOCKED UP FOR A SECOND. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062390March 17, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 BUICK REGAL HAD PROBLEM SHIFTING,TO FIND OUT TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FELL APART AFTER 45000 MILES,HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AT CONSIDERABLE COST CONVENIENTLY 10000 MILES OR LESS OUT OF WARRANTY,FINDING OUT BY THIS WEBSITE THAT OTHER REGALS HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION DEFECTS AND TOTAL FAILURES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060548March 5, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SOUNDING ROUGH AND SLIGHTLY SLIPPING GOING UP HILL IN DRIVEWAY SOON AFTER PURCHASING CAR AS USED. CAR WAS SAID TO HAVE PASSED GMC 100+ POINT INSPECTION. TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AFTER ABOUT ONE WEEK OF OWNERSHIP AT 25,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP AND BUICK RESPONDED VERY SATISFACTORILY. REPAIRS COMPLETED UNDER WARRANTY. REPAIRS TOOK ABOUT ONE WEEK THOUGH A SECOND ATTEMPT HAD TO BE MADE AFTER TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO SLIP SLIGHTLY WHEN GOING UP HILLS, MORE NOTICEABLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND AFTER A STOP AND TURNING LEFT. DEALERSHIP REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ON INITIAL REPAIRS: " ...FLUID PRESSURES OK. R&R TRANS (4T65E). FOUND INPUT AND REACTION CARRIER ASSEMBLY GEARS BROKEN. TORRINGTON THRUST BEARING FAILED, DAMAGING GEARS. REPLACED CARRIER, SUN GEAR,INPUT COMPLETE CARRIER,CARRIER DRUM, 2/1 BAND, BEARING, FILTER, AXLE SEAL, GASKETS AS NEEDED, FLUSH CASE AND RELATED COMPONENTS TO REMOVE PARTICLES" SUBSEQUENT CONTINUED PROBLEMS RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS: ".....ROAD TEST -PERFORMA DIAG. ISOLATED TO VALVE BODY VALVES BINDING IN THEIR BORES. REPLACED TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY AND GASKET,...." CAR HAS FUNCTIONED WELL SINCE AND AS OF 3/5/04.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059859February 26, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND ENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DRIVER TAPPED THE BRAKES AND SPEED INCREASED EVEN MORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059074February 26, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE I HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 70 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUMPED TO 90 MPH BEFORE I REALIZED IT. I HIT THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE IT. IT DID THIS 3 OR 4 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME I NEARLY REAR ENDED A CAR SO I JUST QUIT USING IT. ALSO WHEN I WOULD USE MY SIGNAL FOR A RIGHT LANE CHANGE IT WOULD KILL THE CRUISE AND I WOULD HAVE TO HIT THE GAS REAL QUICK TO GET IN THE OTHER LANE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056933February 10, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
AS STATED IN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS MY BRAKES HAVE RUSTED AND ALSO SCREECH. I HAVE ALSO REPLACED THEM LIKE OTHERS HAVE WITH THE SAME RESULT ( PUT NEW ROTORS ON THIS LAST TIME ALSO). THIS LAST TIME I HAD IT START SCREAMING ALMOST INSTANTLY AFTER REPLACING THEM. MY CAR ALSO HAS A SMALL SHAKE TO IT THAT CAN`T SEEM TO BE FIGURED OUT. IT COMES FROM THE FRONT END JUST LIKE OTHERS HAVE STATED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050643December 17, 2003
STEERING
MY 2001 BUICK REGAL HAS A "LOOSENESS" WOBBLING" FEELING IN THE STEERING ON ALL PAVEMENTS AND IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHILE TURNING OR CORNERING. I HAD THE CAR INTO A BUICK DEALER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THEY PUT A GREASE BUSHING IN THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED, BUT WAS LESSER FOR A WHILE. NOW AT 31,500 MILES THE PROBLEM IS AGAIN VERY NOTICEABLE AND EVEN MORE SO THAN BEFORE. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE THE CAR AND THEY CERTAINLY NOTICED THE LOOSE FEELING IN THE STEERING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048592November 24, 2003
STEERING
THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AREA WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025411July 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED AT ONLY 17,000 MI.WAS TOLD CAR NOT DRIVEN ENOUGH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023483June 20, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION KEY HANGS UP CANT GET IT OUT, IT WILL COM OUT IF YOU WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER YOU TURN KEY OFF THE KEY FEELS RATHER WARM TO THE TOUCH WHEN YOU FINALLY GET IT OUT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021467June 12, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS NEEDED TO BE GROUND @ 21000 MILES AND THEN AGAIN @43000 MILES, FRONT END SHAKES BADLY WHEN BRAKING, MAKE CONTROL DIFFICULT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018710May 14, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR WOULD NOT START. DEALER FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A SENSOR. DEALER REPLACED SENSOR. IN MARCH 2003 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AGAIN. IT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. SOME OF THE OTHERS COME ON TO. SERVICE ENGINE SOON ECT. IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN A YEAR SINCE WE HAD IT FIXED THE FIRST TIME. I THINK MAYBE IT COULD BE A DEFECT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016744April 30, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
STARTING AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES THERE WAS A VERY DISTINCT RUBBING SOUND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A NON-EMERGENCY SITUATION (IT REMINDED ME OF THE SOUND BRAKES MAKE WHEN THEY HAVE TOO MUCH WEAR AND USUALLY IT'S AN INDICATION THE BRAKES NEED TO BE RELPACED). AT ABOUT 15,000 MILES I HAD THE CAR SERVICED AND THE DEALER STATED NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. AT ABOUT 29,500 I HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED. ABOUT 5,000 MILES AFTER THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED THE SOUND HAS STARTED AGAIN. IT SOUNDS AS IF THE ABS IS CONSTANTLY ENGAGED BUT THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES. I'M CONVINCED THERE IS A BRAKE PROBLEM THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND I'M CONCERNED THE BRAKES WILL FAIL IN AN EMERGENCY. THE DEALERS SEEM UNABLE TO IDENTIFY A PROBLEM. DOES YOUR AGENCY HAVE ANY RECORDS OF BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 BUICK REGAL GS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014076April 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2001 BUICK REGAL GS, WHEN FIRST PURCHASED, HAD A CLUNK IN IT AT ABOUT 42-45 MPH, AFTER LETTING GO OF THE ACCELERATOR, AND COASTING DOWN A HILL. I HAD TOLD THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT, BUT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FINALLY THE 10TH TIME, I HAD TAKEN THE SERVICE MANAGER OUT TO THE LOCATION WHERE IT WOULD CLUNK. THEY FINALLY TOOK THE TRANSMISSION APART AND FOUND THERE WAS A SLIGHTLY STRIPPED SHAFT AND A COUPLE OTHER COMPONENTS BAD IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOW DEVELOPED ANOTHER PROBLEM. IN THE MORNINGS ON MY WAY OUT AND THE CAR SITTING OVERNIGHT, AT ABOUT 20-35 MPH, IT WILL SHIFT RUFF, LIKE IT JERKS YOU AHEAD, LIKE I AM DRIVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, NOT USING THE CLUTCH. HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS WITH THEIR REGAL GS? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018383September 11, 2002
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
THERE IS AN AIR BAG WARNING STICKER LOCATED ON BOTH SUNVISORS, IT DISTRACTS DRIVER'S VIEW. CANNOT REMOVE LABEL BY HANDS. DEALER REFUSED TO REMOVE LABEL, STATING BY LAW IT CAN NOT BE REMOVED.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018301September 10, 2002
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON, CAUSING AIR BAG TO BE INOPERATIVE IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766085August 23, 2002
TIRES
THE TIRES ON THE CAR HAVE FAILED. I HAVE DONE THE ALL OF THE SCHEDULED ROTATIONS AND ALINGMENTS. THE TIRES "GOODYEAR EAGLE LS (225/60R16) ON MY 2001 BUICK REGAL ARE PUTTING MY LIFE AT RISK WHEN I DRIVE EVERYDAY FOR WORK. I CONTACTED BUICK AND THEY STILL ARE MAKING A DETERMINATION TO REPLACE THESE FAILED TIRES, AT 23,900 MILES. I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD OF TESTED THESE TIRES BEFORE THEY HAD MADE THE DECISION TO PUT THEM ON A QUITE PRICY CAR. GOODYEAR I BELIEVE IS AT FAULT FOR PRODUCING SUCH A TIRE THAT IS A COMPLETE FAILURE. I HOPE THAT SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013671July 10, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS ARE TO DIM, AND IT IS HARD FOR DRIVER TO SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LIGHTS ARE DIM ON LOW BEAM ONLY. (DESIGN PROBLEM) AND THAT OTHER GM VEHICLES HAVE SAME PROBLEM AND LIGHTS ARE GOOD ON HIGH BEAM. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006729April 1, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING CRUISE CONTROL AT 70-75 MPH ON FREEWAY VEHICLE ACCELARATED TO HIGHER SPEED ON ITS OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898550October 31, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING 35-40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER WROTE IN STATING THAT THIS IS NOT HER VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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