Buick Regal Complaints (1995)

173 consumer complaints on file.

#882538March 9, 2001
AIR BAGS
RECALL 00 V 171 000 INADVERTENT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. CONSUMER CONTACTED PINNO BUICK , OXFORD ,PA 610-932-2892, TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE, AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559984February 28, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE DEALER HAS NOT RECEIVED PARTS FOR RECALL OOV-171 FOR THE AIR BAG WIRING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881396February 26, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AFTER PARKING VEHICEL IN PARKING LOT ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO FRONT END OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881247February 23, 2001
AIR BAGS
00 V 171 000/INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: NOTICE RECEIVED AND CONTACTED DEALER FOR AN APPOINTMENT. DEALER STATED THAT THEY NEED TO INSPECT VEHICLE FIRST BEFORE THEY COULD ORDER PART, AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS. NOTICE STATED: DEALER WILL REPLACE INFLATORS ON THESE AIR BAGS. NOTHING STATED THAT THEY NEED TO INSPECT BEFORE REPAIRS COULD BE DONE. REQUESTING SOME HELP FROM NHTSA ON THIS MATTER; DEALER IS TOM RICE BUICK IN HUNTINGTON, NY; PHONE# 631/549-7700. LEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881291February 23, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN JUNE FOR DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG, STATING THAT AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY AT ANYTIME. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SAFE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878711January 22, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
THROTTLE CABLE BROKE TRAVELING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS JUST IDILING. CONSUMER FLOATED ACROSS THREEE LANES TO GET OFF. DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION WHY IT HAPPENED. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR CABLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739505January 17, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WE RECEIVED A SAFETY NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT DUE TO DEFECTIVE INFLATOR IN JULY OF 2000. I CONTACTED BUICK IN DECEMBER 2000 WONDERING WHY WE HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT RECALL AND WAS TOLD 3 TO 6 MONTHS MORE BEFORE REPAIR WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THEY DID REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART WITH A NEW OLD PART THAT HAD NOT SUFFERED THE DEGRADATION OF TIME. THIS TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT WAS/IS TO HOLD ME OVER UNTIL THE PROPER PART BECOMES AVAILABLE. MY COMPLAINT IS THE ORIGINAL LETTER STATED THE REPAIR WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN SEVERAL MONTHS. I WAITED 6 MONTHS TO BE TOLD 3 TO 6 MORE MONTHS. WHAT IF I SELL OR TRADE THIS VEHICLE IN DOES THE MANUFACTURER TRACK THIS VEHICLE DOWN THROUGH REGISTRATION INFORMATION OR DOES THE VEHICLE GO UNREPAIRED AT A COST SAVINGS TO THE MANUFACTURER? A RESPONSE TO MY CONCERNS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877871January 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS PREMATURLEY WEAR OUT , CONSUMER HAS ALREADY REPLACED 4 SETS OF ROTORS, TWICE IN FRONT AND TWICE IN REAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558530January 3, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE RECALL 00V-171 FOR THE FAULTY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG BECAUSE THE NECESSARY PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877232January 2, 2001
AIR BAGS
RECALL 00V171000/ AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. PARTS FOR RECALL ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738181December 23, 2000
AIR BAGS
HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION FROM BUICK SINCE JULY. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557909December 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
THE REAR ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND CRAKCED, THE CALIPERS WERE FROZE OPEN, THIS WAS CAUSING ALL OF THE BRAKING TO BE MADE WITH THE FRONT BRAKES ONLY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875740November 30, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THERE WAS SOME LEAKAGE OF ANTIFREEZE INTO ENGINE CAUSED BY A BAD INTAKE MANIFOLD. THIS HAPPENED WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65MPH. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER ASSUMED HEAD GASKET WAS THE PROBLEM, AND CHARGED CONSUMER $4,700 TO GET A NEW ENGINE. AFTER NEW ENGINE WAS INSTALLED, DEALER PUT OLD INTAKE MANIFOLD BACK ON, AND NEW ENGINE ALSO BLEW OUT. *AK THE VEHICLE NEEDS NEW ENGINE AGAIN. A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD IS NEEDED TOO BECAUSE OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANTIFREEZE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736307November 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
IN AUGUST OF 1996 I PURCHASED A 1995 BUICK REGAL, 4 DOOR, SEDAN. VIN # [XXX]. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873452October 20, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HIT NO BUMPS, NOR HAD AN ACCIDENT. BUICK HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555563October 11, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
PULSE WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACED BEFORE RECALL 97V017000, WHEN RECALL NOTICE CAME CONSUMER HAD REPAIR DONE AGAIN, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871379September 25, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP BURNED. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP. *AK FUEL PUMP LOCATED IN GAS TANK GOT HOT ENOUGH TO MELT THE INSULATION ON THE WIRING, MELT SOME OF PLASTIC BODY OF FUEL PUMP. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730082September 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
MANY TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHEN TRAVELING EXTREMELY SLOWLY, EG. COMING TO A STOP SIGN, BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, ETC., I HEAR AND FEEL A HEAVY RATTLE (AS THOUGH METAL HAS RELEASED A LINKAGE) AND I CAN FEEL SOMETHING RELEASE THRU MY BREAK PEDDLE. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW SECONDS. THIS HAPPENS MANY TIMES EACH DAY AND IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY LATELY. I'VE HAD IT CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES BY MECHANICS AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT MY BREAKS COULD FAIL AND I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A PRELIMINARY RECALL NOTICE ON MY AIRBAGS, WHICH I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE INFORMATION YET ON THE REPAIRS, WHICH ADDS AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN TO POSSIBLE BRAKE FAILURE. I'M A DIVORCED MOM, WITH TWO KIDS AT HOME AND HAUL OTHER CHILDREN OFTEN. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS A KNOW CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866408July 31, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHEN DRIVING AND UPON MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, AND RESULTING IN A NEAR ACCCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865964July 25, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS ARE RUSTING OUT DUE TO CHEAP MATERIAL USED FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM, CAUSING PREMATURE REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE PADS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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