Buick Regal Complaints (1998)

302 consumer complaints on file.

#10175846December 11, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS ON A STREET, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE SERPENTINE BELT FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, THE MECHANIC PERFORMED A TEST DRIVE, AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING RACK AND PINION FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE STEERING RACK AND PINION AS WELL AS THE BUSHINGS WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10170985October 16, 2006
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENTIRE UNDER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED IN A SALT BELT STATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10170221October 8, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL CONTINUALLY BLOWS OUT ON MY 1998 BUICK REGAL. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT WILL START A FIRE IN MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10169192September 25, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE WINDOW REGULATORS ARE DEFECTIVE ON 3 WINDOWS. I HAD TO GET THEM SHUT PERMANENTLY WITH TAPE. UNABLE TO OPEN ALL THREE WINDOWS - FRONT DRIVER AND TWO BACK WINDOWS. THE PART ALONE IS ABOUT $400 -VISIBILITY-POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166852August 29, 2006
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING LEFT TURNS, THE STEERING BECAME HARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V527000, REGARDING THE RACK AND PINION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167980August 24, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING 1998 BUICK REGAL'S COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONING. *TS THE CONSUMER HAS HAD A NEW COMPUTER INSTALLED AND THE COMPUTER FLASHED. NOW THE VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING SIGNS OF COMPUTER FAILURE AGAIN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166214August 22, 2006
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LEFT. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, #03V527000, CONCERNING THE RACK AND PINION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164471August 4, 2006
SUSPENSION
AN ABNORMAL NOISE NOTED WHEN DRIVING, SO TOOK IT IN FOR INSPECTION. FRONT STABILIZER BAR HAD CRACKED THROUGH AND HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED - REPAIR COST $319.99. IT SEEMS THIS MAY BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL BUICK (3800V^) ACCORDING TO MECHANIC WHO HAS HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS OF THIS NATURE IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY. HE FEELS THIS IS OCCURRING BECAUSE THE BAR IS HOLLOW AND NOT SOLID. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163514July 26, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER ON 3 SEPARATE LEFT-HAND TURNS. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160384June 21, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
FRONT STABILIZER BAR HAS CRACKED. THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS CRACKED AT THE EXACT TRANSITION POINT WHERE THE BAR CHANGES SHAPE FROM A TUBE TO A FLAT PIECE OF METAL. THE CRACK IS BIG ENOUGH TO INSERT A BUSINESS CARD INTO THE CRACK. THE CRACK PROCEEDS TO A DEPTH OF HALF OF THE MATERIAL THICKNESS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10157801May 18, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD (PLASTIC) RESULTING IN $700 REPAIR BILL. THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLASTIC - CANNOT WITHSTAND PRESSURES!*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10157400May 12, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
OPERATION OF THE TURN SIGNALS CAUSE THE CAR TO STALL AFFECTING THE POWER STEERING AND ABS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE ON INTERSTATE C-470 AT 65 MPH WHILE USING THE TURN SIGNAL TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE. THE STEERING WAS ALMOST LOCKED AND THE BRAKES WERE VERY HARD TO PUSH. ONCE OFF THE HIGHWAY THE CAR RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS. DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE LATER, THEY STATED THAT IT WAS A BAD IGNITION SWITCH. COST TO REPLACE THIS WAS JUST OVER $400.00. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156016April 24, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HEAD LIGHTS TURN ON AND OFF WHEN THE BLOWER FAN IS TURNED ON. THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST WILL NOT OPERATE, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ALSO AFFECTED BY THIS. I HAVE HAD THIS IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS LATER IT IS JUST GETTING WORSE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155454April 16, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PARKED AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF; WAS INFORMED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THAT TIME. FIRE DEPT UNABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH EXTINGUISHERS, THE TRUCK HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN AND THE CAR HOSED DOWN. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155111April 11, 2006
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
VEHICLE HAS DIFFICULTY TURNING TO THE LEFT - AS IF THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED. WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE GAS AFTER MAKING A LEFT TURN THE CAR WILL JERK BACK TO THE RIGHT - THIS COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THERE IS A RECALL MATCHING THIS INFORMATION, HOWEVER THE INCONSIDERATE PERSON (WILLIAM BLOECHEL) SAID THAT THIS CAR IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL AND WOULD NOT LET ME SPEAK TO ANYONE ELSE AT THE COMPANY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154575April 5, 2006
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
STEERING REQUIRING MORE EFFORT THAN NORMAL AND JERKY WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND FLUSHED SYSTEM, ALL NEW FLUID. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TOOK IT TO A DEALER BECAUSE THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. BUICK RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V527000 DATE: 2003-DEC-11 COMPONENT: STEERING: RACK AND PINION THE DEALER SAID MY VIN WASN'T COVERED IN THE RECALL BUT THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO CHECK IT & FIX THE PROBLEM IF I PAID FOR IT. WHAT GIVES? WHAT GOOD IS A RECALL IF THE DEALERS DON'T HONOR IT? I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON CARSTATS.COM OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE DEALERS SAYING THEIR VIN ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153861March 27, 2006
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT INCLUDING MY VIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149073January 30, 2006
STEERING, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE LOOSES ALL POWER STEERING WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V527000 REGARDING THE STEERING: RACK AND PINION. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147181January 8, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN USING TURN SIGNALS, ALL DASH LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AND ENGINE DIES. ENGINE WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL TURN SIGNAL IS CANCELLED. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. REPLACING THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ASSY HAS NOT CHANGED THE SYMPTOMS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145550December 18, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT DEALERS AND BUICK SAYS IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN NO. NHTSA NO. IS 03V527000 MFG. NO. RECALL NO. IS 03062. THE COMPLAIN AND PROBLEM IS WITHIN THE STEERING OF THE CAR THE RACK AND PINION WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN OF ANY SORT THE RACK AND PINION TRIES TO PULL THE STEERING BACK TO THE RIGHT WITH A RE-PRONOUNCED JERKING , IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR WILL NOT TURN LEFT, I HAVE CALL SEVERAL BUICK DEALERS THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. I HAVE CALLED BUICK THEY SAID THERE WAS WITH THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS I HAVE, BUT THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN. NO. THEY SAID TO TAKE IT TO A BUICK DLR. HAVE THEM CHECK IT , AND IF, AND ONLY IF ,IT IS THE SAME AS THE RECALL STATES THE WILL ONLY ASSIST IN THE REPAIR. AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DEALER CHECKING IT . THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND HAS TO BE REPAIRED , I DON'T FEEL I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT WHEN THERE IS A LIGHTENING RECALL ON THE BOOKS FOR THE PROBLEM. I NEED HELP , BEFORE SOME ONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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