Buick Regal Complaints

3,261 consumer complaints on file.

#11234438July 24, 2019
AIR BAGS, SEATS
OBD WARNING B0074, B0081 - PPS MODULE FAULTY - CANNOT DETECT PASSENGER WEIGHT IN CAR, THEREFORE DISABLED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I AM SEEING MULTIPLE GM ISSUES ON THE SAME ERROR, OBD B0081, FAULTY PPS SENSOR ON COMAROS AND VOLTS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232710July 17, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, STEERING
ENGINE AND BRAKES SEIZED UP ON ME WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT, LOW SPEED. TOOK IT IN TO MY MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS AN OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH I WAS 2K MILES UNDER THE NEXT CHANGE I WAS ALSO 2 QTS LOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232420July 16, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS SMOKING DUE TO A FAILURE RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V517000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS). TASCA BUICK GMC (55 FORTIN DR, WOONSOCKET, RI 02895, (401) 229-4021) PLACED A HARNESS OVER THE SEAT. THE WIRING WAS COVERED; HOWEVER, THE REMEDY HAD NOT BEEN PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232058July 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 BUICK REGAL. WHILE APPROACHING THE DRIVEWAY OF HER HOME, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE SHIFTER INTO THE PARK POSITION; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE SHIFTER LEVER AGAIN, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT DID NOT ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED AGAIN TO PLACE THE SHIFTER IN THE PARK POSITION WITH THE KEY STILL IN THE IGNITION OVERNIGHT. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO GET THE GEAR TO SHIFT AND, ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PAHRUMP VALLEY AUTO PLAZA (2060 E CHARLESTON PARK AVE, PAHRUMP, NV 89048, (775) 990-4402) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFTER LEVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231787July 14, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
FRONT DRIVERS HEADLIGHT FILLS WITH WATER. CAUSES LIGHT BULB TO EXPLODE. CONDENSATION IS I. THE HEADLIGHT. THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT CAME OUT OF THE HEADLIGHT WAS ABOUT 10 OUNCES. NO VISIBLE CRACKS OR DAMAGE TO HEADLIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231421July 12, 2019
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BUICK REGAL. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK WAS PRESSED, WHICH ACTIVATED THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. THE DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK FROM THE INSIDE AND THE OCCUPANTS BECAME TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS. AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11231437July 12, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TAKATA RECALL - THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE BALLAST IN THE HID HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR THE CXL TURBO MODEL. THE SEAL MAY BE FAULTY DUE TO THE HEADLAMP SHORTING OUT EXCEPT FOR THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS. THEY SHORTED OUT RIGHT AFTER A HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND I WAS STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER AND TOLD THAT THEY (THE HEADLIGHTS) WERE OUT. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED AT THE THE LIGHTS ONLY TO REALIZE THAT THEY HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND THERE WAS MOISTURE IN THE ASSEMBLY ITSELF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230038July 8, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
2011 BUICK REGAL PURCHASED FROM SHOW ROOM FLOOR IN 2011. PRESENTATIVE MAINTENANCE UP TO DATE. NO WARNING LIGHTS. SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION, ENGINE. WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET APPROACHING INTERSTATE AT 25 MPH, CAR STARTING STALLING, PUTTERING, LOSING POWER. PULLED OVER, PUT IN PARK. THEN CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. WOULD ACCELERATE BUT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR OR MOVE. HAD TO BE TOWED. FIRST THING DEALER SERVICE CENTER SUGGEST IS $3000 TRANSMISSION. CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES, ONE OWNER. NO WAY! NO PRIOR SYMPTOMS OR WARNING LIGHTS, IN FACT ONSTAR DIAGNOSTICS CURRENTLY SHOWING NO ISSUES FOUND WITH ENGINE/TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED!!! 2011 BUICK REGAL DIAGNOSTICS REPORT FROM YOUR 2011 BUICK REGAL AS OF 07/08/2019 NO ISSUES FOUND
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228670July 1, 2019
SEATS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I HAVE HAD THE DRIVER'S SIDE HID HEADLIGHT BALLAST REPLACED 3 TIMES IN 9 MONTHS DUE TO MOISTURE IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222508June 25, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLIGHTS AND THEY FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GILBERT CHEVROLET (3550 US-441, OKEECHOBEE, FL 34974, (863) 261-8947) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT MOISTURE WAS IN THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 95303514701. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,579.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220254June 15, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
AFTER MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR A FEW DAYS, AND ONCE STARTED BACK UP THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULDN'T RETRACT BACK, I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE BRAKE PEDAL UP WITH MY FOOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220023June 14, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STOPS OUT OF NOWHERE AND CUTS BACK ON. THERE IS A BURNING/MELTING SMELL COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE CAR IS OFF SOMETIMES THE BATTERY IS DRAINED. THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT KEEPS GETTING MOISTURE INSIDE AND CAUSES THE BULB TO GO OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11219822June 13, 2019
ENGINE
BACK ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2019 I HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND RECEIVED WHATEVER PREMIUM-ULTRA SYNTHETIC OIL THEY HAD. THIS OIL WAS RATED UP TO 9,000 MILES I BELIEVE. AS I WAS HEADING IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 2ND, 2019 THE CAR SUDDENLY LOCKED WITH BRAKES AND STEERING BECOMING EXTREMELY STIFF. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS OCCURRED BUT HAD BEEN COMING TO A STOP WITH NOBODY IN FRONT OF ME LUCKILY. HAD THIS HAPPENED 15 SECONDS BEFORE AS I WAS GOING 55MPH AROUND A CURVE, I WOULD HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY KILLED MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. THERE WAS NO ABILITY TO STEER THE CAR OR BRAKE. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE WOULD REQUIRE A COMPLETE REBUILD, COSTING SEVEN-THOUSAND-DOLLARS. THEY CLAIM IT WAS CAUSED BY A "LACK OF MAINTENANCE (IE. NOT KEEPING UP ON OIL CHANGES)". THE LACK OF OIL THEN CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK, WHICH THEN FURTHER DAMAGED INTAKE VALVES, HEAD GASKETS, BALANCE CHAIN, ETC. NOW I KNOW FEBRUARY 9TH AND JUNE 2ND IS NEARLY FOUR MONTHS APART, HOWEVER, IN THAT TIME I HAD PUT LESS THAN 2,000 MILES ON THE CAR. HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT MY ULTRA SYNTHETIC OIL WHICH IS RATED FOR FOUR TIMES LONGER, IN A CAR THAT IN THAT TIME HAD BEEN REPORTED TO BURN OIL, AND DOESN'T HAVE AN OIL LEVEL SENSOR, WOULD BURN OIL? IN MY MIND THIS ISN'T A LACK OF MAINTENANCE, IT IS GM'S LACK OF COMMUNICATION. GM NEVER INFORMED ME OF ANY ISSUES REGARDING OIL BURN, YET THEY SUPPOSEDLY REQUIRE TECHNICIANS TO ROLL BACK THE SENSOR BECAUSE OF THIS VERY ISSUE. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT MIRACULOUSLY THE CAR WASN'T GIVING ANY OUTWARD SIGNS OF DISTRESS INCLUDING EXTRA NOISE, LOUD IDLE, HANDLING DIFFERENCES OR ANYTHING. WHILE MY SITUATION ENDED WITH NO INJURIES, AFTER READING ABOUT THIS ISSUE I AM ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. THIS ISSUE IS NOT ONLY UNJUSTLY DRAINING BANK ACCOUNTS BUT ALSO COSTING LIVES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11218905June 10, 2019
POWER TRAIN
FROM A DEAD STOP, WHEN YOU ACCELERATE THE CAR HAS A HARD SHUDDER, TRANS SLIP...BELIEVE IT TO BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND A PROBLEM GM HAS KNOWN FOR SOMETIME WITH THEIR G4T60-E TRANSMISSION, MOST LIKELY A PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID PROBLEM OR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11217371June 2, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DEFECTIVE FRONT HEAD LAMP ENCLOSURES LEFT & RIGHT ONES CRACKING LETTING MOISTURE IN CAUSING LOW BEAM HALOGEN HEAD LAMP BULBS TO EXPLODE DUE TO CONTACT WITH MOISTURE. DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON HEAD LAMP ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY'S
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209085May 21, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
CONDENSATION ISSUE IN DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT.THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AS THOUSANDS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. THE ENTIRE HID HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY COST $1,320.95 AT THE DEALER WITHOUT TAXES. THIS IS APPALLING TO ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM WHEN CLEARLY THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. MY CAR DID NOT EVEN HAVE 45,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208855May 20, 2019
SEATS
POWER SEAT BUTTONS WORK OFF AND ON. MY DRIVERS SEAT WAS RECLINED AND NOW WONT GO BACK UP, I CHECKED MY VIN AND NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON IT. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON 2012 BUICK REGAL POWER SEATS BUT NOT ON MY VIN.I HAVE AN APPT WITH THE BUICK DEALER TO FIX. WHICH WONT BE CHEAP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208170May 17, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CODES P0016 P0017 DTC P0299 UNDER TURBO BOOST P0010 - FLUID LEAK FROM TRANSMISSION - STABILITRAK LIGHT ON AND OFF (2017, 2018, 2019)- { I PAID TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED AND LESS THAN A YEAR LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN} CAR WILL NOT PICK UP SPEED - CRANK / CAM POSITION NOT PLAUSIBLE - TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED /STUCK.( POPPING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER MY SEAT IN 2017)THESE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. I AM GETTING ON THE ON RAMP FOR THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR WILL NOT GO PASS 35 MPH FOR OVER 15 SECONDS, EVEN IF I FLOOR IT. THERE IS ON COMING TRAFFIC DOING 60 TO 70 MPH AND THAT IS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. I HAVE NO WAY OF MOVING TO AVOID BEING HIT. MY CAR WILL STALL WHEN I TRY TO DRIVE AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11207077May 12, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLAMP FILLS WITH WATER CAUSING BULB TO BURN OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11207078May 12, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLAMP FILLS UP WITH WATER CAUSING BULB TO BURN OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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