Buick Regal Complaints (2013)

91 consumer complaints on file.

#10790357November 14, 2015
TIRES
BOUGHT 2013 REGAL BUICK OCTOBER OF 2013. I HAD 2 TIRES TO BLOW OUT LAST YEAR AND 1 YESTERDAY. THIS IS 3 TIRES I HAD TO REPLACE. THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763370September 13, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
FROM THE PURCHASE OF OUR 2013 BUICK REGAL IN THE SPRING OF 2014 (VEHICLE WAS A NEW LEFTOVER), WE EXPERIENCED CONDENSATION BUILDING ON THE OUTSIDE (BOTTOM PORTION) OF THE WINDSHIELD. WE WOULD USE THE DEFROSTER BUT THAT DID NOT CLEAR THE BUILD UP. WE TURNED OFF THE RECIRCULATION AND TRIED ALL SETTINGS TO NO SATISFACTION. NORMALLY ON CLEAR AND LESS HUMID DAYS THERE WAS NO CONDENSATION BUILD UP. HOWEVER WHEN THE DAY WAS HUMID AND A HIGHER DEW POINT, THE BUILD UP WOULD PRESENT ITSELF. WE NORMALLY USED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO CLEAR THE WINDOW FOR VISIBILITY, BUT AT TIMES THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WILL FOG UP QUICKLY AND ALMOST COMPLETELY. THIS PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN TRAFFIC BEING THAT WE HAVE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING (BEING THAT AT TIMES IT COVERS THE WINDSHIELD QUICKLY). THROUGHOUT THE WINTER MONTHS OF 2014 THROUGH 2015, WE SELDOM DROVE THIS VEHICLE AND USED OUR TRAILBLAZER FOR DRIVING. THUS WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM DURING THAT TIME. HOWEVER THIS YEAR WE WILL BE RELYING ON THE 2013 BUICK REGAL THROUGHOUT THE WINTER AND ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE CONDENSATION BUILDUP PROBLEM. AS STATED THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE WINDSHIELD QUICKLY FOGS UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714265May 3, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MULTIPLE INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE COMING ON WHEN NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, GRADUAL LOSS OF BATTERY CHARGE. THEN MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START AT ALL. NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STARTER, BATTERY IS STILL GOOD, THE ALTERNATOR IS FINE. MY INDICATOR CONSOLE WILL NOT COME BACK ON WHEN I TRY TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON, CAR WILL NOT START WITHOUT A JUMP, BUT ALL THE LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE ARE ON. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS MODEL YEAR HAS A RECALL ALREADY ON IT FOR THIS SAME ISSUE ID # 13V173000 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. NOTHING ELSE SEEMS TO BE WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. NOT SURE AT THIS POINT IF IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703946April 6, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PUSH TO START BUTTON WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCIDENTLY BE TURNED OFF WHEN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400. ..UPDATED 05-26-15 *BF UPDATED 10/4/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10700992March 22, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON 3-7-15, UPON LEAVING MCDONALD'S ON 14 MILE RD., IN ROYAL OAK, MI. I APPROACHED THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY, STOPPED, WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR. STARTING TO TURN OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR DID START TO GO, BUT SUDDENLY, WITH NO WARNING, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS NOW ON THE MAIN ROAD, WITH CARS APPROACHING, NO ACCELERATION. I GLIDED INTO THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, HARDLY MADE IT SAFELY. I TESTED THE CAR IN DRIVE AND REVERSE, AND THE CAR RESPONDED. I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP, RIGHT LANE, FLASHERS ON. THEY TESTED THE CAR BY COMPUTER CODING "RUNNING LEAN". THEY DETERMINED THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. I WAS CALLED AND TOLD A LOOSE CABLE AND SCREW TO THE BATTERY CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I ASKED AND WAS TOLD "RUNNING LEAN" HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THEY SAID IT CODED PREVIOUSLY "RUNNING LEAN". I NEVER HAD WARNINGS, OR HAD NO GAS TO THE ACCELERATOR BEFORE. I HAVE COMPLAINED OF A HESITANCY WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. TEST DRIVING THE CAR, NOBODY AGREED WITH ME, AT SOMERSET BUICK OR AT SELLERS BUICK. TOLD TO ME BY SOMERSET BUICK, A PROBLEM HAS TO OCCUR 3 TIMES BEFORE WARNING THE DRIVER. I SAID THAT COULD BE "TOO LATE", AND THEY COULD HAVE A FATALITY ON THEIR HANDS. IMAGINE MAKING A LEFT TURN IN AN INTERSECTION, STARTING TO ACCELERATE, AND SUDDENLY NO GAS TO DRIVE THE CAR, IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH CARS COMING? I PONDERED: THE "3 TIME OCCURRENCE" BEFORE A WARNING? WHAT REASON NOT TO WARN A DRIVER? HOW COULD THERE NOT BE A WARNING TO LET A DRIVER KNOW THAT THERE IS A CABLE AND A SCREW LOOSE CAUSING NO GAS TO THE ACCELERATOR? I AM HAUNTED BY WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE DRIVING THE GM CARS THAT HAD THE PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? I REALLY BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SITUATION TO SAVE LIVES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682492February 10, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
DAMAGE ON DRIVE SIDE OF REAR BUMPER AND TRUNK LIGHT, INCLUDING TRUNK DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10667247December 19, 2014
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND THE MOON ROOF EXPLODED ALL OVER MY KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT AS WELL AS MY SELF, I HAD GLASS STUCK IN MY SCALP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637738September 20, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
2013 BUICK REGAL GS FWD 18,240 MILES BRAKE NOICE IT IS SO BAD THAT THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED @18240 MILES THE CAR AT THE DEALER WAS DOING THE SQUEELING NOICE I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL BECAUSE IT HAD BREMBOL BRAKES ROTORS AND PADS THE COST TO REPLACE ALL 4 PADS ROTORS IS $2201.00 THERE IS SO MUCH WEAR AND TEAR AWFUL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605259June 18, 2014
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS ARE HEAD "CONSTRAINTS." BOTH THE ANGLE OF THE BRACES SUPPORTING THE HEAD RESTRAINTS AND THE THICKNESS OF THE PADDING OF THE HEAD RESTRAINTS ARE EXCESSIVE. WHEN THE SEAT IS UPRIGHT, A POSITION OF GOOD POSTURE, THE HEAD RESTRAINT FORCES THE HEAD DOWN TO LOOK AT THE LAP. RAISING THE HEAD RESTRAINT INCREASES THE DOWNWARD ANGLE. MOVING THE SEAT-BACK AWAY FROM VERTICAL MAKES THE HEAD COMFORTABLE BUT THEN THE BACK DOESN'T TOUCH THE SEAT-BACK AND THAT POSITION IS RATHER TIRING. MUCH OF THE TIME, THE SOLUTION IS TO LEAN FORWARD OR TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT AWAY FROM THE HEAD RESTRAINT TO AVOID DISCOMFORT AND BLOCKED VISION. THE 2013 BUICK REGAL HAS TAKEN THE HEAD RESTRAINT CRITERIA TO EXCESS AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF MODIFICATIONS CAN BE CONSIDERED SO THAT FUTURE HEAD RESTRAINTS ARE NO LONGER A HINDRANCE TO DRIVERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575636March 29, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I PURCHASED A NEW 2013 BUICK REGAL E-ASSIST VEHICLE FROM THE GM DEALERSHIP IN ST. CATHARINES. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START MY NEW CAR AND DRIVE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO MY SURPRISE AND DISMAY, THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS WENT OFF, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED WIPING, AUDIBLE WARNING SOUNDS WENT OFF, AND THE CAR STARTED MAKING LOUD SCREECHING NOISES! THE VEHICLE SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS CRYING AND DYING! I WAS FRIGHTENED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO EXPLODE IN MY GARAGE! I IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE CAR. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE A FEW MOMENTS LATER, ALL POWER WAS OFF IN THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARED AS IF THE VEHICLE HAD A POWER FAILURE. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I FOUND THAT APPARENTLY, TO MY SURPRISE, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE (RECALL # 13146) DUE TO A POTENTIAL MALFUNCTION ISSUE WITH THE GENERATOR CONTROL MODULE. APPEARS THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ONE OF THE VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THE DEFECTIVE GCM, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME PRIOR TO HAVING THE GCM REPLACED! I AM EXTREMELY DISPLEASED THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT DEALT WITH BY THE DEALERSHIP! WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE GM DEALERSHIP AND SUCCESSFULLY REPAIRED, THIS SITUATION HAS CAUSED ME AN UNACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF STRESS, EMOTIONAL TRAUMA, AND PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS SUCH AS HEART PALPITATIONS AND INSOMNIA! FOR THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE HAD PERPETUAL NIGHTMARES RELATED TO THIS E-ASSIST VEHICLE! I AM EVEN FRIGHTENED TO APPROACH THE VEHICLE AND START IT, FOR FEAR OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN! I AM CONSTANTLY WORRIED THAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO EXPLODE OR CATCH FIRE! FURTHERMORE, I HAVE TRIED DRIVING THE CAR FOR SHORT DISTANCES DAILY, BUT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HEADACHES, ANXIETY, DIZZINESS, AND NUMBNESS WHILE DRIVING. DUE TO THE TRAUMA AND NEGATIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS (HEART PROBLEMS, INSOMNIA, ETC.) THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF THIS E-ASSIST VEHICLE, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF TRADING IN FOR A NON HYBRID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561055January 22, 2014
STRUCTURE
THE TRIM PANEL NEAR THE DRIVER'S LEFT FOOT IS NOT TIGHTLY SECURED AND THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN TRIM PANEL AND CARPET. DRIVER'S SHOE SOLE GETS CAUGHT UNDER EDGE OF PANEL AND DRIVER IS UNABLE TO LIFT FOOT I ORDER TO APPLY CLUTCH AND THEREFORE UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. THREE VERY CLOSE CALLS ACCIDENTS TO DATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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