Safety Score
52
Average
Recalls
6
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (6)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-06-05 | 95V115000 |
WHEELS | 22,361 | — | Details |
| 1995-03-28 | 94V041000 |
WHEELS | 198,163 | — | Details |
| 1988-07-06 | 88V109000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 8,328 | — | Details |
| 1988-04-18 | 88V065000 |
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | 12,457 | — | Details |
| 1988-04-18 | 88V066000 |
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | 3,221 | — | Details |
| 1988-03-24 | 88V040000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH | 9,661 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-12-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A GUARDRAIL AND WAS DEST… |
| 2008-09-03 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 BUICK REGAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE INSPECTED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RE… |
| 2007-03-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 BUICK REGAL WHICH SHE PURCHASED RECENTLY. THE ODOMETER ON THE VEHICLE DID NOT WORK. THE … |
| 2004-11-30 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 97V058000 CONCERNING CRADLE BOLTS. WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AT 5 MPH VEHICLE SUDDE… |
| 2004-09-08 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE FRONT CRADLE FRAME DROPPED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULLOVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE D… |
| 2003-11-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONA… |
| 2002-05-14 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FRONT END FRAME SNAPPED, CAUSING IT TO BE TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION.*AK FRONT CRADLE BOLTS BROKE PRIO… |
| 2001-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | KEY IN THE IGNITION SWTICH WOULD NOT START VEHICLE. KEY WOULD KEEP ON TURNING. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. … |
| 2001-09-15 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | DRIVESHAFT WOULD THUMP OR JERK WHEN ENGAGED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK |
| 2001-06-18 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 1 | WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT DAMAGING THE FENDER WELL AND SUSPENSION, IT APPEARS THAT THE TREAD CAME OFF … |
| 2001-06-08 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | RECALL 00V189000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00061/65. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED CANNOT PERFORM RECALL, AND WILL GET … |
| 2000-07-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ENGINEMOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO FALL. CONSUMER COULD NO LONGER CONTROL STEERIN… |
| 2000-07-01 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH AND VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS TO GETTING AWAY FROM HIM. ALSO, STEERING… |
| 2000-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING COULD HERE A GRINDING NOISE, AND SMOKE COMING OUT BACK NEAR CALIPER.*AK |
| 1999-11-28 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | Yes | 0 | FT BOLTS PULLED THROUGH SUBFRAME (ENGINE CRADLE) LETTING ENGINE FALL TO PAVEMENT AND SEPERATING STEERING SHAFT CAUSING… |
| 1999-08-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WENT TO PUT HIS KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH TO WARM UP CAR. UPON GETTING INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND PUTTING CAR IN D… |
| 1999-06-11 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THERE IS NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, A SQEAKING AND THUMPING NOISE.*AK |
| 1999-04-25 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | THE STEEL PLATE CONNECTING THE WHEEL TO THE STUDS SEPARATED, ALMOST CAUSING A FATAL ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 1999-02-27 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25-30 MPH, FRONT CRADLE BOLTS GAVE WAY, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DROP AND LOSS OF CONTROL. THE REAR C… |
| 1999-01-22 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | Yes | 0 | ENGINE ALMOST FELL OUT OF VEHICLE BECAUSE OF CARRIAGE BOLTS PULLING THROUGH. VEHICLE LOST STEERING POWER AND WENT INT… |
| 1998-11-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH REAR BRAKES. CALIPER ASSEMBLY FREEZES UP, WHICH CAUSES THE ROTORS T… |
| 1998-10-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AND SUDDENLY IN REVERSE CONDITIONS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN INTO GARAGE, RESULTING IN LO… |
| 1998-08-11 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | RECALL WORK SCHEDULED FOR REAR CRADLE BOLTS, HOWEVER BEFORE REPAIR WORK REAR AND FRONT CRADLE BOLTS FAILED RESULTING IN… |
| 1998-05-11 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE FRAME SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO RUST, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. TH… |
| 1997-11-17 | WHEELS | No | 0 | DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO FIX RECALL, IS UNAWARE OF PROBLEM, DID NOT EVEN TRY TO VERIFY IF IT WAS REALLY A RECALL. CONSUM… |
| 1997-10-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT, RECALL ITEM #B97016-S. |
| 1997-08-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | THE GAUGE INDICATOR SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY IN REVERSE. THE DRIVER PUT VEHICLE INTO PA… |
| 1997-08-28 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR | No | 0 | SHIFT INDICATOR SHOWS REVERSE, BUT SHOW PARK, SHOWS NEUTRAL AND INDICATOR NEEDLE POINTS TO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A ROLL… |
| 1997-08-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED SUDDENLY AFTER THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED. ALSO BRAKE LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED. *AK |
| 1997-07-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | DUE TO THE CORROSION, CRADLE BOLTS BROKE/LOOSE FROM THEIR RETAINERS AND CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO FAILED. |
| 1997-06-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #B97016-S, WHICH REFERS TO THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS PULLING THROUGH THE RETAINERS, CAU… |
| 1997-05-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST | No | 1 | BRAKES CONTINUED TO FAIL RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, DUE TO FAILURE OF THE VACCUM INTAKE MANIFOLD TO THE COMPRESSOR. |
| 1997-03-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | UNDER NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, THE BRAKES RESISTED, CAUSING T… |
| 1997-03-17 | TIRES | No | 0 | FIRESTONE TIRES FAILED, 3 SEPARATED 1 BLEW OUT. |
| 1996-12-23 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | WHEN TRYING TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE KEEPS RUNNING AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. REPLACED STEERING COLUMN SHAFT … |
| 1996-11-30 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS IN A COLLISION AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER, DRIVER HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.. *AK *JB |
| 1996-10-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS, CAUSING VIBRATION; ALSO, FRONT BRKES WARPED CAUSED BY OVERHEATING AND CALIPERS FAIL… |
| 1996-10-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED. |
| 1996-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | HEADLINER CAME OFF. (2ND VEHICLE ON 601895) |
| 1996-06-03 | WHEELS | No | 0 | RECALL RELATED 94V041001, WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED, NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE. *AK |
| 1996-05-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKES RUSTED/STICK. |
| 1996-04-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | FAILURE ON THE REAR DISC BRAKES CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKE PE94-063. *AK |
| 1996-04-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | THE REAR CALIPERS ARE CORRODED AND IT CAUSES THE FRONT BRAKES ONLY TO STOP THE CAR WHICH INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCES. … |
| 1996-04-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES ARE CORRODED (RUSTED) AND PASSENGER'S SIDE CAN'T OPEN BECAUSE OF THE RUST . *AK |
| 1996-03-15 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | MOUNTS RUSTED, ENGINE AND FRAME ARE HANGING OUT FROM UNDER VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1995-12-31 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY HANGS UP. EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. TT |
| 1995-12-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE CUT OFF CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. TT |
| 1995-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | REAR CALIPERS FAILED DUE TO LOCKED UP CALIPER SLIDE. *DSH |
| 1995-10-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | EA94-041 ACTIVE, CORROSION OF REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING LOCK UP OF REAR BRAKES, REPLACEMENT OF CALIPERS AND REAR BRAKE … |
| 1995-09-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR TO FRONT BRAKES. *DSH |