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1989 Buick Regal

Safety Score
75
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1988-12-06 88V188000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP 3,784 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2006-04-01 STRUCTURE No 0 DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING UNDER 10 MPH, THE ENGINE FELL OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THIS OCCURRED IN FRON…
2004-05-11 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 VEHICLE SMELLED OF GAS, THERE WAS GAS ON THE GROUND ALL THE TIME. THE GAS TANK WAS DEFECTIVE AS STATED IN RECALL 88V1…
2002-06-26 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE Yes 0 WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LOST POWER CAUSING A CRASH. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
2002-04-02 STRUCTURE No 0 CRADLE HAS ROTTED OUT BECAUSE THE CRADLE BOLTS HAVE RUSTED. GMC HAS ISSUED A RECALL 00 V 189 000. DEALER : NEAL BUICK, …
2002-03-29 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME RECALL ON THE REAR CALIPERS BUT THE LOCAL DEALER SAID NO... I CHECKED THE SITE AND CANT FIND A…
2001-12-17 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE. PULLED OVER AND SAW SUBFRAME HANGING DOWN IN FRONT OF VEHICLE, MOTOR WAS …
2001-12-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 AFTER TRAVELING 35 MILES, ON FREEWAY, STALLED OUT GOING DOWN OFF RAMP,ON RAMP, APROX 20 MPH.WAS TO TOWED TO GARAGE. STA…
2001-09-01 STRUCTURE No 0 CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER TO HAVE RECALL 00V189000 REPAIRS CONCERNING REAR CRADLE BOLTS. DEALER DENIED RECALL …
2001-03-26 STRUCTURE No 0 THE REAR CRABLE BOLTS SHEARED OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE TO FALL TO THE GROUND WHIC…
2000-12-01 TIRES No 0 FIRST TIRE DEVELOPED A OBLONG BUBBLE APPROX TEN INCHES LONG UNDER THE TIRE TREAD, WOBBLED REAL GOOD. SECOND TIRE YOU C…
2000-07-18 UNKNOWN OR OTHER Yes 0 THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS GIVEN.
2000-01-24 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 1 2 OCCURRENCES OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. FIRST REPORTED TO GM DEALER 2/13/92. DEALER STATED DEFECTIVE ECM AND REPLACED E…
1999-12-22 SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING No 0 WHEN PULLING OUT OF A STATION WELDS FOR THE HOUSING OF FRONT BUSHINGS BROKE. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK
1999-11-11 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK HEARD A LOUD NOISE. PULLED INTO A LOCAL STORE AND STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO MOVE. LOOKED UP UNDE…
1999-09-05 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 THE FRONT CRADLE RETAINER WASHER (BOLTS) HAD RUSTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. THIS CAUSED IT TO ROCK. DRIVER'S SIDE …
1999-08-14 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE No 0 WHILE DRIVING CAR CUTS OFF. *AK
1999-05-30 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 CAR WILL RANDOMLY STALL ON ME WHILE DRIVING. FREQUENTLY WILL START UP AGAIN. MOSTLY, I HAVE IT TOWED. GARAGE CAN'T FIND…
1999-05-27 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS Yes 0 THE FRONT CRADLE BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE MOUNT ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO DROP AND SEPERATE THE STEERING LINKAGE. THIS MEA…
1997-12-27 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 THE DRIVER'S DOOR FELL OFF OF THE HINGES. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE DOOR ASSEMBLY. SHE HAS MISPLACED TH…
1997-11-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR No 0 ALTERNATOR/ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND 2 INJECTORS FAILED/REPLACED.
1997-10-20 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH No 0 BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT AND FAILED.
1997-06-22 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 POWER WINDOWS MOTOR SHORT-CIRCUITED, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK
1997-05-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS No 0 SERPENTINE BELT BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER.
1997-05-01 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP No 0 STEERING FAILED.
1997-01-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE No 0 THE CONSUMER STATE'S WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING ROUGH DUE TO THE ECM VALVE, BATTERY FAILED CAUS…
1996-10-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 DIGITAL DISPLAY CONSOLE; INSIDE THE DASH LOCATED AT TOP WHERE DISPLAY CONSOLE IS DRIVER HEARD A POP, THEN SMOKE APPEAR…
1996-10-08 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 REAR BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING BRAKES TO GRIND; ALSO REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS/REAR CALIPER SLIDE KITS AND REPLACED L…
1996-09-09 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 THE MECHANISM FOR THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE IS BROKEN, THE DOORS CANNOT BE O…
1996-09-06 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR No 0 THE REAR DISC BRAKE ROTORS GET HOT AND WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, SOMETIMES…
1996-06-25 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT No 0 DRIVESHAFT PULLY THAT DRIVES SURPENTINE BELT IS HALF WAY APART, TORE BELT, CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES, NEARLY C…
1996-05-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 ENGINE STALLS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
1996-04-23 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 PINS IN THE REAR CALIPERS SEIZED, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO LOCK UP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES.
1996-04-03 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSEING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKES. *AK
1996-03-22 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSE EXCESSIVE LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
1996-03-08 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS Yes 0 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BRAKES BROKE DOWN, RESULTING IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
1996-02-02 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR No 0 BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
1995-12-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 INTERMITTENTLY, THE DEFECTIVE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTIONS, CAUSING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO BE INOPERATIVE ALSO…
1995-10-08 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 CALIPER PINS ON REAR BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE/EXCESSIVE WEAR TO FRONT BRAKE PADS. *DSH
1995-10-02 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM No 0 CONSUMER HAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THE REAR BRAKE CABLE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL…
1995-10-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR No 0 EA94-041 ACTIVE, REAR BRAKE WORN DOWN, IN FOR REPLACEMENT ROTORS AND DISC PADS AND CALIPERS. TT *JB
1995-09-25 POWER TRAIN No 0 ODOMETER INOPERATIVE. *SD
1995-08-09 STEERING:RACK AND PINION Yes 0 THE POWER STEERING RACK WENT OUT AND IT BECAME HARD TO STEER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
1995-07-29 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
1995-07-28 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 UPON PLACING GEAR IN REVERSE VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARDS, CAUSING ACCIDENT. TT
1995-07-13 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 CORRODED REAR BRAKE CALIPER, CAUSING CALIPERS TO STICK. *AK
1995-06-30 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 IGNITION COIL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *DSH
1995-06-22 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR No 0 FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED. *DH
1995-06-14 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS RUSTED, RESULTING IN PAD FALLING OFF.
1995-06-12 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS No 0 THE FRONT PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE 1989. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
1995-06-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 REAR DISC CALIPERS INOPERATIVE DUE TO GUIDE PIN SLEEVES SEIZING.