2001 BUICK REGAL Complaints

I WENT TO THE GAS STATION AND THEN WENT TO MY PARENTS HOUSE WHERE I PARKED MY CAR. THIS WAS ALL OF ABOUT 6 MILES. I WENT INTO MY PARENTS HOUSE AND WAS WATCHING TV WHEN MY DAD CAME IN AND SAID COME HERE QUICK... YOUR CAR'S ON FIRE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS WORKING FINE WHEN I WENT TO THE STORE AND THEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE OUT OF THE BLUE. THERE WAS A RECALL IN APRIL 2009 ON MY CAR DUE TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES. I TOOK IT TO JOHN L. SULLIVAN IN JANUARY 2010 TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK DONE AT NO CHARGE. YET, MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE ANYWAY. I FILED A COMPLAIN WITH GM MOTORS WHO DENIED MY CLAIM STATING THE BREACH OF WARRANTY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD EXPIRED PER CALIFORNIA STATE LAW. HOWEVER, FEDERAL LAW STATES I AM ENTITLED TO A FREE AND "EFFECTIVE" REMEDY FOR THIS SITUATION. OBVIOUSLY, THE REMEDY WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. I WANT GM TO FIX MY CAR IMMEDIATELY!!!!!! FEDERAL LAW SHOULD OVERRIDE ANY STATE LAW. I AM VERY LUCKY I WAS NOT IN THE CAR WHEN THE FLAMES ERUPTED. I AM ALSO VERY LUCKY IT WAS NOT PARKED IN MY GARAGE OR SOMETHING WHERE MY HOUSE COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATIONS THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT MENTION IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES OR IF A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE IN THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING WAS RECEIVED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WAS 115,027.

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ODOMETER LIGHT IT DOES NOT SHOW THE MILEAGES OF THE CAR I JUST BOUGHT IT, AND IT HASN'T SHOWN UP YET. ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS ARE ON EXCEPT THIS ONE. CAN'T PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE OF IT. *TR

THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT THIS VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL DOES. FIRST IF YOU TRY TO USE THE RESUME FEATURE, IT ACCELERATES WILDLY SO YOU HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE IT. SECOND, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH THE CRUISE SET AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL RANDOMLY JUST GO TO MAXIMUM ACCELERATION AND AGAIN YOU MUST USE THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE IT. THIRD AND MOST RECENT, WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN WITH THE CRUISE ON BUT NOT ENGAGED, THE CRUISE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF AT FULL ACCELERATION ALL BY ITSELF. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. GM HAS NO IDEA WHERE TO LOOK OTHER THAN REPLACING ABOUT $900.00 WORTH OF PARTS. IN CHECKING ON THIS SITUATION, I FOUND NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF THIS SAME DEFECT WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE.

2001 BUICK REGAL. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO AN ENGINE FIRE RESULTING FROM AN ENGINE LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE OFFICIALLY GAVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS SON ON DECEMBER 15, 2007. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 14, 2009, BUT, NEITHER HIM OR HIS SON RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. NOVEMBER 12, 2009, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A NOTICE IN NOVEMBER 2010 STATING THE RECALL HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED AND TO CONTACT THE DEALER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL WAS LEAKING FORM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE FRONT ROCKER GASKET WAS LEAKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V118000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

I HAVE A 2001 BUICK REGAL THAT HAS A 3.8 LITRE SUPERCHARGED ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR STARTING ON FIRE FROM OIL DRIPPING ONTO THE EXHAUST. I HAD THE RECALL DONE OVER A YEAR AGO. I DROVE THE CAR EVERY DAY. RECENTLY I LEFT THE CAR PARKED FOR TWO DAYS. WHEN I STARTED DRIVING THE CAR TOWARD WORK I NOTICED THAT IT WAS SHUTTERING SLIGHTLY AND AFTER ABOUT FOUR MILES I TURNED AROUND TO HEAD BACK HOME. ON THE WAY BACK I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE FLOOR NEAR THE SHIFTER. I QUICKLY PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND GOT OUT. THE CAR BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. I WAS NOT HURT BUT THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I CALLED BUICK TO TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED. I GOT THEIR CLAIM DEPARTMENT. I TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO FILE A CLAIM. I TOLD THEM I WAS CONCERNED THAT I HAD THE RECALL DONE AND THE CAR BURST INTO FLAMES ANYWAY AND THAT I WANTED SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT TO DETERMINE IF THE RECALL WAS DONE CORRECTLY OR POSSIBLY THE RECALL DOESN'T WORK. THEY TOLD ME SOMEONE WOULD CALL ME WITHIN 10 DAYS. NO ONE CALLED AND I GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THEY WERE NOT LIABLE AFTER TWO YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE RECALL DOES NOT WORK, THAT NO ONE EVER CAME TO LOOK AT THE CAR AND THE DISMISSED ME WITHOUT TAKING ME SERIOUSLY AT ALL. THE CAR WAS IN PERFECT DRIVING SHAPE AND HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. I TOLD BUICK THAT I WAS CONCERNED THAT IF THE RECALL DOESN'T WORK PEOPLE COULD BE KILLED (I WAS LESS THAN 100 FEET FROM THE CAR WHEN IT BURST INTO FLAMES). THE ENTIRE CAR WAS BURNT DOWN TO BARE METAL EXCEPT THE ENGINE WHICH LOOKED NEW. THE OWNER OF THE TOW YARD SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A CAR BURN THAT WAY UNLESS THE OWNER TRIED TO BURN IT OR THE EXHAUST SET THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR ON FIRE. BUICK EXCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND THEY DID NOT CARE ENOUGH TO LOOK AT THE CAR THE ENSURE THE RECALL WORKED OR THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO NOT GET HURT IF IT FAILS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING ALL OVER HIS DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST CORROSION UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CORROSION WAS CAUSING THE LEAK AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THE PARTS THAT WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19000.

2001 BUICK REGAL GS. FUEL FILLER PIPE RUSTED OUT, SUB FRAME VERY RUSTY, AND REAR BUMPER SUPPORT RUSTED OUT. ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. HAD NOTIFIED BUICK ON MAY 25, 2010 AND THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER ( [XXX] ) BUICK SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME AS THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS CAR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY VEHICLE HAD THE NECESSARY RECALL WORK DONE, BUT IT STILL CAUGHT FIRE AND IS NO LONGER IN WORKING ORDER. THE WHOLE ENGINE IS BURNT TO A CRISP... *TR