2000 BUICK REGAL Complaints

REAR SUSPENSION, TRAILING ARMS USED TO KEEP REAR AXLE IN ALIGNMENT FAILED, THE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING UNSTABLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD DEVELOPED A CLUNK DURING STOP/STARTS. WHEN I CHECKED UNDER THE CAR, THE TRAILING ARM HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BODY MOUNT. I IMAGINE UNDER HARD BRAKING THE AXLE MAY WRAP UP. *JB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 BUICK REGAL I TURNED ON THE TURN SIGNAL AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FLASHED AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. THIS RESULTED IN LOST OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES AND I HAD TO FIGHT THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES. *JB

CHROME WHEELS DELAMINATING CUTTING VALVE STEMS ON TWO OF THE FOUR WHEELS CAUSING AIR LEAKS. ALL FOUR WHEELS ARE DELAMINATING. VALVE STEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR- FIVE TIMES. PROBLEM STILL PRESENT,CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

CAR ENGINE DIES WHEN USING LEFT OR RIGHT TURN SIGNAL! UPON ATTEMPTING TO RESTART ENGINE... BATTERY POWER SURGES STARTER, DASH INDICATOR LAMPS, RADIO, A/C, IN PULSES ALMOST KEEPING SPEED WITH THE PULSES OF CARS EMERGENCY FLASHERS! *JB WIFE WAS ALMOST HIT BY ON COMING EIGHTEEN WHEELER WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION AND MAKE A LEFT TURN! CAR WILL NOT RESTART UNLESS EMERGENCY FLASHERS OR HEADLAMPS ARE MANUALLY TURNED ON! OF COURSE BY THE TIME THIS WILL BE FIGURED OUT BY MOST.... THEY WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN RUN OVER BY THEIR EIGHTEEN WHEELER!

ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTORS FAIL LEAVING OPEN WINDOWS IN VEHICLE DUE TO FAULTY GENERAL MOTORS DESIGN. UPON EXAMINATION I FOUND THAT THE STEEL CABLES THAT HOLD THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS IN MY 2000 BUICK REGAL ARE UNDER GREAT TENSION AND THEY SELF DESTRUCT DUE TO THE PLASTIC GUIDES FALLING APART. IF THE CABLE IS NOT IN TENSION THE MOTOR WILL NOT WORK AND THE WINDOW FALLS OPEN INTO THE CAR DOOR. NEW MOTOR REGULATOR ASSEMBLY COSTS $400 FOR EACH WINDOW AND THE DEALERS WANT $400 LABOR TO REPLACE EACH WINDOW. I TIED THE CABLES WITH ROPE TO GET THE WINDOWS TO SHUT WITH THE MOTOR AND THEN FORCED THE WINDOW TO STAY SHUT WITH A WOOD BRACE IN THE DOOR. AFTER PAYING FOR A NEW VEHICLE AND A VEHICLE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM GM I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO KEEP PAYING $800 PER ELECTRIC WINDOW FOR THE REST OF MY VEHICLES LIFE. THE WINDOWS NOT SHUTTING IS A VEHICLE SAFELY PROBLEM. GM REPRESENTATIVES CLAIM THAT BECAUSE THEIR ELECTRIC WINDOWS FAIL OPEN THAT IT IS NOT A VEHICLE SAFETY PROBLEM. I KNOW OF MANY OTHER BUICK AND PONTIAC OWNERS THAT ARE ALSO HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WITH THESE WINDOWS AS THE VEHICLES AGE OUT OF WARRANTY. *NM

DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL: PASSENGER SIDE AIR STUCK AT ONE TEMPERATURE. PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT RESPOND TO ANY CONTROLS, STAYS AT FOR EXAMPLE AT 70 DEGREES. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS AN ELECTRICAL SERVO, RATHER THAN A VACUUM CANISTER. IT HAS COST ME $167 TO FIX BOTH TIMES. IT MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THE FIRST FAILURE HAPPENED AROUND MAY OF 2005 AND TEMPERATURE WAS ON FULL HEAT AND SECOND FAILURE HAPPENED THIS MAY OF 2006 AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS STUCK AT ABOUT 70 DEGREES. FURTHERMORE, THE TEMPERATURE LIGHTS OF THE DUAL CLIMATE PANEL CYCLE AS THOUGH IT IS FUNCTIONAL. *JB

2000 BUICK REGAL STEERING GEAR FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE CONSUMER STATED THE MORE PRESSURE THAT WAS APPLIED TO THE STEERING, THE MORE IT LOCKED UP. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2000 BUICK REGAL GSE 8/18/00 WHICH HAS A SUPERCHARGED ENGINE. THE CAR HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR UNTIL 12/16/2005. AFTER I HAD PARKED THE CAR AND GONE INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER TOLD ME IT WAS THE 3RD BURNED BUICK REGAL SUPERCHARGED ENGINE THAT HE'D SEEN THIS YEAR ALONE. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THE GASKET IN THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM LEAKED, FUEL DROPPED ONTO THE MANIFOLD SYSTEM, A FIRE STARTED AND THE CAR WAS DESTROYED (ALONG WITH A GOOD BIT OF DAMAGE TO THE VOLVO PARKED NEXT TO MINE). IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE SUPERCHARGED ENGINE GASKETS ARE A PROBLEM AND FORTUNATELY FOR ME, THE CAR WAS THE ONLY LOSS....IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH MORE. I DO NOT KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE LOST ANYTHING BEYOND THEIR CARS BUT I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *NM

1. TRAC OFF LIGHT / ANTILOCK LIGHT / CHK ENG SOON LIGHT ON 2. & 3. NOTE: VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTHORIZED BUICK DEALERSHIP (BROWN & WOOD - 329 GREENVILLE BLVD - GREENVILLE,NC 27834 (TEL.252-355-6080) ..FOLLOWING COMMENTS RECORDED ON CUSTOMER # 7536183 INVOICE # 152240 DTC C1218 PUMP MOTOR CIRCUIT SHORTED TO VOLTAGE. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT ALWAYS EXIST. THE DIAGNOSIS AT THIS TIME IS ALL OK. NOTHING CHECKS FAULTY, BUT THE EBCM IS FAILING AT TIMES. ALSO MAY NEED A BPMV PACK ALSO. QUOTED . DECLINED . CLEARED DTC'S . I WOULD REPLACE THE EBCM FIRST. ( COST FOR REPAIR QUOTED APPROX $2500 WHICH WAS DECLINED DUE TO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY OWNER ON WHETHER THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 64,814 MI.) SEARCHED NHTSA SITE & NOTED ITEM NUMBER 10017271. ISSUE ALSO REPORTED TO GM @ 800-762-2737 IN WHICH FILE WAS OPENED FOR BUSINESS CASE IN EFFORT TO RESOLVE WITH MINIMUM COST TO ME AS THE CUSTOMER. *NM

(1) ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE DIES, CAR QUITS RUNNING WITH NO WARNING, ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, CAR DIED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION NARROWLY MISSING OTHER CARS (2) CAR TOTALLY DISABLED, HAD TO HAVE TOWED (3)BUICK DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. *JB