1996 BUICK REGAL Complaints

WATER IS GETTING INTO TAIL LIGHT, CAUSING THE TAIL LIGHT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK

WHILE COASTING AT 10MPH TO SIGNAL LIGHT, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED TO WORK. HAD TO PUMP BRAKES AT LEAST 3 TIMES BEFORE THEY WORKED. ON 19 JAN 99, WAS GOING 30-35 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY. CONSUMER REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT DUE TO LACK OF BRAKING POWER. TOOK TO DEALER & WAITING FOR PARTS. *AK

AFTER HAVING REPORTED A STEADY BURNING "ENGINE CHECK LIGHT" TO THE DEALER, APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO ENGINE PROBLEM AND UPON BEING ADVISED TO BE SURE TO TIGHTEN GAS CAP TO CREATE THE PROPER VACUUM, THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE CAR RAN LIKE A TOP. UPON STOPPING AT THE STORE AND HEARING A LITTLE CHUG, THE ENGINE THEN RATTLED, ETC. AND HAD NO POWER ON START-UP AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALER FOUND A BROKEN VALVE SPRING IN THE ENGINE. MUCH TO OUR CONSTERNATION WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD PURCHASED A 100,000 MILE VIRTUALLY MAINTENANCE FREE ENGINE, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO EXPLANATION FOR THIS OCCURRENCE AND WE WONDER IF: (1) OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF SUCH A PROBLEM, (2) THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, AND (3) THIS MIGHT BE A DEALER DEFECT TO BE CORRECTED BY THE DEALER. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN WET CONDITIONS,THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. ALSO EXPERIENCES A POWER SURGE ,WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE, SHE COULDN'T BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP ON TIME AND BRAKES FLUID WAS ALL OVER. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL BEFORE REGARDING ABS BRAKES, RECALL PERFORMED BY INSTALLING CLIP TO PREVENT RUBBING, NEW LOCATION OF SHIFTED BRAKELINE PATH RESULTED IN RUBBING TWO INCHES FROM ORIGINAL LOCATION, REQUEST MANUFACTURER TO REEVALUATE RECALL REPAIR. *AK

CONSUMER EXPRIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKING SYSTEM. WHENEVER DRIVING A WINDING NOISE APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE WHEEL, AND WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK INTERMITTENTLY. ASLO, LEARNED FROM AN INDEPENDENT DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END WAS SHOT, AND NEEDED MAJOR REPAIRS. DEALER NOTIFED, BUT NO CORRECTION WAS MADE AT THIS TIME. BRAKES CONTINUE TO GIVE CONSUMER PROBLEMS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN THEY MADE A THUMPING SOUND. CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE IN. VEHICLE STARTED SQUEAKING & THUMPING. ABS LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. *AK

DRIVER'S POWER SEAT BURNED, INCLUDING BOTTOM AND BACK DUE TO A FIRE. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED THE WIRING HARNESS WAS AT FAULT. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE, WARRANTY STILL EFFECTIVE. *AK

WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVEN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, IT WILL BEGIN STALLING AND CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL NOT RESTART FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. TOOK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK