1996 BUICK REGAL Complaints

ALTERNATOR WENT DEAD, JUST BURNT OUT, AND MADE THE BATTERY GO DEAD AND NOT CHARGED. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED THE PROBLEM IS NORMAL. ALSO, NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

FOUR STRUTS IN AND THE CAR COULD NOT BE ALIGNED BECAUSE AN ADJUSTMENT BAR WAS BENT AND HARDWARE WAS MISSING, BOTTOM OF CAR WAS SCRAPPING. SPECIALIST STATED THE CAR HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE, THIS WAS A PROGRAM CAR, TIRES PUT ON THE CAR AND THE WHEELS DO NOT LINE UP PROPERLY. DEALER CONTACTED, NO WARRANTY. *AK

BRAKES FAILED, AVOIDED THREE CARS, HIT A CAR IN THE INTERSECTION AND THEN HIT A POLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

WHILE DRIVING THE MAIN HOOD LATCH FAILED. THE SECONDARY SAFETY LATCH LET GO. THE HOOD FLEW UP OVER THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. THE HOOD/ITS SUPPORTING PARTS/HINGES, AND INSIDE LIGHT WERE DESTROYED. ALSO, THERE WAS A DENT PUT IN THE ROOF.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WHILE BACKING OUT THE VEHICLE. HORN STARTED TO SOUND OFF, AND SUDDENLY THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR UNKOWN REASON. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRVING THE HOOD LATCH RELEASED FROM THE LOCK WHICH CAUSED THE HOOD TO FLY UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE METAL BRAKE LINE IS RUBBING AGAINST THE BOLT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE BRAKE FLUID. ALSO, THE BRAKE GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STATES AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

APPEARS THAT CALIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE, NO CONTACT BETWEEN CALIPERS AND DISC, RESULTING IN PULSATION AND PRESENCE OF RUST ON THE DISC. INSPECTED LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE FOR CLEARANCE/CLIP RET-REPOSITION, RECALL 96V-069. *AK