2001 BUICK REGAL Complaints

I OWN A 2001 BUICK REGAL LES. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM A DEALER AS A USED CAR IN JANUARY 2004. I NOTICE THE CAR WAS HARD TO START. I TOOK IT TO A CAR REPAIR PLACE AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM BUT CALLED A BUICK DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR FOR THROTTLE BODY BOLTS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE BUICK DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE RECALL DONE ON THE CAR AND THEY DID THE RECALL AND REPLACED A FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WHICH HAD FAILED. I HAD TO PAY $197.00 TO HAVE THAT WORK COMPLETED. AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR, I THEN NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE AND THE CAR WAS SHIFTING HARD BETWEEN 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD GEARS (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). I GOT MY HUSBAND TO LOOK AT THE CAR AND HE SPOTTED WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM BUT WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE PRIVATELY OWNED CAR MECHANIC SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. I PAID THAT MECHANIC OVER $400.00 TO HAVE THAT FIXED. I ALSO HAD THEM LOOK AT THE SHIFTING PROBLEM AND THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG. I HAVE TWICE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE CENTER AND THEY CHANGED THE FLUID AND REPLACED THE GASKET BUT CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH BUICK. I CONTACTED THEM BY E-MAIL AND BY PHONE AND WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL INVOLVING THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND PLASTIC MANIFOLD. CAN ANYONE HELP ME IN REGARDS TO THESE CAR PROBLEMS? THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL SHIFTING HARD. *AK

WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS COME ON, AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP MANAGER, BUT THE MANAGER REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN IN HIGH GEAR AND NEVER CHANGE GEARS AND WOULD RUN UP TO 50 MPH BEFORE IT STOPS, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN PERFECTLY, THERE WERE NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT END, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED OUT FROM STOP, WHILE IN TRAFFIC, THE CONSUMER WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE OFF AT 5 MPH. *SC

CONSUMER HAS A CONCERN THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

I REPORTED THIS TO THE BUICK DEALER ONCE BEFORE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CRUISE CONTROL HANGS AND ACCELLERATES. IT IS ALL YOU CAN DO TO GET IT STOPPED.I QUIT USING IT FOR A LONG TIME AND TRIED IT AGAIN RECENTLY AND ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR.THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START LOOKING FOR THE PROBLEM.*AK

STEERING SYSTEM HARD TO TURN WHEN COLD (IN WINTER MONTHS) FEELING OF LOOSENESS IN STEERING AND ROAD BUMPS TRANSMITTED INTO STEERING WHEEL AND SOMETIME BRAKE PEDAL IF BRAKING.REPAIR SHOP CLAIMS THAT MANY LATE MODEL GM PRODUCTS ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND ADVISE THAT IT MAY TAKE STEERING RACK REPLACEMENT. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A POWER STEERING PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING LEFT. *AK THE WHEEL LOCKED UP FOR A SECOND. *JB

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 BUICK REGAL HAD PROBLEM SHIFTING,TO FIND OUT TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FELL APART AFTER 45000 MILES,HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AT CONSIDERABLE COST CONVENIENTLY 10000 MILES OR LESS OUT OF WARRANTY,FINDING OUT BY THIS WEBSITE THAT OTHER REGALS HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION DEFECTS AND TOTAL FAILURES. *NM

TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SOUNDING ROUGH AND SLIGHTLY SLIPPING GOING UP HILL IN DRIVEWAY SOON AFTER PURCHASING CAR AS USED. CAR WAS SAID TO HAVE PASSED GMC 100+ POINT INSPECTION. TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AFTER ABOUT ONE WEEK OF OWNERSHIP AT 25,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP AND BUICK RESPONDED VERY SATISFACTORILY. REPAIRS COMPLETED UNDER WARRANTY. REPAIRS TOOK ABOUT ONE WEEK THOUGH A SECOND ATTEMPT HAD TO BE MADE AFTER TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO SLIP SLIGHTLY WHEN GOING UP HILLS, MORE NOTICEABLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND AFTER A STOP AND TURNING LEFT. DEALERSHIP REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ON INITIAL REPAIRS: " ...FLUID PRESSURES OK. R&R TRANS (4T65E). FOUND INPUT AND REACTION CARRIER ASSEMBLY GEARS BROKEN. TORRINGTON THRUST BEARING FAILED, DAMAGING GEARS. REPLACED CARRIER, SUN GEAR,INPUT COMPLETE CARRIER,CARRIER DRUM, 2/1 BAND, BEARING, FILTER, AXLE SEAL, GASKETS AS NEEDED, FLUSH CASE AND RELATED COMPONENTS TO REMOVE PARTICLES" SUBSEQUENT CONTINUED PROBLEMS RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS: ".....ROAD TEST -PERFORMA DIAG. ISOLATED TO VALVE BODY VALVES BINDING IN THEIR BORES. REPLACED TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY AND GASKET,...." CAR HAS FUNCTIONED WELL SINCE AND AS OF 3/5/04.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND ENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DRIVER TAPPED THE BRAKES AND SPEED INCREASED EVEN MORE. *AK

WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE I HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 70 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUMPED TO 90 MPH BEFORE I REALIZED IT. I HIT THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE IT. IT DID THIS 3 OR 4 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME I NEARLY REAR ENDED A CAR SO I JUST QUIT USING IT. ALSO WHEN I WOULD USE MY SIGNAL FOR A RIGHT LANE CHANGE IT WOULD KILL THE CRUISE AND I WOULD HAVE TO HIT THE GAS REAL QUICK TO GET IN THE OTHER LANE.*AK