1998 BUICK REGAL Complaints

CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE TRAVELING AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THAT POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. *AK VEHICLE ROLLED AFTER A STOP AND POWER STEERING LOCKED UP FROM THEN ON. HARD STEERING AND CLUNKING NOISE ON LEFT TURNS. *PH

THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER AND THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER SWITCH AND THE RESISTOR. *AK WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH WITH THE BLOWER ON AT A LOW SPEED, WITHOUT WARNING IT WOULD SHUT OFF ALONG WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. THIS PROBLEM REPEATED. THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER HAD THE SAME VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. GM STATED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER INSTANCES REPORTED. *SCC THE CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE BLOWER RESISTOR BURNED UP, WHICH CAUSED OTHER COMPONETS TO FAIL. *JB

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT TURN LEFT. *AK THE VEHICLE GAVE NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG IT HAD GONE OUT AT ONCE. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIRS. *SCC *JB

STEERING WHEEL HAS GOTTEN HARDER AND HARDER TO TURN OVER A 8 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME. STEERING WHEEL FINALLY LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. HE REPLACED A STEERING MECHANISM. *AK CONSUMER NOTED THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED THE DEALER WHO SOLD THE VEHICLE TO THE CONSUMER. *PH

PROBLEMS WITH RACK AND PINION CAUSED THE STEERING ON VEHICLE TO BECOME HARD WHILE TURNING.*MR *TS *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THIS CAR. WHEN SHE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING LOCKED OR APPEAR TO LOSE POWER. SHE THOUGHT THE CAR SHUT OFF, SO SHE STEPPED ON THE ACCELEATOR AND THE CAR WENT INTO A MIS-DIRECTED DIRECTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER BY TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT BE TURNED TO THE LEFT. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MAKE RIGHT TURNS. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. THE DEALER TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLE. *AK *NLM

WHEN REVERSING AND TURNING, FRONT LEFT TIRE FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT TURNING AND DRAGGING.

MY STEERING WENT OUT WHILE TRYING TO PARK MY CAR, MY CAR HAS 70000 MILE AND IS WELL MAINTAINED.IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I PROBABLY WOULD BE DEAD NOW. IT WAS A EXPENSIVE REPAIR,AND IN MY OPINION THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. I HAVE A 1998 BUICK REGAL.

TURN SIGNAL COMES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLIED. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK