1999 BUICK REGAL Complaints

RIM FAILED, TIRE WAS NEW AND UNDAMAGED, MANUFACTURER ,PER DEALER, REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP VEHICLE WILL AT TIMES SURGE FORWARD, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WE HAVE HAD 6 INCIDENTS OF THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS LOCKING UP MAKING THEM UNUSABLE. THE FAILURES HAVE HAPPENED ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES. THIS LEAVES ONE OF OUR TWO CHILDREN USING THE CENTER LAP BELT, UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE MADE. ONCE BOTH SHOULDER BELTS FAILED AT THE SAME TIME LEAVING US A SEATBELT SHORT. GM CLAIMS THIS IS THE ONLY BUICK IN CENTRAL IL. WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THEREFORE IT WILL COST APRX. 150.00 TO FIX EACH TIME. I FEEL THIS LEAVES MY CHILDREN AT RISK. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS ADDRESSED NATION WIDE AS I FEEL THIS MUST BE A DESIGN PROBLEM NOT JUST BAD LUCK.*AK

ELECTRONIC CLIMATE CONTROL DISPLAY TOTALLY BLACK. DISPLAY STARTED TO LOOSE INTENSITY ABOUT 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO BECOMING TOTALLY BLANK. MODULE STILL SEEMS TO WORK FOR NOW. HOWEVER, OTHER THAN BY GUESSING, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE TEMPERATURE, AIR FLOW, FAN SPEED. I HAVE NOT YET GONE TO THE DEALER, BUT I AM GUESSING THIS WILL BE A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR, SINCE THE ENTIRE MODULE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DIGITAL READOUT ON CLIMATE CONTROL CENTER HAS GONE BLACK. DEALER TELLS ME ONLY WAY TO REMEDY PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE ENTIRE COMPONENT, AT COST OF OVER $600.00. PROBLEM VERY WIDE SPREAD. BUICK REFUSE TO COVER REPAIR.*AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT CHILD BACK IN SAFETY SEAT PULLED SEAT BELT TO SECURE CSS, AND THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNLOCK/RELEASE.*AK

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LOCK. CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BELT FOR A YEAR. DID NOT HAVE NHTSA PHONE #. *AK *SLC

I WAS INFORMED BY THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS THAT THESE PARTS SHOULD NOT FAIL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHILE PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE OFF, WITH A 7 YRS OLD CHILD IN VEHICLE, VEHICLE ROLL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY INTO A NEIGHBOR YARD AND HIT A TREE. CHILD WAS WITHOUT INJURY, AND THE GEAR SHIFT WAS STILL IN PARKED POSITION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

TREAD SEPARATION APPEARED ON ALL 4 TIRES ALMOST TO THE SAME DEGREE. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M6X0BMWR 2 TIRESIZE: P2256016)