1998 BUICK REGAL Complaints

A TOTAL OF 5 TIRES FAILED. 2 IN 1999 AT 20000 MILES WHICH WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER WITHOUT CHARGE. ONE OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRES FAILED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND WAS REPLACED. LAST MONTH THE CAR DEVELOPED A VIBRATION AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHICH ADVISED THE REMAINING 2 TIRES HAD SEPERATED AS WELL BUT THEY HAD TOO MANY MILES ON THEM TO BE REPLACED; FURTHER, NEITHER DID HE TELL MY DAD THAT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH SEPARATIONS.*AK (TIRESIZE: P22570R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P22570R15 )

POSSIBLE WIRING PROBLEM, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS AND BLINKERS. *SLC

RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD 30 - 40 % TREAD SEPERATION. OTHER THREE TIRES SHOW EVIDENCE OD PREMATURE WEAR.( DOT NUMBER: M6X0 TIRE SIZE: P22560R16 )

DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICRO RELAY 18 AND 19, WHICH CONTROLS THE FUEL PUMP, FAILING AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS MAY CAUSE A CRASH OR A NO START CONDITION. MIRCO RELAY 18 AND 19 HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 50-100 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER BEGAN TO HEAR AND UNUSAUAL HUMMING SOUND, UPON CAREFUL VISIUAL INSPECTION OF ALL FOUR TIRES DID NOT REVEAL AN UNDER INFLATION, CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DRIVE ABOUT 30 MILES THEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT SEVERLY DAMAGING THE ALUMINUM WHEEL (P211570R15). NLM

I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING TO BUICK DEALER SINCE 10/99 ABOUT VIBRATION AND WOBBLING IN CAR AND STEERING WHEEL, BUT DEALER COULD NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IN AN EFFORT TO FIND PROBLEM, DEALER ROTATED TIRES (FOR THE THIRD TIME), AND TECHNICIAN FOUND "FUNNY SPOT" (LOOKED LIKE A SLIT) ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE. I WATCHED TIRE FOR A WEEK AND TIRE WAS SPLITTING MORE ON SIDEWALL SO I TOOK IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER. FIRESTONE REPLACED TIRE FOR COST TO ME OF THE TREAD I HAD USED, PLUS WASTE FEE. (WANTED TO CHARGE ME FOR BALANCE, MOUNT, ETC. AND I REFUSED TO PAY IT.) FIRESTONE TECHNICIAN SAID, IN FACT, TIRE HAD COME APART AT THE "JOIN" AND THAT IS WHY SIDEWALL WAS SPLITTING TOO. UNFORTURNATELY, WE HAVE 16" WILDERNESS AT TIRES (MADE IN CANADA) ON OUR 2000 CHEVROLET PICK-UP. I CONTACTED FIRESTONE BY PHONE ABOUT THESE TIRES ON BOTH OUR VEHICLES AND THEIR ATTITUDE WAS LUDICROUS, CONSIDERING THE RECALL GOING ON AT PRESENT. THEY COULD HAVE CARED LESS AND JUST SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH ANY OF OUR TIRES, EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM I HAD A DEFECTIVE TIRE ON MY CAR!!! I BELIEVE NHTSA SHOULD FORCE FIRESTONE TO REPLACE ALL WILDERNESS TIRES, NO MATTER WHAT SIZE THEY ARE, AND ALL OTHER TIRES THAT MAY BE FOUND DEFECTIVE AT THIS TIME!!! I DRIVE 300 MILES ON THE WEEKEND TO THE COUNTRY, AND AM VERY NERVOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE, TO SAY THE LEAST, ABOUT THESE TIRES ON OUR CAR AND TRUCK! PLEASE HELP US AND EVERYONE ELSE STUCK WITH THESE CRUMMY FIRESTONE TIRES! P.S. I ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET, AND THE DEALERS WHERE THESE VEHICLES WERE PURCHASED, AND NONE OF THEM WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT THESE TIRES. CHEVROLET WAS ALSO VERY LAX AND UNCONCERNED ABOUT THIS SITUATION. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO LIGHT A FIRE UNDER THESE COMPANIES???( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P215/70R15 )

THE CAR'S PROBLEM IS THAT IT STOPS AT ANY TIME. BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, MY SON AND MY WIFE, WHO DRIVES THE CAR, HAD MANY TIMES THE POSIBILITIES TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL INFORMATION (99V-356), CONSUMER IS NOT SURE ABOUT THE RECALL PROCEDURE, INFORMATION WAS PREVIOUSLY SUPPLIED THAT CONFLICTS AND IS CONFUSING TO CONSUMER. *MJS

RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED & UNDERSTOOD. BUT, CERTIFICATE WASN'T HELPING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM DIDN'T COVER VISIBILTY FOR DRIVING WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS. HIGH BEAMS WORKED FINE. DEALER HAS TRIED & NO SUCCESS. *AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON FIVE OCCURRENCES NOW. EACH TIME HAS BEEN BELOW 20 MPH. THE LAST TIME IT STALLED, IT TOOK APPROX. 5 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE VEHICLE RUNNING. EACH ATTEMPT WOULD RUN THEN DIE IMMEDIATELY. THIS LAST OCCURED IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION, WITH ME OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC.*AK