2013 BUICK REGAL Complaints

PRIOR TO THIS EVENT THE RADIO AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHT WOULD FLICKER AND THE RADIO WOULD TURN OFF COMPLETELY. THE BATTERY WAS THE ORIGINAL BATTERY SO WE REPLACED IT. BUT IT WASN'T COMPLETELY SHOT AT THAT POINT. DURING THE SAME TIME OF THIS HAPPENING THE BATTERY IN THE KEY FOB WENT BAD ALSO. SO I THOUGHT THAT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY COMPLETELY TO RESET THE COMPUTER BECAUSE THERE WAS ANY POWER TO THE CAR AT ALL. WAITED A FEW MINUTES HOOKED IT BACK UP AND IT ALLOWED US TO JUMP THE CAR OFF.. THE RADIO AND LIGHTS HAVE ON A FEW OCCASIONS DID THE SAME AS BEFORE BUT NEVER THE ISSUE OF STARTING. SO NOW IT DID THE SAME THING AS BEFORE SO ONCE IT WAS JUMPED AGAIN I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL AUTOZONE AND HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR CHECKED AND GOT AN ALL GOOD REPORT. IN ADDITION THIS TIME THE ABS AND THE STAILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CANE ON AND WOULD GO OUT UNTIL THE COMPUTER WAS RESET BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. I'VE READ A COUPLE OF FORUMS AND THE SEEMS TO BE MORE OF THE SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER OWNERS. SOME EVEN STATED THEIR VEHICLE EVEN SHUTOFF IN MOTION. AS I SIT FILLING THIS FORM OUT THE RADIO AND THE LIGHT IN THE GLOVE BOX CONTINUE TO COME ON AND OFF.

THE HEADLIGHT WIRING SYSTEM DOES NOT CONTINUE TO FUNCTION, FOR SOME REASON IT DOES NOT GIVE POWER TO THE HID HEADLIGHTS.

CONDENSATION, WATER ACCUMULATION IN HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. NO DAMAGE OR CRACKS IN HEADLIGHT. BULB WENT OUT. PURCHASED NEW BULB TO REPLACE AND REPLACEMENT DID NOT WORK.

MOISTURE IN DRIVERS SIDE HID HEADLIGHT CAUSED DAMAGE TO BALLAST BLOWING HEADLIGHT . REPLACED BALLAST AND BULB,BUT DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. HEADLIGHT SHORTED OUT WHEN CAR WAS STARTED IN MORNING.

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT BEGAN DEVELOPING MOISTURE INSIDE AND THE HEADLAMP ULTIMATELY FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BUICK REGAL. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BEGAN BLINKING AND WENT COMPLETELY OUT. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT FOUND MOISTURE BUILD UP IN THE HEADLIGHT, WHICH HE BELIEVED CAUSED THE FAILURE. AFTER SOME TIME, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT DROVE TO AUTOCENTERS NISSAN (1825 E EDWARDSVILLE RD, WOOD RIVER, IL 62095, 618-251-3000) WHERE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND WAS INFORMED THAT DESPITE HAVING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE CONTACT THEN DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN UNKNOWN BUICK DEALER (THAT HAS SINCE CLOSED) AND WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS GIVEN A COST ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

AT LESS THAN 90K MILES MY POWER STEERING ABRUPTLY WITHOUT WARNING STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL ABRUPTLY WITHOUT WARNING STAY STUCK IN A LOW GEAR WHILE I AM DRIVING. I TURN OFF THE CAR AND START IT AGAIN AND IT'S FINE. MY COMPUTER SCREEN WILL GO BLACK AND STAY THAT WAY, WHICH CONTROLS THE RADIO, NAVIGATION, ETC., THEN IT WILL BEGIN WORKING AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS, JUST WHENEVER IT DECIDES TO START WORKING. THE SCREEN HAS ALSO HAD RAPID MOVING LINES OF BLACK AND WHITE. MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL WORKS, BUT YET IT CONSTANTLY HAS A RAPID TURN SIGNAL SOUND LIKE IT IS GOING OUT OR IS OUT, YET EVEN WHEN I CHANGE THE BULB IT STILL MAKES THE SOUND. THE POWER STEERING I JUST FIXED A MONTH AGO, ALL OTHER ISSUES ARE ON GOING.

BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT RAISE AFTER APPLY, BRAKES REMAIN APPLIED OR BRAKE LIGHTS ON. DISCOVERED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE FELT SLUGGISH. I AM ABLE TO PULL THE BRAKE PEDAL UP BY HAND WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED.

DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP HAS CONDENSATION IN IT CAUSING IT TO QUIT WORKING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BUICK REGAL. I WAS GIVEN A REPAIR COST OF OVER $1600. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR AGAIN. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT MY HEADLIGHT WAS NOT WORKING UNTIL I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT AND ANOTHER VEHICLE FLASHED THEIR HIGH BEAMS AT ME.

FRONT DRIVERS HEADLIGHT FILLS WITH WATER. CAUSES LIGHT BULB TO EXPLODE. CONDENSATION IS I. THE HEADLIGHT. THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT CAME OUT OF THE HEADLIGHT WAS ABOUT 10 OUNCES. NO VISIBLE CRACKS OR DAMAGE TO HEADLIGHT.