1992 Buick Regal

Defect. INCORRECT CLEAR FRONT SIDE MARKER BULBS WERE INSTALLED RATHER THAN AMBER BULBS. THIS DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."

Risk. CONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: DURING ILLUMINATION, THE BULBS WILL SHOW CLEAR RATHER THAN AMBER AND COULD MOMENTARILY CONFUSE OTHER DRIVERS.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CLEAR BULBS WITH THE CORRECT AMBER BULBS.

Defect. THE REVERSE SERVO APPLY PIN MAY BIND IN THE CASE WHICH COULD CAUSE REVERSE BAND DISTRESS (LOSS OR SLIPPING OF REVERSE), REVERSE BAND DRAG IN DRIVE RANGE (POOR PERFORMANCE -- POOR POWER), OR THE TRANSMISSION TO REMAIN IN REVERSE WHILE THE SHIFT INDICATOR SHOWS NEUTRAL GEAR POSITION.

Risk. IF THE TRANSMISSION REMAINS IN REVERSE WHILE THE SHIFTINDICATOR SHOWS NEUTRAL, THE VEHICLE MAY UNEXPECTEDLY MOVE REARWARD AND RESULTIN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. REPLACE THE TRANSAXLE WHERE REQUIRED.

FUEL LEAK FROM THE ENGINE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL SUPPLY LINE HAD A PIN HOLE SPRAYING FUEL ONTO THE TOP OF THE ENGINE.

1992 BUICK REGAL, EVERYTIME I OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, IT BURNS THE FUSE FOR THE COURTESY LIGHTS, RADIO, CASSETTE PLAYER, ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS. I AM AFRAID IT MIGHT BURN THE CAR. *TR

MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WON'T ROLL DOWN. *TR

TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON FRONT SEAT BELT OF BUICK REGAL 92 DUE TO FACTS ONE -MINE BROKE DURING ACCIDENT FACT TWO -THE SHOULDER RESTRAINT DIDN'T LOCK LIKE SUPPOSE TO. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO REBUILT BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THERE IS A RECALL #91V214000 PERTAINING TO POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT THAT THE RECALL HAS EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS CONTINUOUS FAILURE IN THE DESIGN OF THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM. TWO MECHANICS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE PROBLEM IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE BRAKE FAILURE AS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ON A HOIST FOR A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT THE SUB FRAME FELL DOWN. THE SUB FRAME WAS NOT WELDED PROPERLY AT THE FACTORY. DEALER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM, AND CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE.*AK

UPON ACCELERATION TRANSMISSION FAILS TO REENGAGE IN FIRST GEAR WHEN VEHICLE DOES NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.*AK

TRANSMISSION DIP-STICK IS TOO LONG AND CAUSES A FALSE READING OF FLUID LEVEL! HENCE, WHEN FLUID IS 1 QT.(+/-) LOW DIP-STICK SHOWS FULL, EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE WILL NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR. MANY OWNERS HAVE TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR REPAIR WHEN ALL IS NEEDED IS ADDITIONAL FLUID. THIS CAUSES UNNESSARY COSTS (EXPENSIVE, ETC.) WHICH MOST SHOPS WILL CHARGE FOR AS HIGH PRICED REPAIR &/OR INSTALLATION OF RE-BUILT TRANSMISSION WORST OF ALL, THE STALLED VEHICLE CAN RESULT IN INJURY &/OR DEATH !!! *AK

WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER PUT THE POWER WINDOWS UP. THE CHILD, AGE 5, IN THE BACK SEAT STUCK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WINDOW WHILE THE WINDOWS WERE GOING UP AND BECAME STUCK. THE DRIVER GOT THE CHILD OUT OF THE WINDOW AND RESUSCITATED THE CHILD. *AK THE WINDOW WOULD NOT RETRACT OPEN UPON MEETING RESISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TURNED ON TO REMOVE THE CHILD. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. *AK

THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTS BACK TO THE SPOOL AFTER IT WAS PULLED OUT TO LOCK IN PLACE. THE SEAT BELT NO LONGER HAS RESISTENT TO SECURE THE OCCUPANT. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION. MR

WHEN VEHICLE STARTS UP THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP POSITION HEARD A NOISE SHIFTED VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL, AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE.*JB

ODOMETER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. DOES NOT HAVE THE CORRECT READING.IT HAS READ 109,200 FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE UNTIL NOW.*AK

SHOULDER HARNESS PORTION OF DIVER'S SEAT BELT BECAME LOOSE ENOUGH TO DECREASE RESTRICTION AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY LOOSENED TO RENDER IT VVIRTUALLY USELESS FOR PROTECTION. *MJ

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS.*JB

DON'T KNOW ACTUAL MILEAGE AND DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT REPAIR. MECHANIC QUOTED EXORBITANT COST TO REBUILD ODOMETER HEAD PLUS COST OF LABOR TO REMOVE & REPLACE.ALSO HE ADVISED THAT A DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE CARS, & REPLACING WITH A USED PART WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN SAME PROBLEM. WHAT DO WE DO?*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER BELT HAS COME UNWOUND, MAKING RESTRAINT IMPOSSIBLE AND HAS INSUFFICIENT PROTECTION. *YH

BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

CALIPERS WILL NOT COME OFF THE BRAKE PADS. CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE PADS, AND HAS TO RIDE WITH WARPED BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED AFTER SMOKING OFF AND ON FOR A MONTH. ORIGINALLY TRIED TO GET IT REPLACED BUT WAS TOLD BY DEALER ALL OF THESE PARTS HAD BEEN PULLED FROM CIRCULATION AND WERE BEING EVALUATED. RECENTLY MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL STOPPED WORKING AGAIN, THE FOLLOWING DAY IT STARTED UP AGAIN. IT TOOK ABOUT 5 MONTHS FOR THE PART TO ARRIVE. GMC TOLD ME THE PART HAD BEEN REDESIGNED AND WAS IN THE TESTING FAZE WHEN THE SWITCH ORIGINALLY BURNED OUT. WHAT EVER CAME OF THIS DEFECT?*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS LUBRICATED SLIDERS TWICE, AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL, AND CAUSING TURN SIGNAL FAILURE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES CONSUMER WOULD HEAR A RUBBING NOISE, CONSUMER SAID IT WAS GETTING HARD TO STOP VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70-75 MPH LEAF SPRING BROKE RIGHT AT THE BRAKE CALIPER. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF INDICATIONS. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NEED TO KNOW IF PAINT AND/OR PAINT JOB HAS HAD ANY DEFECTS; HAVE BBEN TOLD BY BUICK OWNERS THERE HAVE BEEN BUT NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM..THANKS. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOORBOARD. DEALER HAS TRIED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT CAN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS RELEASE FROM THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK *ML

VEHICLE HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE CONSUMER HAS TO REPLACE FUSES FOR HEATER/ AIR CONDITIONR AND ANTENNA. *AK

THE REASON I AM REPORTING THE 2 INCIDENTS OF COOLING SYSTEM FAILURE IS THAT THE WATER PUMP AND THE ALTERNATOR FAILED THE FIRST TIME IN 1996 AT 34871 MILES. HOWEVER, THE SECOND TIME THE WATER PUMP FAILED ON 03/07/2000 THE SHAFT BROKE, DISABLING THE SERPENTINE BELT WHICH, IN TURN, DISABLED THE POWER STEERING. HAD I NOT BEEN DRIVING SLOWLY INTO A PARKING LOT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I FEEL THAT BOTH WATER PUMPS WERE DEFECTIVE TO FAIL ON SUCH LOW MILEAGE, AND OTHER 1992 REGALS MIGHT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE WRITTEN RECORDS ON ALL OF THIS AS WELL AS ON ALL SERVICE WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN PERFORMED IN A TIMELY MANNER. ALSO, BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILED WITHIN A YEAR OF EACH OTHER AS I REPORTED AFTER LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF USE. HERE AGAIN, HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING OR INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS WEARING NO SEATBELT AT ALL. I CITE TOBY WELLS AS THE DEALER BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE ALL THESE REPAIRS WERE DONE. THE CAR WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED AT DICKINSON BUICK, 436 NORTH MCPHERSON CHURCH RD., FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28303 (910) 864-2411. I HOPE THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS FROM FAILURE OF THESE COMPONENTS.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT WHEN PULLED OUT TO RESTRAIN PASSENGER. BELT JUST DANGLES, AND WILL NOT RETRACT TO A PROPER FIT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE BRAKE FAILURES WHICH INCLUDE THE PAD,ROTOR AND CALIPERS DUE TO POOR DESIGN. YH

NO SUMMARY

MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED AND WAS REPLACED WITH FACTORY UNIT ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THIS MASTER CYLINDER IS ALSO FAILING, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE PEDAL PRESSURE AND POOR STOPPING. FRONT BRAKE DO NOT APPEAR TO WORK WELL.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THE LEFT REAR AXLE CRACKED CAUSING THE TIRE TO NEARLY COME OFF. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPINGF DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEM TWICE. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO ROTATE THE TIRES THE BRAKE PARTS STARTED TO FALL OFF. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SEAT TRACK ANCHOR HAS BROKEN ON DRIVER SIDE......DEALER CALLS THE PART SEAT ADJUSTER.....IF THIS PART CAN BREAK WITH ORDINARY USE.....THEN WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN AN ACCIDENT......I SEE FROM THE WEBSITE I HAVE NOT BEEN THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM....IS THIS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD.

DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. IT CAME OFF THE TRACKS AND THE ANCHORS BROKE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE AND THEN SAW THE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, A FIRE STARTED. DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK

PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ADJ

19922-REAR DOORS STICK-ADJUSTED 4 TIMES; BRAKES CLEANED DUST BUILD UP ON PADS AND ROTORS; 1994-REPLACED WATER PUMP; 95- EXHAUST SEAL CRACKED;REPLACAED EVAPORATOR AND COMPRESSOR AND HEATER CORE; FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND RESURFACED ROTORS; -96 DOOR STICS IN FREEZING RAIN- HAD TO HAVE DOOR HADLE AND CONTROL ROD FIXED; 98 REPLACED WATER PUMP AGAIN; ODEMETER STOPPED WORKING, AT 47,000 (?) ,FRONT AND REAR BRAK PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED, RUST ON RIGHT REAR SIDE WINDOW. HAD MY OIL AND LUBE JOB AT DEAALER; IN 11/98 AND IN12/98 HEARD NOISE IN FRONT, AND FOUND OUT THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS ALMOST GONE. THE GAS STATION MECHANIC LISTENED TO THE NOISE AND FOUND THIS OUT. FINALLY, IN 99 ALL DOORS FROZE AND TWO FRONT DOOR HANDLES BENT AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED. THE FRONT SIDE WINDOW VISIABILITY IS POOR. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT IS FULLEY EXTENDED AND WILL NOT RETRACT, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DOOR LOCKS ARE VERY HARD TO TURN WHEN THE KEY IS PLACED IN IT. CONSUMER SAYS THAT SEVERAL KEYS HAVE BEEN BROKEN TRYING TO TURN LOCK IN ORDER TO TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE MIDDLE PART OF THE STEERING WHEEL BEHIND THE AIRBAG. CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE SMOKE. *AK

ENGINE STALLS IN TRAFFIC, CAUSING DANGEROUS TRAFFIC/ROAD CONDITIONS... ENGINE RESTARTS AFTER 10 TO 20 MINUTES. *AK

AN MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE BRAKE SWITCH ON THIS VEHICLE WENT BAD CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUT IN THE ENIGINE COMPARTMENT WICH LED TO AN FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH CONSUMER HIT AN POTHOLE THAT CAUSED THE FRONT LEFT CORNNER OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO POP OFF OF TRACK, THROWING THE DRIVER BACKWARDS INTO THE BACK SEAT CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK