Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2003 record →
THE REAR DOOR CHILD SAFETY LOCKS HAVE BEEN REMOVED ON THE 2003 MODEL MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR A CHILD AS YOUNG AS FOUR YEARS OLD WHO IS RESTRAINED IN A CHILD SEAT TO MANUALY UNLOCK THE REAR DOOR, PULL THE DOOR HANDLE AND OPEN THE DOOR. THESE DOOR LOCKS WERE STANDARD ON THE REGAL PRIOR TO THE 2003 MODEL. DT
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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