31 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2000 Buick Regal cite steering, 16% of all 196 complaints for this model year. NHTSA also lists 2 recalls on this component.
“PURCHASED THIS CAR SPRING 2017 PAID IN FULL TO PRIOR OWNER. ASKED PRIOR OWNER WHEN TEST DROVE CAR HOW COME ALL THE SERVICE LIGHTS UP AND INCLUDING AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DASH COLLUM ARE LIT UP? OWNERS RESPONSE "NOT SURE BUT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR AS LONG AS CAN REMEMBER WE DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD WORRY?" A WEEK LATER NOTICE THE CAR WANTS TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN? JUST BOLTS ON MY MOM AND I ? WITHIN THAT MONTH BOTH PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE DOORS FRONT & BACK POWER WINDOWS WILL NO LONGER WORK AT ALL? STEERING WHEEL STARTS MAKING A HORRIBLE SOUND AND SMELL CHECK STEERING FLUID EMPTY REPLACED FLUID ONLY TO FIND OUT IT JUST POOR'S OUT STEERING WILL LOCK UP AND CAN'T DRIVE MOST DAYS? NOTICE SAME ISSUE WITH RADIATOR? MY FAR WORSE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CAR WAS NOT KNOWING HOW HEAVY THE TRUNK WAS AS WELL AS NOT KNOWING IT WILL FALL BACK SHUT ON OWN? THIS HAPPENED TO ME UNLOADING GROCERIES ONE DAY CRASHING DOWN ON MY HEAD SHOULDERS AND MID BACK PINNING ME INSIDE TRUNK DAZED AND HURT UNTIL MY SON SAW ME TRAPPED AND PULLED TRUNK OFF MY BODY? SHOULD OF WENT TO THE E.R. WAS IN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF PAIN BUT DIDN'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE SO TREATED MYSELF AT HOME? TOOK 2 MONTH'S…”
“VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK IN PARK, DRIVE OR WHEN LIGHTS TURNED ON, CLUSTER, GEAR INDICATOR, CLIMATE DISPLAY, RADIO LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK AT ALL, WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT & WINDOWS FOG UP I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THE TEMP. BUTTONS WHILE SEEING SAFELY OUT WINDSHIELD. MY SON PULLED OUT CLUSTER, NOTICED MISSING RESISTORS ARE THE CAUSE. DRIVER SIDE LEATHER HEATED SEAT GETS TOO HOT WHEN SWITCHED ON, FEAR IT COULD LEAD TO FIRE. REAR STRUT SNAPPED FROM RUST/AGE. SON REPLACED BOTH REAR STRUTS, NOTICED THE STRUT TO FRAME WAS RUSTING OUT WHERE THE WELDS HAVE BEEN MADE & WAS NOT SUPPORTING THE VEHICLES WEIGHT PROPERLY. IF THESE GIVE OUT, THE REAR OF THE CAR WILL DROP & LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, POSSIBLY PUNCTURING THE FUEL TANK CAUSING LEAK/FIRE WHILE STEERING WHILE IS PARKED OR IN MOTION, MOVING STEERING WHEEL 9 TO 3 O'CLOCK POSITION IS A VERY LOUD THUD. HEADLIGHT COMBO SWITCH HAS FAILED RESULTING OF LOSING HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTS. LEAKS OIL, PUDDLES OF OIL NEAR PLENUM & TOP OF MOTOR. ITS ALWAYS LEAKED SINCE OWNING IT. FUEL LEAK INSIDE OF ENGINE BAY. MY SON HAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED A FUEL LEAK ONCE THE MOTOR IS SHUT OFF. IT APPEARS IT IS THE BACK FUEL…”
“I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 BUICK REGAL COMING BACK FROM WORK, AS I WAS DRIVING AND ABOUT READY TO GO INTO A STEEP TURN, MY STEREO SYSTEM FIRST COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY CAR FAILED AS WELL, ENGINE, POWER STEERING, ETC. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART IT, IT BARELY TURNED OVER. CLEARLY THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES AND MY CAR HASN'T EVEN REACHED 100,000 MILES EVEN.”
“I WAS DRIVING ON A ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH, I SIGNALED TO TURNED RIGHT AND MY VEHICLE WENT DEAD(THE ENGINE STOPPED-NO STEERING OR BRAKES.) FORTUNATELY,NO ONE WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME. I CAME TO A HALT AND TRIED STARTING THE ENGINE MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT ALL THAT HAPPENED WAS THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLASH. FINALLY, I TRIED MOVING THE TURN SIGNAL UP AND DOWN AND IT STARTED! SINCE THEN THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A LOW MILEAGE CAR OR ANY CAR! I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS! *TR”
“ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 2013, I STARTED EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND REMOVING KEY. NOW ITS WORSEN WHERE I SPEND ANYWHERE 5 MINS. TO 15 MIN TRYING TO REMOVE THE KEY. ONLY WAY I CAN DO THAT IS BY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL OR MOVING THE GEAR SELECTOR BACK AN FORTH TILL IT DECIDES IT RELEASE THE KEY.I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ANTI-THEFT IN COLUMN THAT WAS LOCKING UP. I'M SCHEDULED TO HAVE A NEW IGNITION INSTALLED AFTER REPLACING THE OLD KEY WITH A NEW KEY. I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS COVERED BEFORE I SINK ANYMORE MONEY INTO IT. I DEPEND ON THE CAR TO MAKE TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS AND SUCK I OFTEN AM LATE FOR BECAUSE I"M IN THE PARKING LOT PLAYING SPIN THE WHEEL. THE OTHER FACTOR IS STEERING WHEEL GET EXTREMELY HOT WHEN DRIVING AT TIMES. WHERE I HAVE TO PUT ON GLOVES TO DRIVE. I REPLACED ALL THE LIGHT BULBS IN THE SOCKET LAST YEAR ALL BUT THE RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL WORKS. THEY TELL ME IT POSSIBLY COULD BE THE MODULE. AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO EXTREME CAR REPAIRS. OR REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COSTS WHICH IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. *TR”
“THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ONE OF MY MAIN COMPLAINTS IS THE STEERING WHEEL IS BECOMING VERY WARM TO THE TOUCH. NEXT, THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE SWITCH AND WILL NOT COME OUT, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO RUN DOWN. ALSO, THE SIGNAL LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AND ARE NOT REPAIRABLE AND THE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS HAVE GONE OUT DUE TO RUSTING AND ARE NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR”
Showing 6 of 31 reports. Read every report on NHTSA.gov.
DORMAN IS RECALLING 979 STEERING KNUCKLES, DORMAN P/NOS. 697-902 AND 697-903, SOLD UNDER DORMAN'S "OE SOLUTIONS<SUP>TM</SUP>" BRAND NAME, AND NAPA P/NOS. 7-8502 AND 7-8503 WHICH WERE SOLD FOR REPLACEMENT USE ON THE VARIOUS VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. A POTENTIAL MATERIAL OR DESIGN DEFECT COULD RESULT IN THE STEERING KNUCKLE BREAKING IN THE HUB AREA.
DORMAN PRODUCTS IS RECALLING 3,900 INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFTS DORMAN PART NOS. 425-151, 425-152, AND 425-153, (SOLD UNDER DORMAN'S "OE SOLUTIONS" BRAND NAME), BALKAMP #'S 7-3057, 7-3058, 7-3059 (SOLD UNDER THE "NAPA" BRAND NAME), AND PLATINUM PARTS #'S 2425151, 2425152, AND 2425153 MANUFACTURED DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2007. THESE REPLACEMENT STEERING SHAFTS CAN BE USED ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE WELD CONNECTING THE INNER TUBE TO THE OUTER TUBE MAY BE DEFECTIVE.
Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.