Buick Regal: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 98 recall campaigns for the Buick Regal, model years 1973 to 2020. NHTSA has 2,927 complaints on file for this model line. 37 of the 45 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19731
- 19742
- 19752
- 19762
- 19773
- 19786
- 19794
- 19805
- 19813
- 19822
- 19831
- 19844
- 19858
- 19864
- 19872
- 198810
- 19897
- 19908
- 19916
- 19922
- 19932
- 19943
- 19958
- 19963
- 19977
- 19986
- 19996
- 20008
- 20016
- 20023
- 20033
- 20042
- 20050
- 20080
- 20090
- 20100
- 20114
- 20126
- 20135
- 20142
- 20150
- 20161
- 20183
- 20193
- 20202
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Buick Regal | 2 | 0 | 0% | 24,075 |
| 2019 Buick Regal | 3 | 1 | 2% | 234,703 |
| 2018 Buick Regal | 3 | 5 | 8% | 243,100 |
| 2016 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 1 | 11 | 17% | 74 |
| 2015 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 0 | 14 | 22% | |
| 2014 Buick Regal | 2 | 21 | 32% | 461 |
| 2013 Buick Regal | 5 | 37 | 57% | 433,280 |
| 2012 Buick Regal | 6 | 39 | 60% | 818,352 |
| 2011 Buick Regal | 4 | 196 | 301% | 586,110 |
| 2010 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 2009 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 2008 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 2005 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 6% | |
| 2004 Buick Regal | 2 | 63 | 97% | 1,334,298 |
| 2003 Buick Regal | 3 | 99 | 152% | 2,708,614 |
| 2002 Buick Regal | 3 | 114 | 175% | 2,708,614 |
| 2001 Buick Regal | 6 | 178 | 274% | 2,980,938 |
| 2000 Buick Regal | 8 | 182 | 280% | 2,999,940 |
| 1999 Buick Regal | 6 | 244 | 375% | 3,488,846 |
| 1998 Buick Regal | 6 | 298 | 458% | 4,020,119 |
| 1997 Buick Regal | 7 | 136 | 209% | 3,767,775 |
| 1996 Buick Regal | 3 | 203 | 312% | 1,069,307 |
| 1995 Buick Regal | 8 | 173 | 266% | 1,063,917 |
| 1994 Buick Regal | 3 | 110 | 169% | 632,150 |
| 1993 Buick Regal | 2 | 85 | 131% | 88,821 |
| 1992 Buick Regal | 2 | 144 | 221% | 93,388 |
| 1991 Buick Regal | 6 | 200 | 307% | 2,245,307 |
| 1990 Buick Regal | 8 | 77 | 118% | 3,224,542 |
| 1989 Buick Regal | 7 | 106 | 163% | 2,763,700 |
| 1988 Buick Regal | 10 | 123 | 189% | 2,334,906 |
| 1987 Buick Regal | 2 | 25 | 38% | 1,767,833 |
| 1986 Buick Regal | 4 | 12 | 18% | 2,198,681 |
| 1985 Buick Regal | 8 | 9 | 14% | 790,256 |
| 1984 Buick Regal | 4 | 6 | 9% | 2,029,470 |
| 1983 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 1 | 4 | 6% | 4,667 |
| 1982 Buick Regal | 2 | 1 | 2% | 80,853 |
| 1981 Buick Regal | 3 | 0 | 0% | 5,827,867 |
| 1980 Buick Regal | 5 | 0 | 0% | 10,731,396 |
| 1979 Buick Regal | 4 | 3 | 5% | 8,936,543 |
| 1978 Buick Regal | 6 | 1 | 2% | 12,961,101 |
| 1977 Buick Regal | 3 | 0 | 0% | 321,137 |
| 1976 Buick Regal | 2 | 0 | 0% | 42,289 |
| 1975 Buick Regal | 2 | 0 | 0% | 223,544 |
| 1974 Buick Regal | 2 | 0 | 0% | 808,532 |
| 1973 Buick Regal NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,218,387 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
3,936 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 185.7 | 731 |
| Electrical System | 129.1 | 508 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 97.8 | 385 |
| Engine | 85.9 | 338 |
| Steering | 76.5 | 301 |
| Power Train | 44 | 173 |
| Visibility | 40.1 | 158 |
| Exterior Lighting | 36.8 | 145 |
| Structure | 35.6 | 140 |
| Air Bags | 35.6 | 140 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Lesabre46 campaigns
- Century55 campaigns
- Lacrosse23 campaigns
- Park Avenue16 campaigns
- Enclave29 campaigns
- Rendezvous9 campaigns
- Lucerne6 campaigns
- Skylark50 campaigns
- Rainier10 campaigns
- Roadmaster11 campaigns
- Riviera33 campaigns
- Verano11 campaigns
- Terraza3 campaigns
- Encore13 campaigns
- Reatta4 campaigns
- Electra29 campaigns
- Envision9 campaigns
- Skyhawk17 campaigns
- Estate8 campaigns
- Encore GX4 campaigns
- Estate Wagon6 campaigns
- Apollo7 campaigns
- Wildcat5 campaigns
- Centurion3 campaigns
- Envista2 campaigns
- Special3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Buick Regal: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/regal/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Buick Regal model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1988 with 10, 2000 with 8, 1995 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Buick Regal model year has the most complaints?
- The 1998 model year, with 298 of the 2,927 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Buick Regal name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 185.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 129.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 97.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Buick Regal?
- 36 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.