2016 Buick Regal: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2016 Buick Regal. The campaign is 16V108000. NHTSA received the report on 24 Feb 2016. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Electric Power Assist System. NHTSA has 41 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 16V108000, in the NHTSA record
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the electric belt drive rack and pinion steering gear assembly, free of charge. The recall began on March 21, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is 21510.
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.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 74 units in total.
16V108000Received . 74 units.
Steering / Electric Power Assist System
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016 Buick Regal Vehicles manufactured August 30, 2015, to February 12, 2016. The affected vehicles have a power-steering assist system that may fail.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A loss of power steering assist may increase the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the electric belt drive rack and pinion steering gear assembly, free of charge. The recall began on March 21, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is 21510.
Report filed by General Motors LLC. Manufacturer campaign number 21510. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
41 complaints, 61 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.
- 2016 Buick Regal
- All 2016 vehicles
| Component | 2016 Regal | All 2016 vehicles | Regal, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering | 163.9 | 66.3 | 72.9 | 10 |
| Electrical System | 98.4 | 116.2 | 132.8 | 6 |
| Exterior Lighting | 98.4 | 24.9 | 53.2 | 6 |
| Unknown or Other | 82 | 110.2 | 28 | 5 |
| Power Train | 82 | 127.5 | 47.1 | 5 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 82 | 34.2 | 27.6 | 5 |
| Engine | 82 | 171 | 94.9 | 5 |
| Visibility/Wiper | 49.2 | 18.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
| Structure | 49.2 | 47.2 | 33.4 | 3 |
| Service Brakes | 49.2 | 54.2 | 20.4 | 3 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 18.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 1
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 18 Jun 2025
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other 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
- 20170
- 20183
- 20193
- 20202
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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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.
- NHTSA page of the 2016 Buick RegalThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2016 Buick Regal: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/regal/2016/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- General Motors LLC
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2016 Buick Regal?
- 74 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Buick Regal have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 98 recall campaigns for the Buick Regal, model years 1973 to 2020. 1 of them names the 2016 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2016 Buick Regal name most often?
- Steering: 10 of 61 component mentions, or 163.9 per 1,000. For all 2016 vehicles the figure is 66.3 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2016 Buick Regal open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.