Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 Buick Regal

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
144
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
13
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

144 filed
11
Crashes
5
Fires
11
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    17
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    15
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
    11
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    10
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
    9
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
    8
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    7
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    5

Recalls

2 campaigns
95V152000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING1995-08-08

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."

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

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CLEAR BULBS WITH THE CORRECT AMBER BULBS.

91V214000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1991-12-06

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.

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

FixREPLACE THE TRANSAXLE WHERE REQUIRED.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE94063·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1994-08-12 → 1994-12-21

CORRODED REAR DISK BRAKES

PE94048·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1994-06-21 → 1994-12-30

SUB-FRAME ABSORBER FAILURE

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