Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1993 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
85
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
22
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

85 filed
7
Crashes
3
Fires
13
Injuries reported
2
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    13
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
    10
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
    8
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
    7
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    7
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
    5
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4

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.

93V035000·SEATS1993-03-09

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT SEAT MANUAL RECLINING MECHANISMS DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 207, "SEATING SYSTEMS." THE SEAT BACK MECHANISMS WILL NOT LATCH UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

RiskTHE SEATS MAY RECLINE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, RESULTINGIN A HAZARD TO SEAT OCCUPANTS AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

FixREPLACE THE MANUAL SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM WITH A MECHANISM THAT COMPLIES WITH FMVSS 207.

NHTSA investigations

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

CORRODED REAR DISK BRAKES

EA93018·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1993-07-13 → 1994-06-24

FUEL LEAKS

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