2001 Buick Regal problems
NHTSA has received 229 complaints about the 2001 Buick Regal, and 37% of them involve engine. Next are electrical system (14%) and steering (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 229 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 37% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 55
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 94,000 miles 144 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 17 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 20 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 23 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 15 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 12 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 8 |
What the data shows
Of the 144 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 94,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 115,000 miles (47 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 55 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Buick Regal with enough data (66 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 buick regal. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle lost power and the steering wheel tightened without warning. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road. Smoke and flames appeared under the hood. The fire was extinguished by the police and a police report was filed. The contact was injured, but did not receive medical attention. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling).
Tl* - while driving on the highway at 65 MPH, contacts 2001 buick regal was rear ended, causing the contacts vehicle to crash into another vehicle. Upon impact the driver's side and passenger side airbags failed to deploy. The failure mileage was 91000. The contact can provide copy of the police report. Updated 03/07/07
Consumer was involved in a front end collision while traveling 35-40 MPH. Upon impact, driver's side and passenger's side airbags failed to deploy. Consumer wrote in stating that this is not her vehicle.
I reported this to the buick dealer once before and they said there was no recall. The cruise control hangs and accellerates. It is all you can do to get it stopped.I quit using it for a long time and tried it again recently and almost rear ended another car.the dealer said they would not even know where to start looking for the problem.
Well driving I was going along at 40 MPH and the car just up and died all the dash lights started to flashing steering becomes hard and the braking is like standing on a brick I do believe the ignition switch may be the problem it is the same switch that is in the chevrolet impala that had been recalled I used to work for a garage and install them often I do hope you look in to this with care second thing is the steering rack is really bad and when I took it in to them at the dealer they tried to tell me it was…