2002 Buick Regal problems
NHTSA has received 150 complaints about the 2002 Buick Regal, and 33% of them involve engine. Next are electrical system (27%) and brakes (5%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 150 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 33% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 26
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 109 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 | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 14 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 14 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 21 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 12 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 17 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 109 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 85,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 95,000 miles (30 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 26 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 85% 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 2002 ranks 14th most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Buick Regal with enough data (51 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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 2002 buick regal. While the vehicle was parked for ten minutes, the engine caught fire. The contact attempted to extinguish the fire and received burns to his hands. The police and fire report numbers were unavailable. The fire department towed the vehicle to a tow yard. The current and failure mileages were 62,148.
While sitting at an intersection another vehicle rear ended consumer's vehicle. This caused the vehicle to move forward and the seat belt failed to hold the driver and she hit her head on the steering wheel.
Eastbound floating bridge road st joe county michigan swerved to miss small animal exited right side of road struck a tree driver taken to hospital cdr system indicated that the driver (me) was not wearing a seat belt I was! Air bags did not deploy driver sustained smashed right shoulder and ankle. Ambulance 4 surgeries more coming reha center for 3 weeks and then outpatient rehab still recovering at home previous accident 12/2012 driver hit a lamp post in kalamazoo parking lot damage in same area front.speed…
Tl* the contact owned a 2002 buick regal. The contact stated that as soon as the vehicle was parked, it immediately caught on fire. A police and a fire report were filed. The fire department extinguished the fire. The contact did not sustain any injuries. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the parts for the recall repair were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair.
When driving in the rain, the consumer noticed when turning the A/C on to help defrost the windshield from the mist on the windshield, the consumer still could not see out of the window. While braking the vehicle pulls to the left or right. The dealer replaced the wheel bearings. The driver's door and rear passenger door were misaligned and as a result they would not shut properly.