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2013 Buick Regal electrical system problems

36 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2013 Buick Regal, which is 26% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
36 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2013 Buick Regal Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 62,000 miles
Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 46% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 24 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 46% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

, while driving, doing a steady 25-30 mph my vehicle completed transformed behavior, literally, I could only guess the problem(s)

March 2026 Injury

My car have an electrical problem is gas/electrical , and don't charge, replace battery and problem continue; call to buick concessionary for recall because find that these model and year make a vehicles have electrical problems, but the person tell me if don t have recalls for my specific car VIN number; I don't know what happened but my car have very electrical problem, replace two batteries and continue with the problem, and alternator nobody fixed because is very rare, and the price for replace alternator is…

Reported at 2 miles, October 2018

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