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2013 Buick Regal lighting problems

37 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2013 Buick Regal, which is 27% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
37 27% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2013 Buick Regal Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 63,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 63,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 44% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 27 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 buick regal. The contact stated that the driver's side head light failed while driving. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring had melted and the connector was replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted and the same failure occurred with the passenger's side head light. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

December 2016 Fire

Console wont turn on in the heat. It disconnects. Parking light says not in park when parked and wont turn off. Lights burn out very fast. Has happened since I bought this vehicle , new! It is very sluggish when taking off from stop.

Reported at 12,000 miles, January 2015

Other problems reported for the 2013 Buick Regal

Lighting problems in other years

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Lighting problems across all Buick models