2018 Buick Regal problems
NHTSA has received 33 complaints about the 2018 Buick Regal, and 24% of them involve brakes. Next are engine (15%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 22,000 miles 18 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 | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 22,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% 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 2018 ranks 21st most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Buick Regal with enough data (28 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.
Vehicle was in motion: 'driving through an empty parking lot. 'followed road around the building. 'blinded by sunlight. 'hit stationary pole head ' on. Weather conditions : heavy rain : prior to 2:00pm light rain and sunshine between : 2:45pm and 3:04pm fault or problem description: knee / lower extremity airbag deployment. High risk of lower extremity injury for both in-position and out-of-position small female drivers. My left foot was forced upward due to the force of crash.
September 10, 2022 I was backing out of my driveway, but the car would not slow down, and I hit a tree on my neighbor's easement across the street. After a minute, I decided to move the car, put the car in drive, and again the car would not slow down, and wound up hitting the porch of my neighbor 2 houses over. I have used my left foot for braking since 1966, so it is not a case of mixing up pedals. My wife called 911, the police and ambulance showed up, and I was taken to the hospital.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 buick regal. While driving through a drive'thru, the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle inadvertently accelerated and crashed into a pole. The contact exited the vehicle, inspected the damage, and concluded that the vehicle was able to be driven. The vehicle was taken to an auto body shop where it was awaiting repairs for the body damage. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 169.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 buick regal. When the vehicle was stopped at a red light, the engine was designed to shut down to preserve fuel. Instead, the engine rpms would rev and increase to 3,000 and the vehicle accelerated. The driver immediately shifted into neutral to prevent the vehicle from driving through a busy intersection. The contact stated that the failure also occurred once while reversing out of a driveway.
While being driven the vehicles transmission fails to shift gears while rpms are registered the transmission fails to respond and lacks power. I was forced to shift manually to try and get the gears to shift with no luck after quickly making the switch between automatic to manual twice the automatic transmission responded with a loud clank as if the semi behind me had hit me and the responded with acceleration.