2000 Buick Regal Steering Problems

PURCHASED THIS CAR SPRING 2017 PAID IN FULL TO PRIOR OWNER. ASKED PRIOR OWNER WHEN TEST DROVE CAR HOW COME ALL THE SERVICE LIGHTS UP AND INCLUDING AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DASH COLLUM ARE LIT UP? OWNERS RESPONSE "NOT SURE BUT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR AS LONG AS CAN REMEMBER WE DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD WORRY?" A WEEK LATER NOTICE THE CAR WANTS TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN? JUST BOLTS ON MY MOM AND I ? WITHIN THAT MONTH BOTH PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE DOORS FRONT & BACK POWER WINDOWS WILL NO LONGER WORK AT ALL? STEERING WHEEL STARTS MAKING A HORRIBLE SOUND AND SMELL CHECK STEERING FLUID EMPTY REPLACED FLUID ONLY TO FIND OUT IT JUST POOR'S OUT STEERING WILL LOCK UP AND CAN'T DRIVE MOST DAYS? NOTICE SAME ISSUE WITH RADIATOR? MY FAR WORSE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CAR WAS NOT KNOWING HOW HEAVY THE TRUNK WAS AS WELL AS NOT KNOWING IT WILL FALL BACK SHUT ON OWN? THIS HAPPENED TO ME UNLOADING GROCERIES ONE DAY CRASHING DOWN ON MY HEAD SHOULDERS AND MID BACK PINNING ME INSIDE TRUNK DAZED AND HURT UNTIL MY SON SAW ME TRAPPED AND PULLED TRUNK OFF MY BODY? SHOULD OF WENT TO THE E.R. WAS IN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF PAIN BUT DIDN'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE SO TREATED MYSELF AT HOME? TOOK 2 MONTH'S BEFORE BRUISING AND SWELLING FINALLY WENT DOWN ? CUT ON MY HEAD TOOK LONGER TO HEAL? THIS HAS ACCURED MORE THAN ONCE AND I'M ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED TO GO NEAR THE TRUNK AT ALL NOW WITHOUT MY SON TO HELP ME? INTERIOR LIGHT WILL STAY ON UP TO AN HOUR AFTER STARTING AND DRIVING THE CAR MAKING NIGHT DRIVING DANGEROUSLY DIFFICULT AND FEARFUL! PASSENGER FRONT SEAT HAS NEVER WORKED CAN'T ADJUST SEATING AT ALL DUE TO IT BEING POWER SEATS? I'M TERRIFIED EVERY TIME I GET INTO MY CAR WORRIED IT'S GOING TO MALFUNCTION RESULTING IN HURTING MY FAMILY AND I OR ANYONE THAT COULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THIS MONSTER OF A CAR? PLEASE HELP ME? THIS CAR IS SCARY

VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK IN PARK, DRIVE OR WHEN LIGHTS TURNED ON, CLUSTER, GEAR INDICATOR, CLIMATE DISPLAY, RADIO LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK AT ALL, WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT & WINDOWS FOG UP I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THE TEMP. BUTTONS WHILE SEEING SAFELY OUT WINDSHIELD. MY SON PULLED OUT CLUSTER, NOTICED MISSING RESISTORS ARE THE CAUSE. DRIVER SIDE LEATHER HEATED SEAT GETS TOO HOT WHEN SWITCHED ON, FEAR IT COULD LEAD TO FIRE. REAR STRUT SNAPPED FROM RUST/AGE. SON REPLACED BOTH REAR STRUTS, NOTICED THE STRUT TO FRAME WAS RUSTING OUT WHERE THE WELDS HAVE BEEN MADE & WAS NOT SUPPORTING THE VEHICLES WEIGHT PROPERLY. IF THESE GIVE OUT, THE REAR OF THE CAR WILL DROP & LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, POSSIBLY PUNCTURING THE FUEL TANK CAUSING LEAK/FIRE WHILE STEERING WHILE IS PARKED OR IN MOTION, MOVING STEERING WHEEL 9 TO 3 O'CLOCK POSITION IS A VERY LOUD THUD. HEADLIGHT COMBO SWITCH HAS FAILED RESULTING OF LOSING HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTS. LEAKS OIL, PUDDLES OF OIL NEAR PLENUM & TOP OF MOTOR. ITS ALWAYS LEAKED SINCE OWNING IT. FUEL LEAK INSIDE OF ENGINE BAY. MY SON HAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED A FUEL LEAK ONCE THE MOTOR IS SHUT OFF. IT APPEARS IT IS THE BACK FUEL RAIL RETURN LINE QUICK DISCONNECT FITTING THAT IS LEAKING GAS ONCE THE MOTOR IS SHUT OFF, REALIZED THE PROBLEM WHEN I SHUT MY CAR OFF, 5 MINS LATER I STARTED IT & COULD SMELL GASOLINE FROM THE HEAT VENTS. SHUT IT OFF. OPENED HOOD, STRONG ORDER OF GAS PRESENT. REMOVED PLASTIC TOP ENGINE COVER & A VERY STRONG SMELL PRESENT. TRACED THE FUEL LINES & FOUND GASOLINE DRIPPING OUT OF THE REAR FUEL RAIL ONTO THE MOTOR. SON IS REPLACING THE O RINGS IN THE QUICK CONNECT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER GOOGLING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON W-BODYS & HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLES TO START A FIRE BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. CAN PROVIDE PICTURES TAKEN OF THE LEAK IF CONTACTED

I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 BUICK REGAL COMING BACK FROM WORK, AS I WAS DRIVING AND ABOUT READY TO GO INTO A STEEP TURN, MY STEREO SYSTEM FIRST COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY CAR FAILED AS WELL, ENGINE, POWER STEERING, ETC. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART IT, IT BARELY TURNED OVER. CLEARLY THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES AND MY CAR HASN'T EVEN REACHED 100,000 MILES EVEN.

I WAS DRIVING ON A ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH, I SIGNALED TO TURNED RIGHT AND MY VEHICLE WENT DEAD(THE ENGINE STOPPED-NO STEERING OR BRAKES.) FORTUNATELY,NO ONE WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME. I CAME TO A HALT AND TRIED STARTING THE ENGINE MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT ALL THAT HAPPENED WAS THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLASH. FINALLY, I TRIED MOVING THE TURN SIGNAL UP AND DOWN AND IT STARTED! SINCE THEN THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A LOW MILEAGE CAR OR ANY CAR! I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS! *TR

ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 2013, I STARTED EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND REMOVING KEY. NOW ITS WORSEN WHERE I SPEND ANYWHERE 5 MINS. TO 15 MIN TRYING TO REMOVE THE KEY. ONLY WAY I CAN DO THAT IS BY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL OR MOVING THE GEAR SELECTOR BACK AN FORTH TILL IT DECIDES IT RELEASE THE KEY.I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ANTI-THEFT IN COLUMN THAT WAS LOCKING UP. I'M SCHEDULED TO HAVE A NEW IGNITION INSTALLED AFTER REPLACING THE OLD KEY WITH A NEW KEY. I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS COVERED BEFORE I SINK ANYMORE MONEY INTO IT. I DEPEND ON THE CAR TO MAKE TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS AND SUCK I OFTEN AM LATE FOR BECAUSE I"M IN THE PARKING LOT PLAYING SPIN THE WHEEL. THE OTHER FACTOR IS STEERING WHEEL GET EXTREMELY HOT WHEN DRIVING AT TIMES. WHERE I HAVE TO PUT ON GLOVES TO DRIVE. I REPLACED ALL THE LIGHT BULBS IN THE SOCKET LAST YEAR ALL BUT THE RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL WORKS. THEY TELL ME IT POSSIBLY COULD BE THE MODULE. AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO EXTREME CAR REPAIRS. OR REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COSTS WHICH IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. *TR

2000 REGAL BUICK WITH LOW MILEAGE DIDN'T PASS NH STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE OF CODE P0440 EVAPORATION EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. WHEN LOOKING AT GM RECALL THERE WERE 248 OTHER 2000 BUICK RECALLS WITH THE SAME ISSUE REPORTED TO GENERAL MOTORS.THIS CODE HAS TO DO WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM, GAS LINES AND STORAGE TANK AND CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND CATCH THE CAR ON FIRE.I DID CALL GM AND FILED A CLAIM BUT THEY REALLY DON'T CARE.ALSO THERE IS A STEERING/SUSPENSION STEERING LINKAGE FREE PLAY. WHEN DOING RESEARCH ON THIS THERE WAS A RECALL (76128) AND 979 PEOPLE ALSO REPORTED THIS ISSUE. *TR

THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ONE OF MY MAIN COMPLAINTS IS THE STEERING WHEEL IS BECOMING VERY WARM TO THE TOUCH. NEXT, THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE SWITCH AND WILL NOT COME OUT, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO RUN DOWN. ALSO, THE SIGNAL LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AND ARE NOT REPAIRABLE AND THE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS HAVE GONE OUT DUE TO RUSTING AND ARE NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR

EXPERIENCE AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS,USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. WHEN TRYING TO TURN LEFT OUT OF A PARKING SPACE EXPERIENCE HIGHER RESISTANCE OR IN A FEW CASES ASSISTS TOWARDS THE RIGHT. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING, A CRASH COULD RESULT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK REGAL. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE GARAGE. THE BELT AND PUMP WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY AT THE COST OF $475.57. THE THIRD TIME, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AS AN OIL LEAK. THEY REPLACED THE SEAL PUMP AND HOSES AT THE COST OF $588.98. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,286 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,729. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF THE DEALER STATED AIR BAG LIGHT ON. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK REGAL. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE COLD WEATHER. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE IN THE WINTER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAN WITH THE POWER STEERING SHORT RACK. AS OF JULY 6, 2007, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 65,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CONSUMER STATED DEALER REFUSED TO ADMIT THERE WAS A DEFECT BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER STATED TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER TO BE REPAIRED AND THE CONSUMER HAS THE ORIGINAL PART. UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS MY WINDOWS. MY CAR WILL BE PAID OFF THIS NOV. AND I SHOULD HAVE ALREADY FILED THIS COMPLAINT. THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR MY RIGHT BACK WINDOW GOT STUCK IN THE DOWNWARD POSITION. I CALLED SUPERIOR CHEV TO GET A QUOTE, IT WAS 249.00 JUST FOR THE WINDOW REGULATOR OVER 600.00 PARTS AND LABOR. I HAD TO HAVE THE PART SO I BOUGHT IT AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE THAT COULD PUT IT ON FOR ME FOR ABOUT 90% LESS THAN SUPERIOR CHEV IN DEKALB COUNTY GEORGIA. I ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE WITH THE REAR LEFT WINDOW. I HAVE MY GRANDDAUGHTER CAR SEAT ON THAT SIDE. WHEN I WOULD PICK UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL WE COULD NOT ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT COME DOWN. THEN I HAD THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOWN AND IT GOT STUCK IN THE DOWNWARD POSITION. I HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TIE IT UP WILL PLASTIC TIES BECAUSE IT WAS STARTING TO RAIN. I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND IT WAS NOT ABOUT TO GET RUIN OVER SOME RAIN BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I DIDN'T AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO HAVE ALL THESE WINDOWS FIXED. I STILL CAN'T GET THE WINDOWS DOWN ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. I CALLED MONDAY SUPERIOR CHEV OCT 14,2005 INSTEAD OF THE PART BEING 249.00. IT IS NOW 329. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN SOMEONE COME OUT OF THEIR POCKET WITH THIS MUCH MONEY WHEN IT IS THE MANUFACTURERS FAULT. FOR ME IT IS EMBARRASSING TO GO THROUGH A DRIVE-THRU AND OPEN A DOOR TO PAY AND OPEN AGAIN TO PICK-UP THE FOOD. I DON'T GO TO DRIVE-THROUGH NO MORE. IT'S STILL HOT WHEN I WAIT ON MY SON TO GET OFF FROM WORK AND I CAN'T LOWER THE DRIVER'S WINDOW OR THE RIGHT LEFT REAR WHERE MY GRANDDAUGHTER SITS. COULD YOU PLEASE SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AND NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR OTHER CAR BUYERS TOO. I HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT WHAT I CONSIDER AMERICAN MADE CARS AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR JOBS. I ALSO HAD A TIE ROD I HAD TO HAVE REPLACED I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2002 OR 2003. I ALSO HAD A LOCK ACTUATOR PUT ON THE CAR 4/30/02.*JB

I HAVE A 2000 BUICK REGAL. IN JUNE 2005 THREE WARNING LIGHTS STARTED SHOWING UP ON MY DASH "CHECK ENGINE", "ANTI LOCK BRAKES" AND "TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM OFF". THE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR 1 WEEK AND THEN WENT OFF. THIRTY DAYS LATER, THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND STAYED ON FOR 1 WEEK AND THEN WENT OFF. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE WILLIAMS FAMILY AUTO MALL DEALERSHIP (WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE CAR AND HAVE HAD MY CAR SERVICED) TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND IT WILL COST ME $3,200 TO FIX. THE CAR HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT. I DECLINED HAVING THIS FIXED BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO REPAIR THE CAR. IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, THE THREE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN AND HAVE STAYED ON SINCE THEM. NOW THAT I SEE THE RECALL NOTICE FOR GM'S TRUCKS AND SUV'S WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEMS I WANTED TO SEE IF MY PROBLEMS ARE RELATED TO THE RECALL. I ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYWAY I CAN HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED ALONG WITH THIS RECALL NOTICE. ITS NOT RIGHT FOR SUCH A SYSTEM TO GO OUT WITH 80,000 MILES. IN AUGUST 2005, I ALSO HAS THE POWER STEERING GO OUT ON ALL LEFT TURNS. THIS WAS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND I HAD TO PAY $1,000 TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THIS ALSO HAPPENED AT 80,000 MILES AND AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I COULD NOT MAKE ANY LEFT TURNS WITH THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN ESTIMATE WHICH WAS $2,300 WHO SAID THE "RACK" WAS OUT. I THEN TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE, DEMPSEYS, AND THEY SAID THE "PINION" PART OF THE STEERING WAS OUT. I HAD THE CAR FIXED AT DEMPSEYS FOR $1,000 WITH REFURBISHED PARTS AND THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. *JB

WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, TURNED WHEEL TO THE LEFT. HEARD AND FELT "CLUNKING" SOUND FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER TURN TO THE LEFT, HOWEVER TURNED OT THE RIGHT WITHOUT PROBLEM. VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT RACK & PINION STEERING GEAR FAILED. REPAIR COST OF $750.00. CONSIST OF REPLACE STEERING BOX, FLUSH POWER STEERING SYSTEM TO REMOVE DEBRIS, AND RE-ALIGN VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY FAILURE OCCURED DURING LOW SPEED OPERATION. IF FAILURE OCCURED AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED, IT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE INJURY. SAFETY DEPENDANT ON THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH OF THE OPERATOR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIE RODS WORE OUT THEREFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS THE INSPECTION. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE STEERING FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A SNOW BANK. *AK THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TWO CRASHES DUE TO THE BRAKES AND THE STEERING LOCKING. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR THE STEERING PROBLEM BUT THE LOCKING CONTINUED. THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD COME ON (GAS GAUGE AND OIL LIGHT), THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE TRUNK WOULD FLY OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *SC *JB

WENT TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPOT AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE CAR MADE A "BANGING" NOISE. THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT WORK WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT. IT DOES WORK WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. I WENT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMETHING.HAPPENED IN THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE STEERING TO BIND WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RACK WAS BAD AN NOT THE TRANSMISSION. I GOT ON THE WEB TO FIND PRICING FOR A NEW RACK AND FOUND A WEB SITE THAT LISTED OVER 50 ISSUES. *AK WITH THE RACK FOR GM CARS. I CALLED GM AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO HELP. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE WEB SITE I FEEL THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK AT SAFETY ISSUES REGUARDING SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART (STEERING) OF THE CAR.

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE OR MANEUVERING A TURN THE VEHICLES STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE 1996 AND 1997 REGALS ARE BEING RECALL FOR STEERING PROBLEMS (03V527000). *NM

RACK AND PINION MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT WAS REPORTED. *AK *MR

STEERING IN CAR IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TOOK CAR TO BUICK DEALER AND HE TOLD ME IT MIGHT BE A TIE ROD. *CB

THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT. NLM