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1991 Buick Regal Interior & seats Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Interior & seats reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
8
Latest Aug 24, 2000
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
4%
of 200 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
2
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Buick Regal submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming interior

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Interior & seatsSuspension
Filed Aug 24, 2000

THE ODOMETER HAS NOT WORKED SINCE 75,000 MILES (1993). THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD COST AROUND $200.00 AND SINCE I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW JUST HOW MANY MILES I HAD PUT ON IT SINCE IT QUIT, I THOUGHT "WHAT'S THE USE?" SO ANY AND ALL MILEAGE QUOTES FROM NOW ON ARE GUESSES.... THE TAPE PLAYER WILL NOT PLAY ANY TAPES, IT JUST EJECTS EVERYTHING... THE TRIM KEEPS FALLING OFF AND I HAVE A STRIP OF CHROME IN THE BACK FLOORBOARD AS I TYPE THIS....BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR STRUTS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED....AND JUST LAST WEEK MY HUSBAND HAD TO BOLT THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO THE FRAME.

NHTSA ID
728895
Incident
Jul 1, 1998
Heating & air conditioningElectricalEngine+4 more
Filed May 9, 2000

BOTH REAR STRUTS FAILED CAUSING A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. NLM

NHTSA ID
552172
Incident
Feb 9, 2000
Interior & seats
Filed Dec 4, 1998

DOOR SEEMS TO BE INOPERABLE WHEN TRYING TO OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE, WHEN TURNING THE KEY, IT IS VERY HARD TO OPEN. DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
831820
Incident
Oct 1, 1998
Body & structureInterior & seats
Filed Dec 2, 1998

WHEN TRYING TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE THE DOORS WON'T OPEN, AND THE DOOR LATCH GETS STUCK. WATER IS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE IN THE BACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND IN THE FRONT ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FRONT PASSENGER S AND THE DRIVER DON'T KNOW HOW THE WATER IS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE , ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING. *AK

NHTSA ID
831561
Incident
Jul 12, 1997
Interior & seats
Filed Jul 10, 1997
Fire reported

FIRE STARTED FROM WITHIN THE DASHBOARD.

NHTSA ID
520251
Incident
May 1, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Sep 3, 1996

INSTRUMENT PANEL IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHEN SUN SHINES THROUGH WINDSHIELD.

NHTSA ID
508189
Interior & seats
Filed Apr 14, 1996
Crash reported

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK COLLAPSED DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING A SECOND ACCIDENT. *SD

NHTSA ID
503429
Incident
Mar 23, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Oct 23, 1995

SMOKE COMES FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND A SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING, ALSO NOTICE SOME INSTRUMENT PANELS MALFUNCTIONING. TT

NHTSA ID
973774
Incident
Jul 1, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Brakes118Body & structure20Engine15Seat belts14Steering12Electrical9Other / unspecified8

Elsewhere on this vehicle

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