2015 Buick Regal
Complaints about this year name very far more often than the model's other years — 30% of them, about 5× the usual rate of 5.6%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 66 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 24 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- accelerating — 12.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.1% across the model's other years (10.8×). Owners wrote it as: accelerating, light vehicle, hesitate, fractured.
- opened — 9.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.1% across the model's other years (8.1×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- normal — 15% of complaints, 38× usual
- before — 15% of complaints, 38× usual
- vacuum pump — 15% of complaints, 38× usual
What owners wrote
WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE FOR IT TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANCHOR BUICK GMC (1 AUTOMO…
SUNROOF EXPLODED I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I HEARD A VERY LARGE POP I LOOKED UNDER THE COVER OF THE SUNROOF AND THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. GLASS FELL THROUGH WHEN I OPENED UP THE COVER. NOTHING HIT IT THERE WERE NO CRACKS IN IT EXPLODED FOR…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Buick Regal was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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