2018 Buick Regal — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 937 evidence records for the 2018 Buick Regal, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 55 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Brakes11 (20.0%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 1995–2020.
  • Engine9 (16.4%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 1996–2004.
  • Electrical system6 (10.9%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 1999–2013.
  • Driver-assistance systems4 (7.3%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)4 (7.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2011–2014.
  • Air bags (restraint system)2 (3.6%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995–2001.

Other / uncategorized: 8 classifications (14.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (4,732 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and brakes.
  • Safety recalls (141 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: brakes, lights and steering.
  • Transport Canada recalls (109 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: lights, seat belts and brakes.
  • Manufacturer communications (18,430 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 1995 249 records for 1995
  2. 1996 260 records for 1996
  3. 1997 259 records for 1997
  4. 1998 405 records for 1998
  5. 1999 364 records for 1999
  6. 2000 541 records for 2000
  7. 2001 599 records for 2001
  8. 2002 533 records for 2002
  9. 2003 534 records for 2003
  10. 2004 513 records for 2004
  11. 2011 1,812 records for 2011
  12. 2012 1,856 records for 2012
  13. 2013 1,985 records for 2013
  14. 2014 1,790 records for 2014
  15. 2015 1,556 records for 2015
  16. 2016 1,253 records for 2016
  17. 2017 1,071 records for 2017
  18. 2018 937 records for 2018
  19. 2019 692 records for 2019
  20. 2020 591 records for 2020

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 5mention a crash
  • 4mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 3
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 897
  • Investigations NHTSA 1
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 33

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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