Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||||
| 040302 | 04/03/2002 | 636475 | Information on refinishing aluminum wheels. *tt | 11/08/2002 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 08/07/2004 | 5 | 08/10/2000 | |
| Chrome wheels delaminating cutting valve stems on two of the four wheels causing air leaks. all four wheels are delaminating. valve stems have been replaced four- five times. problem still present,causing safety hazard. *jb | |||
| 02/22/2005 | 8 | 09/27/1999 | |
| 2000 buick regal gs has defective tire equipment. ***no answer required***. *mr the low tire light illuminated on the vehicle 8 times. on several occasions the dealer had to reinflated the tires. they also replaced tire caps and valve stems. finally once the wheel was replaced the problem no longer occurred. *nm | |||
| 12/03/2002 | 08/01/2000 | ||
| My major concern is when i went to replace my tires today goodyear ls eagles i was told the tie rods were worn so badly that they could not do it without replacing them to align the car properly. there had been a noise in the front of the car since the day one that i thought was normal tire noise, based on my years of driving (37 without incident) it seems worn tie rods at 31,000 miles is something to consider investigating. my driving is local 90% of the time, 7 miles each way to work, 5 days a week. once a month a trip to boston. i took the opportunity to report the other little incidental problems that do not have an immediate effect on my safety, the exception being the air bag light coming on and off intermittently. i have not reported these minor probelms to the dealer. i have reviewed the recall notices for my buick regal and based on my vin number i am hoping nhtsa can let me know if all the recall work has been performed. i purchased the car new in july 2000 and i am only aware of two recalls that required us to replace the labels on our visors and return to the dealer for seat belt assembly. i have never been contacted for the other reported recalls although they occurred in may 00 and june 00 and i did not purchase the car until 7/29/00. is it safe to assume the recalls in may and june were performed on my car if it was one of the vehicles in need? dt | |||
| WHEELS - RIM | |||
| 10/01/2009 | 130000 | 1 | 07/19/2005 |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2000 buick regal. while attempting to accelerate at 70 mph the speed would not increased. next the vehicle began to loose power.. the vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer. the current and failure mileages were 130000. updated 12/07/09 *bf the consumer stated when she turned on her turn signal to pass another vehicle, all the lights on the dash started flashing and the vehicle started to loose power. the consumer got off at the next exit and when she made a turn, the vehicle cut off. also every month the low pressure tire light illuminated. one of the tires was extremely low. the consumer was informed the reason the tire was loosing air was because of the rims. updated 12/09/09. | |||