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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 0 miles
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In August of 1996 I purchased a 1995 Buick Regal, 4 door, sedan. VIN # [xxx]. no safety defect listed. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
- Granada Hills, CA, USA
Front and rear brake rotors are rusting out due to cheap material used for the brake system, causing premature replacement of the brake pads. Consumer has contacted dealer.
- Nckeespout, PA, USA
The rear brake rotors and pads have been replaced 3 times; twice under warranty, once outside of warranty. At 75,000 miles, the car is in need of its fourth set of rear pads and rotors. Special care has been taken to make sure proper lugnut torque has been adhered to. Owner has always checked torgue after wheel removal and set to manufacturer's spec of 100 ft/lb. This includes wheel removal by GM dealerships and tire repair shops, etc. I would like to resolve this problem for once and for all. It is the only black eye for the car. I would try high performance pads and rotors if I knew where to start.
- Hoagland, IN, USA
Dealer has been sympathetic towards problem/Buick states the premature wear of rear disc pads and rotors are because I live in an area where there is road salt and sand.I don't think that this is the problem. Buick is advising the dealers that we have to apply the parking brake once a week to adjust the rear calipers, this was done and the problem continues. On 7-23-99 I had the car to the dealer for the third time with this problem. This is the fourth set of disc pads and rotors on this car I have talked to other owners of these cars and they have had the same problem. Other cars that are having this problrm are hev. Lumina, Pontiac gran prix, olds cutlass. For the production year 1994-1995. Again G.M> and Buick are stating this is not a problem. When the rotors warp the whole car shakes when applying brakes. The rear calipers do not work properly, therefore the rear brake pads do not touch the rear rotors until hard braking, and the rotors collect dirt and dust when they do not work, and when hard braking is done the calipers finally work, but when they hit the rotors the pads heat up the dirty rotors, thus they heat up and warp. I hope I made some kind of sense in this comment, it can be hard to explain. Hankyou for this matter.
- Ishpeming, MI, USA
Excessive wear on left rear rotor and pad. Vehicle taken to dealer, and rotos have been replaced.
- Roscommon, MI, USA
Dealer refused to make repairs. Said there was no problem. Complete failure resulted
- Austinville, VA, USA
- North Royalton, OH, USA