5.3

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
17,525 miles

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problem #2

Jan 292005

Regal

  • miles
Complaint received via E-mail. Intake manifold was causing leakage of the antifreeze that eventually leaked out the exhaust pipe. This led to other repairs that needed to be fixed.

- Havre, MT, USA

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problem #1

Jan 202003

Regal 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 35,050 miles
My car's radiator cooling light came on, and I discovered that the overflow tank was empty. Since it was zero degrees out, I was afraid the engine would freeze. My local repair shop found the upper manifold leaking and charged me over $900 to replace it and refill the cooling system. I now discover that this was in two previous mfg bulletins. Buick refuses to reimburse me saying I had to drive it to their dealer (a distance away). I feel this is unfair. It is a defect that I discovered they have rectified in recent models.

- Seaford, NY, USA

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