NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Buick Regal Recalls
The 2000 Buick Regal has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Buick Regal. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 184
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
30 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Buick Regal, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2000 Buick Regal
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 15V701000
- Reported
- October 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,003,556
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Regal, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 09V116000
- Reported
- April 8, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,497,516
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Regal, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 08V118000
- Reported
- March 12, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 207,542
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Regal, 1 other model
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 01V109000
- Reported
- April 6, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 116,007
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Regal, 1 other model
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 00V371000
- Reported
- November 13, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Regal, 2 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V228003
- Reported
- August 7, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 156,305
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Regal, 12 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap
- Campaign
- 00V160000
- Reported
- June 16, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 248
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: drum
- Campaign
- 00V143000
- Reported
- May 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,754
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Regal, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Regal, 10 other models
2000 Buick Regal complaints by year
NHTSA has received 184 owner complaints about the 2000 Buick Regal, the newest on November 15, 2023. Of these, 12 describe a crash (7%) and 30 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Buick Regal, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (19%) and the steering (16%).
3 of the 2000 Buick Regal's 10 recalls also concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2000 Buick Regal owners gave the mileage (104 complaints), the median was 94,608 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System42
- Engine And Engine Cooling35
- Steering30
- Engine28
- Air Bags21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 | |
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 14 | |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2000 Buick Regal peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 21. 25% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Buick Regal drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Buick Regal year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 184 complaints about the 2000 Buick Regal are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Regal by model year
Other 2000 Buick models
Newest record on this page: November 15, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted