NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Buick Regal Recalls
The 2002 Buick Regal has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Buick Regal. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 117
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
23 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Buick Regal, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001, 2003–2004 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 2000–2001, 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 2000–2001, 2003 Regal, 1 other model
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Regal, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Regal, 10 other models
2002 Buick Regal complaints by year
NHTSA has received 117 owner complaints about the 2002 Buick Regal, the newest on March 11, 2024. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 23 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Buick Regal, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the engine (28%) and the engine and engine cooling (15%).
3 of the 2002 Buick Regal's 5 recalls also concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2002 Buick Regal owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 85,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System36
- Engine33
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Visibility7
- Exterior Lighting6
- Seats5
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Buick Regal peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 18. 19% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Buick Regal drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Buick Regal year in the same window: 5th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 117 complaints about the 2002 Buick Regal are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Regal by model year
Other 2002 Buick models
Newest record on this page: March 11, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted