NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Buick Regal Recalls
The 2004 Buick Regal has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Buick Regal. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 66
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Buick Regal, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2004 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 2000–2003 Regal, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 15V201000
- Reported
- April 6, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 330,742
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Regal, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Regal, 10 other models
2004 Buick Regal complaints by year
NHTSA has received 66 owner complaints about the 2004 Buick Regal, the newest on December 8, 2020. Of these, 2 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2004 Buick Regal, the component group named most often is the electrical system (53%), followed by the engine (27%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
2 of the 2004 Buick Regal's 4 recalls also concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2004 Buick Regal owners gave the mileage (45 complaints), the median was 90,963 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System35
- Engine18
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
- Steering6
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)5
- Power Train3
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Buick Regal peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 20. 9% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 66 complaints about the 2004 Buick Regal are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Regal by model year
Other 2004 Buick models
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted