NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Buick Regal Recalls
The 2016 Buick Regal has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 24, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Buick Regal. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 41
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Buick Regal, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2016 Buick Regal
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 16V108000
- Reported
- February 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 74
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Buick Regal
2016 Buick Regal complaints by year
NHTSA has received 41 owner complaints about the 2016 Buick Regal, the newest on June 18, 2025. Owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Buick Regal, the component group named most often is the steering (24%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the exterior lighting (15%).
The 2016 Buick Regal's only recall also concerns the steering.
Where 2016 Buick Regal owners gave the mileage (21 complaints), the median was 27,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering10
- Electrical System6
- Exterior Lighting6
- Engine5
- Power Train5
- Unknown Or Other5
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2016 Buick Regal peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 9. 29% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Buick Regal drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Buick Regal year in the same window: 9th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Buick Regal years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 41 complaints about the 2016 Buick Regal are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Regal by model year
Other 2016 Buick models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted