general problems of the 2001 Buick Regal

On February 1, 2024, my son drove the car to wendy’s to get lunch around 12:30 pm. He returned, parked the car in the driveway. My son entered the house and while we were eating lunch the doorbell rang, it was the police informing us that my car was on fire in the driveway. The fire department was called and they eventually extinguished the fire which started under the hood of the car. The jaws of life were used to cut the hood of the car loose to fully extinguish the fire. The car is destroyed. There is no fixing it. Marion, virginia fire department extinguished the fire and stated that a report could be obtained but they were positive the fire started in the engine.

My car lit on fire under the hood.

Tl- the contact owns a 2001 Buick Regal. While the vehicle was idling the flames appeared from under the hood. No injuries were reported. The cause was undetermined. The contact stated that while parked with the engine turn on flames were suddenly present coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department was called to the scene and extinguished the flames. A fire report was taken at the scene. The vehicle was destroyed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The VIN look up indicated that the vehicle was included in the NHTSA recall campaign 15v701000(engine. The contact indicated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 100,000. Jft.

Losing oil not visible, appears to be valve cover gasket, oil pan, hose. Adding a quart a month.

I bought this car a year ago. Today I tried to crank the car while sitting in my yard a big boom happened and the car engine caught on fire. The plastic covering melted off the engine as well as some of the back part of the engine it was engulfed in flames. The recalls associated manufacturer recall numbern150757 NHTSA recall number15v701.

The contact owned a 2001 Buick Regal. While the vehicle was parked on a local street, it caught fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A passerby noticed the vehicle was on fire and contacted the fire and police departments. A fire and a police report were filed. The cause of the fire was not determined. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owned a 2001 Buick Regal. While driving 55 mph, the engine caught fire. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed and destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the fire. The failure mileage was 130,000. The VIN was not available.

I drove to little ceasers to get pizza, I turned the car off and went inside, approximately 5 min later and someone came inside and said that someone's car was smoking, I went outside and it was smoking heavily from the front of the car, a witness called 911, by the time the fire department showed up the front of the vehicle was in flames, a tire exploded and the fire dept was able to put it out, the engine compartment is completely burned down, I started doing research and found out that there were recalls mentioning possible fire happening even while the car is unattended, it was not running when fire started and it drove fine on the way there, was not hot or smoking while I was driving. Thank god no one was hurt and that the fire did not reach the gas tank. I am at a loss on what to do and need help.

My mother received gm safety recall 15757 in December 2015. She has gone to her Buick dealer twice, but the part is not yet available. They told her to keep her car out of the garage. She is 90 years old, and driveway is on a slant. She lives in the chicago area, so there is ice and snow, extremely dangerous for her to go outside in the driveway to a snow and ice covered car and driveway. I called gm 10 days ago for her, spoke with a person named lee, and explained the situation. He said he would contact us, and never has. She cannot keep the car outside, and be safe entering the vehicle. I asked for a loaner until gm fixes the problem. I have not heard from gm in 10 days. She was told by your letter that there can be an engine compartment fire, and her garage is attached to her house. She is terrified to keep the car in the garage so she keeps is outside on the slanted drive in the ice and snow. If she slips and falls, you understand we will hold gm accountable since she tried to fix the problem twice at her Buick dealership. Can you give her a loaner car she can keep in the garage?.

When I tried to crank car on cold morning to go to church, a loud boom occurred under hood followed by smoke billowing out. I immediately raised the hood and saw flames on top of engine. I ran in house and got baking soda and threw on fire which put it out.

Shortly after returning from running errands, the parked car was observed smoking from under the hood. This was followed by flames fully engulfing the front end of the car, resulting in the tire exploding and schrapnel being launched.

After returning home from shopping, roughly 20 mile drive, I parked the car in our attached 3 car garage. I went inside, visited briefly with my husband, fixed a salad and was eating when I heard a noise. As I opened the door from the kitchen to the garage, I found the garage was full of smoke and called 911. I estimate the time from shutting off the car until we called 911 to be 10 to 15 minutes. As far as I know, the vehicle is not under recall based on the gm web site listing recalls by VIN; however, our experience sure sounds very similar to the investigations that resulted in significant recalls of similar make, model and year vehicles. This vehicle did have a service notice that paid for replacement of the catalytic converter roughly 2 yrs ago. The car was running rough 6 mos prior to the fire. Repairs were made at the gm dealership where we purchased the car. Repairs seemed to correct the problem. The fire destroyed the Buick and the car parked next to it. There was significant damage to the 3rd car. All garage contents were lost. We are out of our house and will be living in an apt for 6 months. There was significant damage to our home, $100k plus. Our insurance company sent a fire investigator. Gm sent a fire investigator. We have not seen either report.

I went on lunch, on my first day of work none the less, but I parked my car in the parking garage after going to the local mcdonalds and went in and ate. And from what I'm told the fire was noticed first at around 1240pm and I had gotten back at 1235 so it litterally happened with in minutes of me getting back. By the time the firefighters got it out the whole engine and front end was basically melted .

I filed a complaint with the attorney general who in turn referred me to you (NHTSA). However, I filed a complaint with NHTSA two weeks before I filed with the attorney general. Here is a copy of the complaint: my 2001 Buick Regal caught on fire in August 2011 after a short drive to the gas station. In April 2009, Buick issued a safety recall on my car stating there have been engine compartment fires. I was told I was entitled to a "free" and "effective" remedy for my car. I took my car to john l. Sullivan to have the "fix" completed on January 14, 2010. The repair was obviously not "effective" as my car still caught on fire just as described in the recall. I called Buick and filed a claim which was denied without anyone coming to look at my car or anything. The claims department stated that they were denying my claim because the California breach of warranty statute was up and they only had to fix the car if it was within the first four years from the date the car was originally purchased. This makes no sense as the safety recall was issued eight years after the car was originally purchased. Furthermore, federal law states that if a safety issue is discovered within ten years of the car being purchased the owner is entitled to a free and effective remedy. Again, the remedy for my car was obviously "not effective!" I then asked Buick what if I had been in the car with my kids when it caught on fire or what if it had been parked in my garage and my house caught on fire? their response was, "well, that didn't happen so I'm not going to discuss it. " so basically, I'm left to assume that I would had to have been burned in that car before Buick would accept responsibility for their ill manufactured car? that hardly seemsright. I still owe $400 on a car I can't drive. This is wrong on so many levels. Please, please help me. Thank you so much for your time.

I went to the gas station and then went to my parents house where I parked my car. This was all of about 6 miles. I went into my parents house and was watching tv when my dad came in and said come here quick. . . Your car's on fire. I couldn't believe it. It was working fine when I went to the store and then it caught on fire out of the blue. There was a recall in April 2009 on my car due to engine compartment fires. I took it to john l. Sullivan in January 2010 to have the recall work done at no charge. Yet, my car caught on fire anyway. I filed a complain with gm motors who denied my claim stating the breach of warranty statute of limitations had expired per California state law. However, federal law states I am entitled to a free and "effective" remedy for this situation. Obviously, the remedy was not effective. I want gm to fix my car immediately!!!!!! federal law should override any state law. I am very lucky I was not in the car when the flames erupted. I am also very lucky it was not parked in my garage or something where my house could have caught fire. There were absolutely no indications that anything was wrong with my car.

Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Buick Regal. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked and the contact noticed smoke outside the house when they got to the front door the vehicle entire front section was on fire. The fire department was notified. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000. Bp.

The contact owns a 2001 Buick Regal. The contact started the engine on a cold start and a shaking motion occurred. Additionally, whenever the vehicle was in operation the engine power failed to allow the vehicle to exceed over 25 mph. Also, the transmission was leaking transmission fluid. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer for inspection. The failure was contributed to the power train, transmission and engine. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunctions. The failure mileage was 99,500. The current mileage was 99,584. Updated 05/13/10.

Driving the car to the shopping mall there was nothing out of the ordinary, no smell, no noise. About 15 minutes later I remembered I forgot something in the car and went out to retrieve it when I saw fire trucks. There were flames shooting out 10 feet high of a car, thinking poor fool, then realizing that fool was me! it was my 2001 Regal. The car was torched to the inside dash board. Witnesses stated sparks were coming from under the front left, when it burst into flames. Needless to say the car is toast. Never, ever any warning, no dash lights indicating a problem, and it only had 65k miles on it. My son has a 92 Toyota with over 200k, bet that won't ever catch fire!.

I returned home from a short trip to the store on 9/3/05, turned off the car, and parked my 2001 Buick Regal GS in the driveway. About 5-10 minutes later, my husband said he smelled something burning. He looked out the front door, and smoke and flames were coming from under the hood of the car. I called 911, and my husband attempted to contain the flames until the fire department arrived. The engine tried to start, on its own, while it was burning. The car radio came on. The engine was engulfed in flames when the fire department arrived. The car appears to be a total loss. In addition, the heat from the flames melted the vinyl siding on my house, inasmuch as the car was parked in front of the garage next to the house.

After starting the vehicle, a fire started underneath the hood. The consumer put the out the fire and had the vehicle towed. Please provide more information.