Ignition Switch problems of the 2004 Buick Regal

Tl- the contact owns a 2004 Buick Regal. The contact stated that when driving at various speeds, while making left or right turns the vehicle loses power intermittently. No warning indicator illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle while in traffic . In addition, the contact stated that in order to start the vehicle he had to giggle the key in the ignition switch. The contact stated that the failure would occurred when the signal indicator been used. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for a diagnostic testing of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000. Aw.

Car died while in motion; everything shut off including power steering which caused me to sit in middle of intersection. Another vehicle came close to running into me. Mechanic checked everything and said it's a faulty ignition switch.

The contact owns a 2004 Buick Regal. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The contact was informed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 43,329.

I was leaving work one evening and used my turn signals to pull out of the parking lot when the vehicle shut off. The car started back up immediately, but once I used the turn signal again, the car shut off completely. Each time I used a turn signal, the car shut off, though it was able to start back up immediately. . Read more...

The driver's door window master switch became inoperative. I had to replace it. You have a notice on the 2006-07 Buick rainier but the 2004 Regal should be on the list. I think the list involves several more Buick models. This problem occurred when the car was parked or in motion. In my case the window would remain in the open position whenever the ignition switch was on. I was not able to close the window. I replaced the switch myself as I did not know about the recall.

The contact owns a 2004 Buick Regal. While driving at 5 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle and all the lights on the instrument panel illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition switch and the electrical harness needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 61,546. Updated 6/22/cn.

The first few times, the vehicle lost power as I was braking for stop signs. The anti-locks activated, the anti-lock warning came on, and then the engine refired, the dash lights went out, and it ran fine. I brought the vehicle in for a complete tune-up. Then it quit on the highway and the ignition would refire. Then it quit on an onramp and I had to shift to neutral to restart it. The last time it failed, I attempted to start it in a parking lot. It took several attempts to keep it running. The last several times that it failed, all of the dash lights would blink on and off until I restarted it. That was the clue that I searched for on the internet. I found this particular website and I also found videos and blogs of my problem. My local mechanic did his own research and we came to the conclusion to replace the ignition contact block. So, I took the old ignition contact block apart. Three contacts were burned. Two were mild, but the third one was severe. I can't tell you what circuit it was for, but it was the last contact away from the circular opening on the side where the red and the orange wires enter the block. Since the repair, the car is running good. Due to the random nature of the problem, I cannot be comfortable quite yet until I put a few more miles on it. I frankly do not understand why gm does not admit that the scope of their ignition switch recall is probably much larger than they already admit to - unless it involves that many more cars. I read an article where they are telling people not to hang any weight on the ignition key until they can get their repairs done. I jiggled and pulled on my key while car was running ok between bouts of failure: it had no effect. This repair cost me $326. 54 and I am holding my receipt just in case either the govt. Or gm does the right thing and reimburses me. I think I will look at Ford next time.

Ignition switch shut off and engine shut off. Lost power steering, power brakes, electrical power, abs, and airbags. Attempted restart after pulling off highway, which caused flashing of all dash lights and engine to run erratically. Changed to 2nd ignition key and car started, ran acceptably, and drove home.

Ignition switch failed. All alarms on instrument panel lit up and the engine died with no power steering or brakes. I was able to pull to the side of the road and had the vehicle towed to the local Chevrolet dealer. The ignition switch was found to be faulty and was replaced. Although I found information on the web page indicating that gm had identified the 2004 - 2005 Buick Regal LS and GS as having ignition switch defaults the local dealer advised that a recall has not been announced as of now.

The contact owns a 2004 Buick Regal. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. After restarting, the vehicle resumed as normal. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

I was driving home and the engine turned off and I had no power steering and no power brakes; I was lucky enough to slow down and pull car off the street. The ignition switch was replaced.

Engine stalls after first startup, then after restart all warning lights blink for long period. Vehicle stalls when stopping for a traffic signal or slowing down to turn. Then, when ignition switch was turned to off position, could not remove key, and could not turn engine off. Mechanic replaced ignition electrical switch, replaced ignition tumbler assembly, made new keys. We spent $1,171. 01 for these repairs. Wrote a long letter to Buick customer assistance center on July 1, 2014, and explained all the details of this ignition-related problem. Found 21 similar complaints at safercar. Gov. GMC never issued a recall notice on these ignition-related problems, and said our vehicle did not have certain defective manufacturer parts installed as original equipment. Who the hell installed these defective ignition-related parts?.

My 2004 Buick Regal LS, just recently started to shut off or won't turn on, but at the same time all the lights in the instrumental panel would be flashing on and off repeatedly nonstop. As I would turn on my Buick by turning the ignition switch, it wouldn't turn on but also all the lights would be flickering on and off rapidly. I would have to keep turning the ignition switch on and off for about 10-20 times until finally my Buick would turn on. Now when I would be driving it would shut of by me put my turn signal left or right or it would shut off by itself. Again as it would shut off all the lights in the instrumental panel would be flashing on and off repeatedly and I would loose acceleration and power steering. Sometimes I would be lucky enough to get it started right away, but if I was unlucky I would have to pull over and try to get it started again. It's now happening so much that I found out that I could sometimes turn on my emergency hazard and it would make the lights stop flickering and regain power to the acceleration and power steering. I can't believe that my year make and model isn't part of the gm's recall for the ignition shut off problems. What will it take? many deaths for them to do something about it?.

The vehicle began randomly dying while driving at speeds under 35mph or idling at a stoplight. This happened once prior to Aug. '13, but the frequency increased. There was no indication when this would occur and no warning until the loss of steering and acceleration. As the frequency increased the vehicle was taken to a mechanic, but with no service engine light, there were no repair codes to isolate the issue. They were unable to fix. The problem worsened and the instrument cluster began flashing randomly. The only way to stop the flashing was to push the hazard switch, but the vehicle still died. The mechanic replaced the ignition switch in Jan. 2014. Since then the vehicle has died twice while driving, again with no warnings. Today this happened at a low speed on a major highway almost causing the vehicle behind to rear-end me. Please look into this situation as it appears there have been others with a similar issue. This is a safety issue for the owners of the vehicles and other driving around them.

The ignition switch has failed eventually it will start after about 30 minutes of trying the car will run but shuts down w hile driving its dangerious to drive I am not safe nor my grandkids in this vehicle I cant buy a new car nor can I afford to have this fixed myself since im on a fixed income I read several others have the same complaint my vehicle is identical to their complaints I I think they should have to replace these mine just left me stranded at the doctors office with my little grand-daughter its only 23 degrees outside I eventually got it started after about 30 minutes but I could not stop anywhere before I had to come straight home.

The contact owns a 2004 Buick Regal. The contact stated that while driving down a hill at 35 mph, the vehicle began to loose power and the engine stalled while all the warning lights illuminated. The failure occurred once. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Buick Regal. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle would jerk without warning. The contact mentioned that the keys would dangle from the ignition switch. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 126,000.

First time my car stalled and had the ignition switch replaced was 15 months after purchasing it from a Buick dealer. Beginning 9/2011 car began stalling at many and various times. I attempted to have this repaired - taking to my Buick dealer on many occasions and to my local auto machanic making repairs as suggested and still my car continued to stall, most recent time of stalling - oct. 2013 - had Buick dealer again check and research technical documents to see what could be causing this problem - Buick could not find anything even after I asked them 'could it be my ignition switch' and was told no. I took my car to my local auto machanic again and after doing lots of testing - he replaced my ignition switch. Car has not stalled since. As I understand it - my ignition switch could fail again and I am requesting that my make and model be reviewed and included in the 'recent' gm ignition switch recall.