Instrument Panel Problems of Buick Regal

The contact owns a 2003 Buick Regal. While driving at an unknown speed, the instrument panel lighting dimmed, the windows failed to close and open, and the air conditioning system failed to cool. The dealer performed diagnostic testing, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 94,528.

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2001 Buick Regal. Consumer states odometer stops when cluster panel light goes out.

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Loss of lighting on instrument cluster and real tail lights. During vehicle start it was noticed that the instrument cluster was not receiving electrical power. The fuse box was inspected and the 15 amp fuse was blown. Immediate replacement resulted in repetitive blown fuses.

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The contact owns a 2002 Buick Regal. The contact was driving approximately 40 mph at night with the headlights on and all of lights on the instrument panel shut off. The contact pulled over and restarted the vehicle. After doing so, some of the lights on the instrument panel were illuminated and the headlights were also functioning. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the marginal for the instrument panel needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to another dealer where the contact was informed that the tail lights had also failed. The dealer observed wires cut in the trunk and stated that could have caused the failure to occur. The dealer also repaired the tail lights but could not duplicate the failure on the instrument panel and the headlights. Some of the lights on the instrument panel began to illuminate; however, a month later, they shut off again. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who repaired the marginal a second time. While driving the vehicle with the high beams on, the lights shut off. The contact manually engaged the light switch and the lights came on. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where the high beam switch was replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000. The current mileage was approximately 91,000.

Odometer started turning off intermittently and finally went dark.

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The fuel gauge on my 2001 Buick Regal LS was not working properly. This vehicle has been well maintained as it has been in my family since it was purchased new. The vehicle only had 54,348 miles on it which is considered low mileage given the model year. I took it to the local Buick dealer and they had to replace the fuel level senor which cost me over $300. It should be noted that this part is covered under the California emissions warranty. However, since I do not reside in California, then I had to pay for this repair out of pocket. I contacted Buick to advise them that this failure was due to a manufacture defect. However, since they could not find and service bullentins or recalls, they advised me that there was nothing that they could due to reimburse me the repair cost for this defect. I have heard of other Buick owners have similar problems with the fuel gauge. Therefore, I am filing this complaint in hopes of other Buick owners will follow suit that have experienced the same problem with their Buick.

The dashlights have failed on this vehicle. It is unsafe to drive the vehicle at night. The dealership states the instrument cluster is on national back order. This indicates that there is an inherent safety problem with the dash cluster on this vehicle. The inability to see one's speed or gauges are potential risks for causing accidents.

Car dies while driving if turn signal lever is moved, intermittent service engine soon (ses), anti-lock brake (abs) or traction control system (tcs) lamp illuminated, engine no crank/no start, various instrument panel (I/p) cluster intermittent, diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) u1000, u1016, b1422, b2957, b2958 set, shifter locked in park.

While driving my 2000 Buick Regal I turned on the turn signal and the instrument panel lights flashed and the engine turned off. This resulted in lost of power steering and power brakes and I had to fight the car to the side of the road. This happened a total of three times.