This price is 8.6 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $9177
Fair price: $10121
High price: $11064
MPG: 18 mpg city / 29 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: White
Dealer: North Brook Auto Sales
Mileage: 89,900
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Buick Regal (Premium 1 Turbo)
Estimated: $41672 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2827
$1357
$1187
$1074
$961
$7406
Insurance
$1855
$1920
$1987
$2057
$2129
$9948
Fuel
$1660
$1709
$1769
$1840
$1923
$8901
Maintenance
$2340
$1658
$1067
$1157
$2097
$8319
Repairs
$824
$997
$1134
$1256
$1452
$5663
Taxes & Fees
$967
$967
$967
$967
$967
$1432
Total Ownership Costs
$10474
$7752
$7286
$7474
$8686
$41672
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Model: LHU
Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Fuel Type Secondary: Ethanol (E85)
Make: BUICK
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: Regal
Model Year: 2012
Note: Body type: 4Dr Sedan; Notchback
Other Engine Info: Book Code: P.
E85 Max. Aluminum.
Plant City: Oshawa #1 (OSH)
Plant Company Name: GMNA
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: ON
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Premium Package 1, w/Leather
TPMS: Direct
Turbo: Yes
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 BUICK REGAL LS. I HAVE 70,000 MILES ON MY CAR. IN DECEMBER I NOTICED PROBLEMS MAKING SHARP TURN TO THE RIGHT. I WOULD BE BACKING OUT OF DRIVE WAYS OR MAKING 3-POINT TURNS AND I WOULD HEAR AND FEET A CLINK LIKE SOMETHING IT STUCK AND THEN PUSHES THROUGH WITH PRESSURE. ON FEBRUARY 3, 2006 I DROVE MY CAR AS USUAL AND THERE WAS A VERY STRONG RESISTANCE TO TURN TO THE LEFT. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MAKE LEFT TURNS WITHOUT LOTS OF FORCE AND STEPPING OFF THE BRAKE. I LOSE POWER STEERING ASSIST ONLY MAKING LEFT TURNS, THE RIGHT TURN IS JUST FINE. I WOULD HEAR A POP WHEN I WOULD FORCE THE TURN. I HAD THE PROBLEM CHECKED OUT RIGHT AWAY AND WAS SAID TO BE A STEERING RACK AND PINION PROBLEM. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT MY SAME MODEL WAS RECALLED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM IN 96' 97' AND 98 MODELS, BUT NOT THE 1999. I CONTACTED GM FOR THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND PAY FOR THIS, BUT THEY WILL NOT!!! I WAS FORCED TO TAKE IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP IN TAMPA, FL TO GET THIS FIXED, AS THE CAR WAS UNABLE AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT ALL. THEY INSTALLED A NEW RACK AND PINION AND A TIE ROD, COSTING $1,000.00 FOR THE TOTAL WORK. I AM UPSET WITH THE FACT GM IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE SAME CAR 3 YEARS BEFORE HAD THE EXACT PROBLEM AND I HAVE FOUND MANY MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL AS MY CAR AND THEY HAD TO PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES AS WELL. I HAVE A ONE YEAR OR 12,000 WARRANTY ON THE RACK AND PINION AND TIE ROAD. I HAD THE WORK DONE ON FRIDAY, FEBURARY 10, 2006. *JB
2012
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
ON DECEMBER 12, 2012 , SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET, MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD AT ABOUT 30 MPH. I WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. I REACHED OVER TO SWITCH THE RADIO FROM SIRIUS TO FM, BUT INADVERTENTLY HIT THE ENGINE ON/OFF BUTTON, LOCATED ABOUT 2 CM FROM THE RADIO BUTTON. WHEN I HIT THE BUTTON, THE ENGINE WENT OFF, WE LOST ALL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LIGHTS, AND THE CAR SLOWED DRAMATICALLY. IT WAS TERRIFYING. WE MANAGED TO PULL THE CAR TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. HAD WE BEEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, A MAJOR COLLISION AND PILE-UP LIKELY WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED. WHEN WE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT INITIALLY CLAIMED THE CAR'S INTERNAL CONTROLS WOULD PREVENT THE ENGINE FROM TURNING OFF WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING BUT SUBSEQUENT DEALER TESTS DISCLOSED EVEN A SLIGHT TOUCH OF THE POWER BUTTON SHUT OFF ALL POWER. I REPORTED IT TO BUICK AND BUICK ASKED THE DEALER TO RECONFIRM THE TESTS, WHICH IT DID. THE DEALERSHIP SEEMED VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY PROBLEM BUT SAID BUICK NEEDED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. BUICK SAID THE CAR OPERATED AS DESIGNED AND THERE WAS NOTHING MORE IT COULD DO. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH BUICK'S RESPONSE; NOR SHOULD THIS AGENCY. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, I WAS GIVEN NO WARNING ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HAZARD. ALTHOUGH THE DRIVERS' MANUAL CONTAINS MANY HIGHLIGHTED WARNINGS, IT ONLY MENTIONS THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IN PASSING. QUOTING 9-18 OF THE DRIVERS' MANUAL: "DO NOT TURN OFF THE ENGINE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. THIS WILL CAUSE A LOSS POWER ASSIST IN THE BRAKE AND STEERING SYSTEMS AND DISABLE THE AIRBAG." NOTHING ELSE WAS SAID. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE PRIMARY CONTROL FOR RADIO CHANNEL SELECTION TO THE POWER BUTTON, AND THE POTENTIALLY LETHAL CONSEQUENCES OF INADVERTENTLY HITTING THE POWER BUTTON IS AN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW. THE LACK OF EXPLICIT WARNINGS EXACERBATES THIS ALREADY SERIOUS PROBLEM. *TR
