MODELYEARINDEX

Buick Regal

248 complaints across 8 scored model years and 17 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Buick Regal Full report
F
Grade 2011–2019
2011 vs model median 4.2×
Model median3× median
Engine 22
Electrical 15
Brakes 7
Avoid

2011 · 2013

Best

2016 · 2019

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2011
4.20× 85 F
2012
0.96× 26 C
2013
1.38× 25 D
2014
1.01× 22 C
2015
1.03× 25 B
2016
0.76× 21 B
2018
0.99× 20 C
2019
0.47× 15 B

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway21 / 29
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,900

Recalls

17 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
14V447000 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST 2011, 2012 414,333
20V764000 SUSPENSION:REAR 2012, 2013 220,006
18V576000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER 2018, 2019 210,628
12V484000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL 2011–2013 120,426
16V517000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2011 42,984
13V173000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2012, 2013 42,904
21V633000 SUSPENSION:REAR 2013 32,894
22V465000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM 2018, 2019 23,734

+ 9 further campaigns

Others in Midsize Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura TL
2012
C
Acura TLX
20152020
C
Acura TSX
2010
C
Alfa Romeo Giulia
2017
C
Audi A4
none flagged
B
Audi A4 Allroad
2013
C
Audi A5
none flagged
C
Audi S4
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2011 Regal
Complaints in window
85
Severity-weighted
149
Model median (weighted)
36
vs model median
4.20×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 15 F