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2019 BUICK REGAL — Complaint #1784352

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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT:STAND filed December 22, 2021

NHTSA complaint #1784352 (ODI reference 11444659) concerns a 2019 BUICK REGAL and was filed on December 22, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 20, 2021. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift:stand, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BUICK REGAL cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift:stand failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2019 BUICK REGAL shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2019 BUICK REGAL
Component
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT:STAND
State
New Jersey

Complaint Description

In attempt to change a flat tire (front passenger side), I loosened the 5 lug nuts (1/4-turn), raised the vehicle (Buick Regal Sportback) and the jack collapsed to one side at the hinge points at both ends of the threaded shaft as I was about to remove the 5th lug nut. Note the slotted connections at the hinge/pivot points (see attached photo).

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1784352
ODI Number 11444659
Date Filed December 22, 2021
Failure Date December 20, 2021
VIN W04GL6SX1K1

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.