Brakes, brakes brakes. Two new rear rotors, rubber line collapsed and brakes locked up in back, and mostly just pads.
Tranny is going.
Struts are bad.
It's fast, but the transmission is just a bad match for the motor. I bought this car for 500, and I guess I've gotten my moneys worth, but it is all starting to get bad all at once. The brakes are just a nightmare, and now the trans is going.
This sounds like the scenario playing out on my 1991 Buick Regal GS. "Brakes, brakes, brakes" says it all. How GM ever got away without a recall on the 4-wheel disc braking systems on these cars is beyond me.
There was a class-action lawsuit filed against GM pertaining to the poor braking system. GM "chose" to settle the suit and reimburse the unfortunate GM owners for a portion of their brake system repair expenses. Of course, as part of the settlement, GM admitted no wrongdoing and only chose to settle the suit in order to avoid lengthy and costly litigation to prove there is nothing wrong with the braking systems. I received a generous fifty (50) dollars from GM as compensation for the nearly eight hundred (800) plus dollars I sunk into rear brake repairs on my Regal.
The rear calipers and parking brake cables regularly seize-up and require replacement. With this vehicle, there is no such thing as a simple installation of new rear disc brake pads. Anytime the rear pads need replacement, so do the locked-up calipers and frozen parking brake cables. This 1991 Regal has turned me anti-GM forever. To bring this car safely to a stop while driving, you are better off opening the driver's door and sticking your foot out than stepping on the brake pedal. Do yourself a favor, stay away from the 1991 Regal.
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