Buick Century Complaints

1,816 consumer complaints on file.

#10110627February 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
DEALER ADVISED OF COOLANT LEAK AT A LOWER ENGINE SEAL. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A DEFECT RELATED TO USE OF INCORRECT SEALS. THE SEALS ARE EATEN BY THE COOLANT (DEXCOOL). I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $800 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK
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#10110117February 8, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
COOLANT IN OIL - HEAD GASKET FAILURE -*AK
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#10107066February 1, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE CONSUMER READ ABOUT DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHTS AND WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 2004 BUICK REGAL. *BF *SC
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#10108209January 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ILLIMINATE AT VEHICLE STARED UP, DEALER STATED THAT MANY OF THESE BUICKS HAVE ABS FAILURE BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SYSTEM FAILED AT 37000 MILES. MY SON'S SAME MODEL VEHICLE FAILED AT 49000 MILES.*AK
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#10108787January 25, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WIPER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD STOPPED OPERATING DURING INCLEMENT CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *JB
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#10102069January 14, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD SHE COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MECHANIC STATED IT WAS THE MOTOR PACK WHICH HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ABS. THE CONSUMER HEARD A CHAIN CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. *AK *SC
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#10128006January 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2000 BUICK CENTURY DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE 4T65 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY HARD AND MADE UNUSUAL SOUNDS.*JB
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#10109546January 7, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT FAILED, REPLACED PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE. *BF *SC
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#10106842January 5, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF INTEMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
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#10103680January 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN IT RAINS THE BRAKES SQUEAL. EVEN WHEN THE HUMIDITY IS HIGH THE BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE SKIDS FORWARD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS WAS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED, AND THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. *AK *JB
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#10103177January 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
AT A STOP ON A HILL WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THERE WAS A MINOR VEHICLE ROLL BACK ONCE THE FOOT WAS OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH EXCESSIVE ROLLBACK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TESTED IT ROLLED BACK A DISTANCE OF 15 FEET AT A SPEED OF 15MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED DISABLING BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. THE HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM DO NOT MERGE. THEY ACT AS TWO SEPARATE SPOTLIGHTS AND DISTANCE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT EVENTUALLY GENERAL MOTORS REPURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *TC
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#10105628January 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. HARD SHIFTS IN ALL GEARS. TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REBUILT AT DEALERSHIP IN NOVEMBER 2002 AFTER IT HAD TOTALLY WENT OUT AT 46000 MILE AND GOING OUT AGAIN AT 83000. *AK
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#10105524December 29, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONSUMER ENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
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#10104435December 23, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
ON A 2000 BUICK CENTURY THE CROSSOVER BRAKE LINE FROM THE ABS UNIT TO THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER IS PLACED AGAINST THE SOUND DEADENING SPONGY MATERIAL ON THE FIREWALL, HELD IN PLACE WITH A BRACKET, DIRECTLY UNDER THE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS CAR LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID WHEN THE STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AT THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE SPONGY MATERIAL. IT APPEARS THAT ON THIS LOW MILEAGE CAR , 21,000 MILES, INSUFFICIENT DRIVING TIME MAY LEAD TO ANY MOISTURE NOT HAVING ENOUGH HEAT/TIME TO EVAPORATE. THIS HAS LEFT CONSTANT MOISTURE IN CONTACT WITH THIS STEEL PIPE.*AK
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#10104240December 21, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET FAILURE (LEAKING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COOLANT/WATER INTO CRANKCASE) WITH ONLY 60,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE!*AK
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#10104973December 16, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME DIMMER THAN BEFORE THE REPAIRS. *AK
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#10103799December 15, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
TAIL LIGHTS WILL NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY . DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AKI
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#10103051December 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CAR STARTED TO LEAK ANTI-FREEZE VERY SLOWLY. HAS THE DEXCOOL ANTIFREEZE. I CHECKED THE RADIATOR TO SEE IF IT WAS LOW, AND THE RADIATOR LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD LOTS OF RUST IN IT. SO I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, AND THEY FOUND THE LEAK AND PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN GM VEHICLES AROUND THIS MODEL YEAR WITH THE 3.1 LITER ENGINE, THAT A MANIFOLD GASKET WOULD START TO LEAK, AND YOU EITHER GOT ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO THE OIL, OR AS IN MY CASE, THE OIL FROM THE ENGINE GOT INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM, HENCE INTO THE RADIATOR AND TURNED IT INTO "GUNK". THE PRICE TAG TO DO THE WORK WAS AROUND $700. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD CALL THE BUICK DEALER IN TOWN TO SEE WHAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND SEE WHAT THEY WOULD CHARGE TO FIX IT. I FOUND IT IRONIC THAT THE GENTLEMAN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, SAID THEY THE PARTS ON HAND TO FIX IT AND QUOTED ME THE EXACT PRICE WITHOUT EVEN TAKING A BREATH. SEEMS THIS IS A RATHER COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE ENGINES. WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT, AND THAT PERHAPS GM/THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE PICKING UP THE BILL FOR THIS FIX. THE SERVICE MAN AT THE FIRESTONE STORE SAID THE SAME THING, THAT THIS IS GETTING TO BE PRETTY COMMON WITH THESE CARS AND COULD RECITE THE NECESSARY WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO FIX IT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER MY COMPLAINT IN HOPES THAT SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP PRESENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE HEAD GASKET AND MANIFOLD GASKETS NEED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH CONSTITUTES TEARING HALF THE ENGINE APART. ALSO THE OIL NEEDS TO BE CHANGED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET ANY COOLANT OUT OF THE ENGINE, AND OF COURSE THE RADIATOR NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED, CLEANED AND REFILLED. NO OLD PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE AS WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ARE GASKETS.*AK
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#10103783December 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE SERVICED, BUT DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK....GMC HA DBRAKE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, WHICH THEY FAILED TO ADMIT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT INDEPENDENT GARAGE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK
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#10107399December 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1999 BUICK CENTURY DEVELOPED A ROUGH IDLE RIGHT AFTER START UP. THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. *BF NAR *JLS THE PROBLEM RESTRICTED THE FUEL INJECTORS. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND AFTER SOME DRIVING, IT WOULD RESET ITSELF AND RUN OKAY UNTIL THE NEXT COLD START CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. *SC
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